Today we’d like to introduce you to Nick Deemer
Hi Nick , we’d love for you to start by introducing yourself.
We have worked with plants for over 10 years. Our journey started with Nicks’ degree in horticulture. This opened many opportunities starting with landscaping to offering services like identifying pests, taking care of orchards, and being able to share what we know with others. Starting with Ohio native trees and shrubs our love for plants soon grew indoors. Having many houseplants over the years has given us more knowledge into bringing the outdoors inside. Visiting greenhouses, botanical gardens, and communicating with local gardening clubs, we found our niche. Youngstown needed plants and we knew how to grow them. We opened our brick and mortar store on December 15, 2022 and we have been growing, not only plants, but our small family owned business.
Would you say it’s been a smooth road, and if not what are some of the biggest challenges you’ve faced along the way?
Starting a business is no small feat. We took a loan on our house, built a greenhouse (which was destroyed in a windstorm of 2022 shortly before finding our current location), and started collecting plants. Getting the capital to start acquiring inventory was challenging but we pushed for our dream. Living in northeast Ohio, shipping tropical plants is a major challenge as it is very weather dependent and shipping is costly. We have at least 300 varieties of plants in our store at a given time that all need our attention daily. Knowing how to grow the best plants possible is a full time job along with keeping all the behind the scenes of running a business in check. Being in this industry is very demanding. There are no days off when you’re taking care of living things.
Thanks for sharing that. So, maybe next you can tell us a bit more about your business?
We are a houseplant retail store. We offer services such as repotting, diagnosing plant problems, custom party favors and special events. We specialize in all things plants. From outdoor natives to indoor tropical and rare plant care. We make sure that when you purchase a plant from us it is in the best health and ready for a new home. Offering all the knowledge on how to care for your new plant friend as well. Plants offer many therapeutic benefits and we want everyone to be able to grow to their full potential.
We all have a different way of looking at and defining success. How do you define success?
Being able to share our knowledge of plants and seeing how excited our customers are when their plants are thriving is the best feeling. Bringing the community together through the shared love of plants is how we define success.
Contact Info:
- Instagram: https://instagram.com/theplantbar330
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/p/theplantbar330-100088434401497
