'It's like a jungle' - Family-run plant shop to open in Wakefield

Amy and Tom Robinson will open The Plant Market, on Cross Square, on Saturday.

It is a first time business venture for the couple, who have been selling plants from the kitchen of their Shaw Cross home for the last year.

Amy said: "We've done it for about a year from home, we did local deliveries and markets.

"With Covid that all stopped but we were still really popular online, so it just grew to the point that it had outgrown my kitchen.

"I've always had lots of plants. We've got three kids under give and I was at home and just thought maybe I could start selling them and that was about a year ago and we've had a kitchen full of plants.

"But it has outgrown me, I just couldn't keep doing it from home."

The Plant Market will stock a variety of house plants, as well as eco-friendly accessories and items from independent traders.

"We've got a little corner for local artists and a lady that makes headbands and scrunchies out of recycled fabric," Amy said.

"There's lots of eco-friendly plant pots from No Way Crochet. It's like a jungle."

To celebrate their opening weekend, Amy and Tom are raffling off a £75 voucher to be spent in store, with entry just £2.

The Plant Market will be open from 10am to 4pm, Monday to Saturday.

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