vancouver wa – Suburban Succulents

Big News for the Shop!

It’s been quite a while since our last blog post… Owners Adriane and Brett are expecting a baby girl to join the family in late November! With this, there will be some changes coming up with our shop hours and availability. Starting in October, we will no longer be open on Sundays- except by appointment- Brett and I want to ensure we have quality time to spend together before the arrival of our baby, and this change allows for us to do so.

In order to make the holiday gift-giving season feasible for us to handle with the arrival of our little one, we have been busy working on a well built-out menu of plants and goods on our website, as well as making Doordash, and Grubhub a place filled with awesome plant and non-plant goodies. We hope you’ll consider us this holiday season when looking for gifts for yourself, friends, and family near and far!

September Plant Classes are Live!

Locations:

Due to time constraints, we are at two locations only this month. If you’re interested in attending, be sure to sign-up early to ensure space in the classes as seats are limited!

Literary Leftovers in Battleground, WA: 9/14 anytime from 4-6pm

Pepper Bridge Winery/Amavi Cellars at The Vancouver Waterfront: 9/15 at 6:30pm.

Click here or on the photo above to sign-up for classes!

Class Deets:

This month we are planting our own living desktop cactus gardens. These prickly displays look great on a desk or tabletop in a bright window, or really any spot that gets a lot of light. May we suggest west or south facing areas, or using grow lights to make these babe’s grow out their best life!?

What’s included: Our class includes a selection of 3 cacti, a ceramic dish to plant into, freshly made soil by Suburban Succulents, full instructions for caring for your new cactus display pieces, and a good time out at your favorite locations around Clark County! Come for the experience, stay for the fun and new plant memories.

Shop Closed September 8-11

We’ve been members of the Cascade Cactus and Succulent Society for nearly 4 years already! This year, I am volunteering to organize the sellers for their yearly fundraiser sale happening in a couple weeks. See below for all the information about the Odd Plant Sale.

I will be up in Seattle for most of the week of 9/5 in order to prep and welcome the sellers to the event. With that, we will be closed from 9/8-9/11.

We resume normal shop hours on Thursday 9/15.

Seattle Cactus and Succulent Show- September 10+11

Want to hang out with a bunch of succulent and cactus enthusiasts and add some amazing plants to your collection? Head up to The Odd Plant Sale for this free event located at The Volunteer Park Conservatory in Seattle.

This event is a shared program with The Cascade Cactus and Succulent Society and The Friends of the Conservatory… both are holding sales, so there will be 1000’s of interesting plants to select from!

Show details and Information: Click Here

Lines are expected, so arrive early for best selection and less wait!

Volunteer Park Conservatory is located at:

1400 E Galer St, Seattle, WA 98112

Interested in joining the Cascade Cactus and Succulent Society? Click here!

We are so appreciative of this communities support of our growing small business so far! We thank each of you deeply for continuing to follow our dreams and coming through to either purchase houseplants or garden-fresh goods or just in general join us on our journey.

Thank you for being here and watch for more updates coming soon!

~Adriane and Brett

Pictured left is the nearly 7 month baby bump!

Our First Market EVER- Night Market Vancouver… Come & see us 11/2 & 12/7!

Here we find ourselves again… announcing our excitement to attend our *first ever* market at the end of next week! We will be at Night Market Vancouver and this is just the start of our growth process! We have been busy purchasing supplies, prepping our products, building displays, making sure our technology integration is set while still running the normal day to day of the business.

Market Flyer — Come see us 11/2 and 12/7!

The market theme is Salsa night- and we are going for it. We have set out with the frame of mind that we will design our display to be relatively “themed” for each occasion. I have gone over the top with concepts– thinking of a 6’X6′ booth of colorful fiesta flowers and streamers with salsa dresses and beautifully woven tablecloths. We are giving ourselves until Friday to come up with our booth design, so stay tuned for that. It makes most sense for us to finalize what products we are bringing and design based off the space these products require.

We are nervous about all the details of the market however, I feel with the experience Brett & I bring to the table, we will have no problems getting everything pulled together, planned and prepared ahead of time to do a stellar job at the market.

Brett’s hand-drawn succulent designs
Our office space is taken over by product preparation!
Gift toppers almost ready!
Raffle item for the market

Since moving to the PNW, I was concerned we would not have access to the many supplies needed to operate this business. I have been proven so wrong of that concern *thank goodness*– there are SO many great places in Vancouver alone that are springing our company into action. We have found an even larger jackpot of supply in Portland, OR. It is absolutely amazing and kismet. I’ll post at a later time a list of resource stores we utilize.

We have already begun to prep for our second market in December– we will spare the details that we have already begun to plan. I CAN’T WAIT! We were also informed that there is space that opened up in the 2nd November market that takes place at a new location and has a different theme… we are putting off registering as we don’t really have the money to enter– but if fate allows the space be available in a couple of days, we will be entering.

I keep repeating to myself & Brett- prior planning prevents poor performance… so far it’s working for us. We are running on schedule and getting so many of our tasks crossed off the list– and brainstorming our next lists. I feel ready for this business to take off and leave me busy and satisfied with my life work!

our slightly filled greenhouse — Our greenhouse today!

Greenhouse update: The succulents that have been moved into the greenhouse are doing GREAT! So far we have had two nights of about 40-degree weather- nothing has died or rotted to its death, yet… There is rain in the forecast for the next week, so I am considering it is time to bring the succulents that are still in the exposed yard inside the greenhouse for their winter rest periods– to keep them dry and most importantly, keep them alive.

Hoping everyone is getting into the #toospooky season. We have partially set up decorations at the house, but have left it half-done… let’s just say we have put our motivations to efforts that are screaming their importance for success.

Will we see any of you at the Night Market on 11/2? How about 12/7? Let us know below!

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