How to Prepare your Plants for Winter
For those of us hanging out in the Southern Hemisphere, things are starting to feel a little chilly. The days are getting shorter and it's waaaay harder to get out...
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What to do about Fungus gnats
You may not have heard of them but there is every chance you've seen them. Think tiny little flies floating around your plants. They're as annoying as all hell, and can...
(Trying to be) 1% Better
This week's post is less of a blog and more of a PSA as we're so excited to be able to call ourselves 1% for the Planet members and we...
Plant Care: Rhipsalis
Seems ambitious to try and cover a whole genus of cacti (some 35 different species) in one blog post. I'm game. Colloquially referred to as 'Jungle Cactus', this group of plants wouldn't...
Back to work: Ten Plants for the Office
By now, most of us are back in the office/at work a few days a week. You might not be there everyday, but it doesn't mean your plant game should slip....
Plant Shopping: How to choose a healthy plant
Picking a plant can be a little intimidating. You don't want to fork out cash on something that's just going to drop dead as soon as you get home. In...
How to Move with Plants (and Dealing with Plant-Fam Separation)
Having just completed an epic, simultaneous two house/two cities move, I feel like this post might have been more useful about two weeks ago. So in order to save someone...
Plants that scream “I LOVE YOU” - A Plant Lover’s Guide to Valentine's Day
Valentine's Day is here again, and if you’re anything like us, you’ve either forgotten it or left it too late. No stress, we’ve got you covered with our Plant Lover’s...
Philodendron gloriosum: A Plant Care Guide
If you've been floating around any sort of plant-focused social media, you've probably come across the Philodendron gloriosum (occasionally referred to as the Anthurium Gloriosum or Velvet Philodendron). Another (awwesome) aroid,...
Giving Back with The Karma Collective
This week we took a breather from the plant world sat down down with (/emailed) Plant Runner friend, stockist and supplier (triple threat!), Audrey from The Karma Collective. The Karma Collective makes...
ZZ Plant: A Plant Care Guide
Under-rated, under-mention and totally underappreciated - The ZZ Plant is the real deal. Zamioculcas zamiifolia, (ZZ Plant is easier right?) is a member of that oh-so-wonderful family of plants, Araceae. Originally found...
Plant Care Resolutions
It's January 1, 2021 and I'm banking on not being the only one to wake up with a sore head and a heap of "goals" for the New Year. But before...
Syngonium podophyllum: A Plant Care Guide
You may not have heard of it, but you've most definitely seen it. The Arrowhead Plant (Syngonium podophyllum) is a fast growing, crazy rewarding, highly underrated, climbing plant that should indeed...
Bees & Seeds - An Intro to Settler Hives
After the huge response we had to last week's 'Beehive Live', we've invited the Backyard Beekeeping dream team, Haley and Rodger Mason from Settler Hives to tell us a bit...
Cacti Care Guide
Misinformation on Cactus Care is about as plentiful as there are Cactus varieties (and there are thousands). This week's blog post will hopefully clear up a few things. For clarity sake, we'll...
Totems & Indoor Plants: The What, Why and When
A quick scroll through your favourite Plantfluencer's (its a thing) Instagram Feed and you'll most likely come across a totem or two. Totems are what you get when you take...
Plant Runner Collaborators: Eddy Sara
Eddy Sara is the wizard behind it all the Plant Runner design work. He's our go to for any artworks we want done and we've got a couple of really...
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle: How to Use Coffee Grounds on you Indoor Plants
It's three minutes past midday and I've already polished off my third cup of coffee. And I know I'm not alone here - each year Australia creates an estimated 75,000 tonnes...
Peace Lilies: A Plant Care Guide
Peace Lilies would have to be one of the most underrated indoor plants. The mere mention conjures up flashbacks to Grandma's house (the one plant she had indoors) or some...
Understanding Fertiliser
Liquid, Slow Release, Organic, NPK, Macro/Micro....Understanding fertiliser might seem a little intimidating when these terms are thrown around. And with so many options on the market now, being discerning is...