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...
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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...
Pilea Peperomioides: A Plant Care Guide
Anyone else remember how in demand these guy were a few years back? As the Pilea peperomioides started to spread across our instagram feeds, the demand for this little guy was...
Monsteras deliciosa: A Plant Care Guide
The Monstera deliciosa is the quintessential 'indoor plant'. Those large fenestrated leaves scream 'jungle' and their easy-going, low(ish) maintenance vibe (so, not like fiddles), makes them a must have for any...
Father's Day Special: Our Favourite Aussie Plant Dads
What better opportunity to share some of our favourite Aussie Plant Dad Instagram accounts than Father's Day? There are so many to choose from and this is by no means...
Ready, Steady, Grow: How to prepare your plants for Spring
Let's talk Spring! This year we're on top of things and have somehow managed to time this post before Spring kicks in so you have enough time to prepare. I...
Propagation: Propagation from Cuttings
Recently we've seen a number of questions come through on the DM's regarding propagation, so we thought it about time to get a blog post up. Full disclosure though... Once...