Notes from the greenhouse

Honest writing about plants, growing, and the work we do.

Nine posts a year, no listicles, no SEO bait. Just what we learn from the plants and the people who buy them.

8 posts

how-to
How-to·7 min

The five-minute repot

You don't need a tarp, three tools, and a YouTube tutorial. You need a slightly bigger pot, fresh soil, and five clear minutes.

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Adaeze Okonkwo

Apr 03, 2026

diagnosis
Diagnosis·6 min

A field guide to brown leaf tips

Brown tips mean six different things depending on where they are, what color they are, and how the rest of the leaf looks. We made a chart.

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Sixtus Eze

Mar 24, 2026

behind the scenes
Behind the scenes·9 min

Behind the greenhouse: how we propagate spiral aloe

Aloe polyphylla is one of the only aloes that won't reliably propagate from offsets. Here's the method we settled on after three years of failed attempts.

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Tunde Akinwale

Mar 12, 2026

care notes
Care notes·8 min

Lagos light: a year of measurements from our studio window

We put a lux meter on the studio sill for 12 months. The data changed how we recommend plants for east- vs west-facing rooms.

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Sixtus Eze

Feb 28, 2026

care notes
Care notes·4 min

What we got wrong about pothos

For two years we told customers pothos liked low light. Technically true — but we were burying the lead.

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Chiamaka Eze

Feb 14, 2026

behind the scenes
Behind the scenes·6 min

A workshop story: forty repots in one Saturday

Notes from our biggest repotting workshop yet — what worked, what we'd change, and the unexpected thing about the youngest attendee.

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Adaeze Okonkwo

Jan 30, 2026

diagnosis
Diagnosis·5 min

When to throw a plant away

Some plants come back. Some don't. We don't love telling people their plant is gone, but we do it — and here's how we decide.

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Sixtus Eze

Jan 15, 2026

opinion
Opinion·6 min

The case for plastic nursery pots

Terracotta is beautiful. It's also wrong for at least half the plants we sell. A defense of the ugly black plastic pot.

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Tunde Akinwale

Dec 20, 2025

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