The Plant Daddies: Using Plants in Interior Design

Dear Alice | Interior Design

Alice Lane

Arts, Visual Arts, Design

4.7 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 2 April 2026

⏱️ 54 minutes

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What if the final step to making a home feel truly finished isn’t furniture or art but plants? In this episode of Dear Alice, we sit down with Macy Lucarelli and Dane Jordan to talk about the art of designing with plants. They share how they built their fast-growing plant design business, their process for assessing a home and creating custom plant installations, and why greenery is often the missing layer in modern and contemporary interiors. From their toughest plant rescues and most challenging installs to their favorite plants (and the ones they think are overused), this episode is packed with practical advice for homeowners and designers looking to incorporate houseplants, statement trees, and planters into their spaces. About The Plant Daddies: At the intersection of art, design, and nature, The Plant Daddies create living works that feel both sculptural and deeply personal. Rare plants are paired with distinctive vessels, chosen and composed in direct response to the space they inhabit. Each piece is thoughtfully crafted to create presence to anchor a room, shift the energy, and echo throughout its environment. Offering a fully bespoke process through in-depth consultations and white-glove service, The Plant Daddies are known for their commitment to craftsmanship and design integrity. In a world saturated with greenery, their work stands apart and recognized within the design community for its restraint, intention, and unmistakable point of view. Instagram: @the.plant.daddies Website: https://www.theplantdaddies.com/ Shop Alice Lane: https://alicelanehome.com/ Sign up for our Insider Rewards Program: https://alicelanehome.com/pages/insider-program Follow us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/alicelanehome & https://instagram.com/alicelaneinteriors Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AliceLaneHome/ Go to https://cozyearth.com/pages/dearalice for 20% off your Cozy Earth order! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello everyone. Welcome to Dear Alice. Today we are going to be having a special set of guests on
0:05.7	the Plant Daddies. We worked with the Plant Daddies on a really cool and special installation that we did
0:11.9	recently in Summerlin, Nevada. And we called upon these guys to bring their special set of skills.
0:18.7	They're like sculptors and artists with plants.
0:22.0	Completely artists.
0:23.6	And you're going to have to check them out on Instagram
0:26.7	to be able to really see all of the work that they're doing.
0:30.0	So we'll make sure and give you their handle.
0:32.1	But we want to introduce you to Macy Luccarelli and Dane Jordan. Their other plant daddy, Kenny, wasn't available for
0:40.8	this call, but we're going to take you into this conversation where we learn about their process,
0:46.5	about some of their favorite plants to use, how they got started. It's...
0:50.5	What not to do. Yes. Yeah. So many things. And one of the biggest trends that we're seeing, it shouldn't even be called a trend, but the thing that is working so well in interiors right now is living plants. Plants are so cool. They add so much to the interior. And we just, we haven't talked enough about it. So we want to get the experts on to talk about how they're doing it. Yeah. And the stuff that these guys are doing, you don't, you're like, how does that even survive like that? But it's just so fantastic that it becomes the room. Like it's such an identifying factor in these spaces that takes it to the next level. Yeah. And they're super interesting. like Jess said, they are artists, and it was this really fun interview. So I'm excited for you guys to listen to it. Today we are joined by the Plant Daddies. We're so excited to introduce you guys to Macy, Luccarelli, and Dane Jordan, known as the Plant Daddies, and they're joining us from California. Are you guys
1:45.5	in L.A.? I'm in L.A. Macy's in Orange County right now, so divide and conquer. Amazing.
1:52.2	Well, thank you so much for joining us. We worked on a project with the Plant Daddies here at ALID,
1:58.4	our design firm. We got this project in the beautiful Summit Club in
2:02.8	Summerland, Nevada, and it was a good friend and longtime client of ours with a beautiful
2:07.6	contemporary home. And she said, I need you to come in and put the finished layers and
2:12.6	touches in it, make it feel like a home. But I like everything very simple, very pulled back,
2:17.2	not a ton of styling.
2:18.9	And so the first thought Sue and I had was, let's bring in live plants because I think that
2:25.0	will do a lot of the work for us. It'll bring an element of sculpture and life. And there's a lot of
2:30.5	beautiful big windows. And then once the plants are in, I'll bet we just
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