A NEW unique indoor plant store has opened subsequent to Romsey’s Cedar Nursery.
An ex-retail supervisor has opened a plant store promoting unique and indoor vegetation that you just wouldn’t usually discover in a basic backyard centre.
Plantaholics, located in entrance of Cedar Nursery in Romsey, opened on Saturday, July 16.
Enterprise proprietor, David Head, from Eastleigh made the swap to horticulture as a plant lover who was seeking to scale back work-related stress.
David, 37, mentioned: “I’m hoping that it will likely be profitable, get a very good following and I’m hoping to develop sooner or later.
“The response has been superb; we’ve obtained numerous on-line followers who’ve carried out loads of Instagram and Fb posts which have had some actually good outcomes. Individuals appear to need to assist impartial companies.”
The constructing was beforehand residence to Pureheat Stoves & Fireplaces. Earlier than inventory could possibly be transfer in, the unit needed to repaired, with holes within the roof and new flooring required.
The area is now fitted with a big wood desk, forest inexperienced partitions and leaf print equipment.
Following an extended profession in retail administration, David has now been concerned with horticulture for roughly six years. The Plantaholics proprietor studied alongside his retail administration job to achieve scientific experience earlier than accepting a job at Cedar Nursery, which he then managed for 4 years till October 2021.
The store proprietor mentioned: “My retail job was fairly worrying, I taken care of a extremely excessive turnover department however I additionally liaised with 20 different retailer managers within the space that we had been in.
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“I used to be doing paperwork from 7 o’clock within the morning till 10 o’clock at evening, six days every week and it was very worrying. I loved my work however it begins to have an effect on your relationships.
“I’d all the time cherished vegetation however by no means knew sufficient about them to make it my job. So I did the lengthy distance studying to have a scientific understanding of vegetation and made the leap. It was an actual gamble as a result of it’s loads much less cash from retail administration to simply being a horticultural assistant however really it’s paid off.”
David added: “I believed Cedar Nursery at Romsey was the proper place as I had a extremely good buyer knowledge base from once I ran the nursery. So, I believed coming again right here could be a very good transfer.”
David hopes to rent one other member of employees within the new yr, with the plan to finally develop the enterprise, promoting a bigger number of vegetation and presents.
Plantaholics is open Tuesday to Saturday, 9.30am-4.30pm on the entrance of Cedar Nursery in Sandy Lane.
For extra, go to the store’s Fb web page: plantaholicsromsey.
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