PLANT

End Of Chapter One ⌓⌇◡◦
It is with sadness, love and excitement that I bid farewell to our greenhouse store! It has been a pleasure helping you with all your planty needs for the last 5 years - words can’t express how much your support and company has meant to me. This shop changed my life! BUT! Don’t stop reading!! This is NOT the end. It is with GREAT happiness I announce that as of THIS WEEKEND my wonderful colleague, friend and favourite plant buddy Han will be taking over our Fitzroy store!! Those of you who have visited our store in the last couple of years will find Han’s smiling face and knowledgeable brain very familiar and I’ll be posting a little more about what she has planned for you all very soon! In the meantime pop over and follow where you’ll be privy to all the updates on HER little Fitzroy greenhouse store including what she’ll have for you this weekend!! And watch this space too, I have some exciting things planned for our Instagram that I can’t wait to get started on next year over in LA. My greatest love to all who visited our shop - don’t be a stranger, I’ll never stop wanting to hear all your plant dreams and updates! Scroll to the right for a little stroll down memory lane 😭🌿👋🏻⌇◯⌢◦ @ PLANT by Packwood

Friyay ⌓⌇◡◦
Well would you look at that! It’s Friday, and our lovely little greenhouse store is open sesame! Filled to the brim, we’ve ensured it is stocked to bursting with all our favourites ahead of this, our last week in the shop as owners. It’s been a huge, beautiful rollercoaster of a ride, Melbourne - come and say goodbye with us! Open 10 - 6 today, and 10 - 4 all weekend! 😭🌿✨⌇◯⌢◦

It is with bitter-sweet feelings that I announce we will be closing our Fitzroy store as of 2020. As many of you know, my wife has been pursuing a career in Los Angeles for the past few years. After some amazing success this year - and a lot of difficult long distance relationship-ing - we have finally decided to make the move to Hollywood! I have some very exciting things planned for PLANT in 2020 that I can’t wait to share, but after a year of thinking on it I have decided to close the physical store. The shop has been one of my life’s great achievements. Looking back on the past few years, the adventures I’ve had, the great people I've met, I feel so incredibly lucky. Our little plant community has grown immensely, and I am humbled to have been a small part of what we’ve all built together! To that end, it’s important to me that the space continue to be used in service of Melbourne makers and small business. This is why when I decided to sell the space, I wanted to put the word out to the PLANT community. Those of you who have visited the store know what a magical little shop it is - and I’d like whoever fills it to keep the spirit of the space alive! We designed it to be the perfect structure to house a nursery, and I’d love for that to continue. Having said that: the modular nature of the store, and the location within Rose Street Market means it could be perfect for all kinds of things! If you, or someone you know, would like to talk about purchasing the space I’d love for you to get in touch. There’s lots of nitty gritty to get into - but I’m really hoping to find someone who‘ll be able to grow their business the way I‘ve been able to grow mine. To those who have been a part of the PLANT by Packwood journey over the past 6 years - THANK YOU. You may never know how much your kind words, patronage, and encouragement have meant - but let this serve as a little reminder (especially at Xmas) that supporting small business doesn’t just keep our local economy strong. It also brings joy into the hearts of the artists and makers who toil away to build something special against all odds. I’ll always be grateful. Bayden. @ The Rose St. Artists' Market