a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, since 2021
Cultivating growth, community, and connection.
Real growers and makers, real tables, real plants. You don't need to know a monstera from a philodendron to belong here — just show up. Markets, cutting swaps, and workshops in Richmond, Virginia, since June 2021.
why this exists
You shouldn't have to love plants alone.
Plant care advice online is endless and contradictory, and most "communities" are just an algorithm deciding what you see next. We wanted something realer than that: a folding table, a cutting handed to you in a Solo cup, someone who'll tell you straight whether your fiddle leaf is actually dying or just dramatic.
Every swap, market, and workshop we've run since June 2021 has had the same job: put you in a room with people who'll stop what they're doing to help you save a plant. That's it. That's the whole strategy. Here's how it started.
upcoming
Where we'll be, and when.
rsvp
free to just show up
Just let us know you're coming.
Coming to shop, swap, or just look around? Come as you are — most of what happens here costs nothing but time. Selling instead? bring a table here.
the noticeboard
What we've been up to.
bring a table
Your table is already here
A card table in a driveway counts. If you grew it or made it, you belong at this market — and you pay what's fair on the sliding scale.
Apply to vend →give a hand
Be the reason it runs
Take a shift at the welcome table or the swap tables, and earn credits toward tees, workshop seats, and booth fees.
Find your shift →who we are
You're part of this story
It started with one swap in a Church Hill garden in June 2021, and the people who kept showing up. You're who it grew into.
Read the story →from the community
What people say after their first one.
"Thank you all for always creating such a great space for us to come together and nerd out with each other about plants. It is well worth the 2 hr drive for me!"
— Laura W.
"My 1st time attending a swap and I have to say I'm disappointed in myself for not coming to one sooner!"
— Christina L.
"This swap is literally the best swap ever! We love you guys for doing this!"
— Mary D.
questions
Before you show up.
Every 6–8 weeks, mostly. The full calendar is always right here — check events or the newsletter for the exact date the moment it posts.
No. Only selling requires registering a table — coming to shop, browse, or trade a cutting is free and walk-in. Some markets also run a paid workshop or a ticketed expo alongside that free browsing; those need their own ticket, booked in the Canopy app. We just like knowing roughly who's coming to browse, which is what the RSVP above is for.
Through Get Involved — the same application every vendor uses now. Spaces fill fast, so the earlier you apply, the better your odds.
Aroids, hoya, succulents, cacti, peperomia, begonia, and plenty of common-or-uncommon houseplants nobody can quite name. Bring a photo if you're not sure — somebody there will know.
Yes — plant enthusiasts of every age are welcome, and always have been.
Maybe — tell us about it here and we'll talk it through.