The Plant Doctors Are In

Yes, we said “houseplant consultants”—and are you really surprised? (See: the fiddle-leaf figs, elephant ear plants, and succulents all over your Instagram feed.) With backgrounds in set styling as well as environmental science and horticulture, respectively, Sierra Voss and Molly O’Connell saw a nichein 2019. The duo’s services range from in-home or in-office consults—during which they’ll evaluate your space and tell you which plants might thrive where—to custom installations, such as their recent collaboration with local muralist Adam Vicarel on a wall inside the dressing room of RiNo clothing shop Foreign Form. No matter where they’re working, “placement is a big issue, and also variety,” O’Connell says. “People see a really pretty plant in the garden center and bring it home, but it’s not in the right spot—maybe it’s near a drafty window or gets too much or not enough light. All plants need water and light in some form, but they don’t all need the same thing.”