Shop local at this Black woman owned plant shop!
If you’ve been looking for a new spot to find a few plant babies for your home while also supporting local, think about visiting Terra Cotta, a Black-owned, women-owned nursery and apothecary tucked away on Summer Ave near The Broad Avenue Arts District.
If you’ve ever seen an extremely cute, vintage mobile flower truck popping up at events around town, it belongs to Miriam “Mili” Cordero, owner of Mili’s Flowers & Gifts.
A lover of flowers since she was a little girl—she developed her passion for making floral arrangements with her mother and grandmother while growing up in Reynosa Tamauilipas, Mexico—Mili decided to take the leap and launch her business in 2019 after her and her husband found and renovated the “peachy” VW truck.
For years I’ve been wishing Memphis could get the Wildsam treatment, and I’m happy to say it’s finally happened!
Wildsam creates unique small format field guide books that are filled with essays, illustrations, and lists after a city or region. Best of all (and this is not the case with every travel guide out there) they work with local artists and writers to create the books.
Being a child of two educators, it only made sense that children’s picture book author and activist Alice Faye Duncan would become a writer who teaches as well as entertains with her writing. While she didn’t follow in their footsteps and become a teacher, she DID see the gaps in the education system when it comes to history, thus beginning her journey as a writer.
Win this entire Memphis gift collection on Instagram!
Local ceramics shop Paper + Clay has teamed up with Simmons Bank and I Love Memphis to provide this wonderful, curated local gift collection just in time for the holidays.
The act of practicing self-care is nothing new, but finding spaces where you can go to explore and dive deeper into true wellness and holistic services (because it’s about more than just a bubble bath or face mask) is needed more than ever. Lucyja Hygge is here to help you on that journey. Open since August 2021, Lucyja Hygge is a metaphysical gift store owned by Termaria "Maria" Tyszka; the name pays homage to Maria’s Polish mother in law (Lucyja), and the concept of Hygge – pronounced (hoo-gah)- a Danish word for creating a feeling of coziness, comfort, and well-being.
Turophiles unite! If you’re a lover of all things cheese and live to host gatherings with a cute and delicious charcuterie board on display, add GREYS Cheese & Entertaining to your list of must-visit places.
Memphis means music! Dig in deeper with music old and new at these quirky record stores, speakeasy-style listening rooms, and unique music collections for you to explore.
Being a plant mama is not in my DNA (I once accidentally killed a plant because I thought that it was fake, so fresh flowers only for me!), but I’ve always been fascinated by the people that are.
Everbloom Design is picture-perfect flower, plant, and gift shop on Broad Avenue in Memphis.
One of the coolest things about Memphis’ creative community is that we are all 1 - 3 degrees separated from each other, so over the years we are bound to connect at some point at an event or through a mutual friend.
I first met Kristin Wolter-Canfield back in 2014 when she held a DIY floral design workshop that I covered on her blog. It was a pop-up event at Propcellar, so to see her bloom into her own space in the Broad Avenue Art District has been a delight.
