GEAR UP FOR GARDEN SEASON 2024

We are here to help! Plant starts and seeds have been grouped to make it easy to find what you are looking for. Whether its edible flowers, herbs or spring bulbs and tubers we got you covered.

With a wide variety of unique seeds supplies and tools we have everything you are looking for. Please don't hesitate to get help for you growing needs.

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Plant Pots & Saucers

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About

Hi! I'm Meaghan, founder of 'The Botanist'. My original roots come from the beauty industry. For over 20 years I've had the privilege of connecting with people through the art of hair. In recent years I have delved into improving my lifestyle to be more healthful. I finally started to keep plants alive indoors and started gardening and growing microgreens around the same time. Plants brought life to my space and caring for them for me was very therapeutic, not to mention the proven health benefits of being around nature (I brought the jungle inside). Learning how to grow my own food connected me on a whole new level, not to mention the appreciation I gained for farmers and having grocery stores when my crops failed. To me plants are everything, they liven up spaces, they clean our air, they store carbon, they are our food. My goal is to help people learn about how they can use plants to amplify their lives, grow community and learn how we can together work on sustainability in a modern world for a better future.

Create, connect and cultivate.

 

Meet The Team

 Brianna

The ultimate houseplant lover! When she's not at the shop she spends a lot of her time volunteering at the local animal shelter. She loves animals so much in fact that she is in uni to work towards her dreams of becoming a vet. Mom to an adorable beardie named Lily her fave plant is....well there's too many to list, but she's a sucker for the classic Monstera deliciosa aka Swiss cheese plant.

 

 

About

Hi! I'm Meaghan, founder of 'The Botanist'. My original roots come from the beauty industry. For over 20 years I've had the privilege of connecting with people through the art of hair. In recent years I have delved into improving my lifestyle to be more healthful. I finally started to keep plants alive indoors and started gardening and growing microgreens around the same time. Plants brought life to my space and caring for them for me was very therapeutic, not to mention the proven health benefits of being around nature (I brought the jungle inside). Learning how to grow my own food connected me on a whole new level, not to mention the appreciation I gained for farmers and having grocery stores when my crops failed. To me plants are everything, they liven up spaces, they clean our air, they store carbon, they are our food. My goal is to help people learn about how they can use plants to amplify their lives, grow community and learn how we can together work on sustainability in a modern world for a better future.

"Create, connect and cultivate."

What We Offer

Sophie our florist & Meaghan the shop owner posing with one of their handmade bouquets.

Bouquets By The Botanist

FRESH CUT FLOWERS

We bring in fresh cut flowers multiple times a week to ensure the freshest cuts for your arrangements. Most of our bouquets are hand tied to perfection and there are multiple ways to enjoy our flowers within all budgets. As we flow through the season so do flowers. We love ordering local Alberta and BC flowers in season and fill in the gaps with some imports. 

How to enjoy our flowers:

Order Flowers Online

Your fave flowers just got that much easier to order! Here's the steps:

Step 1- Choose amount you want to spend on flowers under this product listing  and add to cart.

Step 2-  Add anything else you would want like a vase, cards, plants  or jewelry! 

Step 3- At check out you will have delivery options or in store pick up.  Calgary is $15 and we service out of town as well make sure the right option is chosen!

Step 4- Once your payment is complete we will be in contact for delivery address/timing  and final details. You can also add any delivery instructions for us at checkout as well:)

Same day delivery Monday to Saturdays morning cutoff time is 9am afternoon cutoff is 1pm weekdays and Saturdays 11am.

Need a last minute delivery in a hurry? We got you - using Uberconnect we can send anything last minute ( rates provided with address destination, invoiced separately). 

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Grab and Go Bouquets

These creations will come in a variety of premade sizes and colours making it easy to grab for yourself or for others. We wrap our flowers in Kraft paper and finish with twine or raffia. Ribbon or special wrapping is available at an extra fee.

These are available in store only.

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Subscriptions 

We are now offering subscriptions to our customers who know they want to enjoy flowers on a regular basis. These subscribers will get additional flowers at no extra cost plus extra perks month to month. They are available in two options.

Monthly Bloom Club - Beautiful flowers, once a month to liven up your home. The arrangements will vary depending on season and time. So specific requests for bloom club, for custom creations please get in touch! Pickups are Friday and can also be arranged to days that work best for you!

The commitment is a minimum of 3 orders ( 3 months). After that you are free to cancel, pause or skip your months. For cancellations please note that we need a minimum of 7 days notice. 

$50 monthly. Pickup or delivery available see below.

The Weekender~ Great choice for grabbing an arrangement on your way home from work to enjoy for your time home. Pickups will be Fridays. 

$20 every week. Pickup or delivery available see below.

