The Secrets of Growing Houseplants with Eliza Blank | The Beet

The Beet: A Podcast For Plant Lovers

Epic Gardening

Education, Home & Garden, How To, Leisure

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 30 December 2024

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Eliza Blank turned her passion for plants into a thriving business. She believes successful houseplant care starts with understanding each plant's unique needs. By assessing your space and lifestyle, you can choose the best plants for your home. In this full episode of the Beet Podcast, Eliza and Kevin encourage people to embrace the joy of nurturing their indoor gardens by truly connecting with plants for long-term success. Learn More: 9 Ways You Should Treat Your Houseplants Differently in Winter Connect With Eliza Blank: Eliza Blank, founder of The Sill, built a successful business in the houseplant sector in 2012, after she moved to her first apartment. By tapping into her family’s generational love of plants, she livened up her living space. This spurred the beginning of the Sill, a houseplant business that currently hosts 12 brick-and-mortar stores and delivers houseplants directly to customers. Today, Eliza continues to demonstrate a commitment to plants, brand building, and customer centricity. Find more from Eliza Blank on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thesill/ Find more from Eliza Blank at The Sill: https://www.thesill.com/ Listener Exclusive: As an exclusive for our listeners, use code BEETPODCAST for 10% off your next order (one use per customer) at shop.epicgardening.com! Whether you’re looking for seed-starting supplies, high-quality seeds to plant, or a raised bed or planter to start them in, we have supplies to get you growing. Support The Beet: → Shop: https://growepic.co/shop-beet → Seeds: https://growepic.co/botanicalinterests-beet Learn More: → All Our Channels: https://growepic.co/youtube-beet → Blog: https://growepic.co/blog-beet → Podcast: https://growepic.co/podcasts → Discord: https://growepic.co/discord → Instagram: https://growepic.co/insta → TikTok: https://growepic.co/tiktok → Pinterest: https://growepic.co/pinterest → Twitter: https://growepic.co/twitter → Facebook: https://growepic.co/facebook → Facebook Group: https://growepic.co/fbgroup Do You Love Epic Gardening products? Join the Epic Affiliate Program! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:09.3	Today we have a very fun week of episodes because we have the godmother of houseplants on the podcast.
1:16.1	We have Eliza Blank, the founder of the sill, who as far as I can tell, really sort of pioneered the direct-to-consumer model of houseplants, Eliza.
1:25.7	And obviously we'll talk about that.
1:27.1	But really cool to have you on the
1:28.6	show. I remember when the silk came out back in, what, 2012. Yeah, that's right. As the houseplant kind
1:36.8	of craze happened in the 20 teens, you guys were far and away the leader. So it's cool to have
1:42.8	you on the show. Thank you.
1:44.4	Thank you for having me.
1:45.3	I appreciate that.
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