Air Plant Holders: How to Pick One That Won’t Rot Your Plant
Most air plants die in the hour after their soak, not during it. Here’s what an air plant holder has to do about airflow, and why we stopped trusting glass globes.
Animal Planters: A Field Guide
Eight arms, an owl, and a sloth that has to come down to be watered. What each animal planter actually holds, who it suits, and where people go wrong with them.
15 Air Plant Display Ideas for Small Spaces
Every air plant display idea online is a glass globe, and a glass globe is one of the worst places to keep a tillandsia. Fifteen that work in rooms with no spare surface.
Funny Plant Pots: 15 That Are Actually Funny
Most funny plant pots are a pun in a 2016 font that stops working the second you’ve read it. Fifteen that hold up, including one I wouldn’t put on my own desk.
Cute Planters Under $20 That Still Drain Properly
Most cute planters under $20 are sealed at the bottom, which means somebody chose the photo over the plant. Here’s what we look for, and what people actually grab off our table.
Ghost Planters Are Having a Moment
Three years ago nobody asked us for a ghost. This September it’s the most requested shape we don’t make yet, and we think we know why.
Pumpkin Planters: Real Pumpkin vs. One That Lasts
You can absolutely plant into a real pumpkin. We’ve done it. Here’s exactly how long it lasts, what it smells like when it stops, and when to use a printed one instead.
Skull Planters: How to Style One Without It Looking Like a Prop
The difference between a skull planter that looks deliberate and one that looks like Halloween clearance is about four decisions, and none of them are the skull.
Halloween Planter Ideas for Small Spaces
Most Halloween decorating advice assumes you own a porch, a hay bale, and a mum budget. Here’s what we do with a windowsill, a shelf, and about nine inches of counter.
Inside a 30-Printer Plant Pot Farm
Thirty-odd printers in a Pennsylvania garage, four hours a pot, spool changes at 11pm. What running a 3D print farm actually involves, failures included.