On the 21st of June 2012, we started the adventure with our very first market in Berlin, at Mauerpark. We were excited, happy but full of doubts at the same time. It is always good to remember how it all started because it’s been not only a question of luck but also of dedication, obstinacy
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Blooms: My plant does not make flowers
One very important thing to know is that Tillandsia are monocarpic plants, that means that they bloom just once in their lifetime. One of the reason why your air plant does not bloom is because it did it before you got it. On the contrary, if you are sure it hasn’t bloomed yet it is just
Continue reading »DIY #2 – Faux Tillandsia
We met Carla of “Craftpatisserie” on Instagram and we immediately fell in love with her job. In this post she tells us how she ended up creating air plants by her own. The result is amazing! Enjoy it. I’ve already been spending a year looking for Tillandsia in all florists and nurseries in my own
Continue reading »Water: how not to drown your air plants
How much do you water you air plants? We know this is a delicate topic, that’s why we care about it. Here you can find some simple and helpful tips. The first important thing to keep in mind is that is always better to give them less water than too much. Remember that each type
Continue reading »A place to live
Moving to a new city is not easy at all. There are moments when you know you don’t belong to a place, moments of loneliness and days in which the pleasant warmth of your home seems so far away. The air plants have been our safety net. Without them, maybe we wouldn’t be here, we
Continue reading »Was ist eine Tillandsia?
Die Tillandsia ist eine sehr schöne Pflanze, die zur Familie der Bromelie gehört und ursprünglich vom amerikanischen Kontinent kommt. Sie braucht keine Erde um zu wachsen und kann die Nährstoffe direkt aus der Luftfeuchtigkeit absorbieren. Die Feuchtigkeit wird von den Trichomen aufgesaugt. Diese sind feine Härchen, die den Pflanze ein samtiges Aussehen verleihen. Die Tillandsien
Continue reading »Patience
Patience: It is the necessary calm, perseverance, diligence, relentlessly application in making a work or any enterprise. „Do they grow?“, „How much big do they get?“, „Do they grow fast?“. That is of course a right question to ask, we have heard it so many times in the last years that we don’t even notice
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