The Worker Bee~ This choice is for your Monday-Friday enjoyment of florals at the work space. These bouquets are delivered on Monday mornings in a vase ready to enjoy! The vase is provided at no extra cost and returned with the following delivery to driver. Delivery included for all Calgary destinations. Outskirts of Calgary available for a special rate please enquire.

$70 weekly includes delivery and borrowed vases.

Shower Power- Calling all the eucalyptus lovers this ones for you! Receive a fresh shower bundle every two weeks and a fun bath and body related item. Baby blue works great dried as well after you have finished with it in the shower. A great subscription to share with friends as well. 

$30 every 2 weeks. Pickup or delivery available see below.

Minimum commitment is 4 orders. After that just one weeks notice for cancellations of subscriptions to make sure no product is wasted!

Floral subscribers will also receive a 10% discount for other flowers, vases & dried flowers. Some restrictions apply.

All subscriptions are available for pick up in store or if you would like to have them delivered anywhere in the city there is a $15 charge. Delivery is available weekdays from 11-1 and 3-5. Saturdays 1-3pm. Please note holidays and weather conditions may affect these delivery windows. We can not give specific delivery times. If you need a specific time to be met please contact us to use UberConnect which is our premium delivery service with open and direct delivery times. We are closed Tuesdays so no deliveries will be made unless otherwise specified.

Flowers for Occasions

Flowers are historically used for many occasions like weddings, birthdays, funerals and seasonal celebrations. We are available to do small projects and events. For specific flower wants it's recommended to plan 3 or more weeks in advance. This could be for things like colour palettes or special meaning or importance of certain flowers. No flower is ever 100% guaranteed due to climate, transport or other unforeseen circumstances, but we strive do our best to make the perfect piece for our customers. Substitutions sometimes will be made to the best of our ability and our suppliers to match requests. 

 

Bring, Buy or Borrow Vase Program

A raise of hands for someone who has waaaay too many vases at home?! Or perhaps you want to gift some beautiful flowers (for yourself or others), but don't really want the cost of buying the vase? At The Botanist we firmly believe in reusing  what we can so we started our bring, borrow or buy vase program. 

Bring ~ bring your vase in to us in advance and we can create your arrangement directly into the vase with your requested budget.

Buy ~Some of our vases are a touch special/expensive like our hand painted collections and these bad boys will be available for purchase only!

Borrow ~ Borrow one of vases and bring back within a reasonable time frame. Total old school honour system here-no deposit or additional fee just trust in our awesome customers to come back and visit again. In worst cases the vase gets broken or lost there will be a $15 charge for these situations.

 

 

 

Repotting Services

LET US TO THE DIRTY WORK!

You may have lack of knowledge, skill, time or just don't want to deal with dirt in your home. We offer in-store potting services for all your plant babies. 

Our prices range from $1-3 dollars per inch of soil. There is a range because some plants require more work to repot then others. For example a plant that is extremely root bound and compacted takes extra time and attention to untangle the roots safely.

Prices

$1-3    Soil per inch of pot diameter. 

For example a 4" replant can cost $4-12. Why the range? Well some peoples plants come in a state after not being repotted for years. It takes a very long time to tangle the roots together to do our best to prevent transplant shock. Some plants are very straightforward so you will get the base price for these plants. All of our plants are potted with our in aroid, thirsty plant mix (both made in house) or cactus mix. We can do even more custom mixes for things like fruit trees, bonsais and more with special requests.

Add ons+

$7        Per vial Houseplant invigorator 

$6        Soil Activator  ( helps with transplant shock)

$2-10   Biochar 

Poles and support

            MOSSify poles 

$30-55   Moss 

$20-$40 Coco 

Modular

Starting at $7-$26

$5+        Bamboo Trellising 

 

$5 +       Pest Treatments 

Pot add ons +

$.50 - $12 Plastic Nursery Pot

$31-$195 Ceramic Peach & Pebble Pot (Doesn't include saucer)

$10-$123 Hybrid Resin Kanso Pots

$2-$22 Terracotta pot (Doesn't include saucer)

BYOP Bring your own pot. Have your own pot then bring it in with you!

We have a variety of pots that can be used to plant directly into with drainage holes in saucers including terracotta, ceramic and hybrid resins. We typically recommend to plant into a plastic nursery pot and place this into a the cover pots, but that's not always an option. When possible we will reuse plastic nursery pots at no extra charge. If we do not have one available from our reuse stock one will be charged.

 

 

Hours & Addy

STORE HOURS 

11am- 6pm Monday 

CLOSED   Tuesday 

11am- 6pm Wednesday

11am- 6pm Thursday

11am- 6pm  Friday

11am-5pm Saturday 

11am-5pm  Sunday

 

Located at 408 8 ave NE

RENFREW

You will find us on the corner of Edmonton Trail & 8 ave NE with a GREEN door. Obviously had to be green. 

Connect@thebotanistcalgary.com

403-614-6687

PARKING

There are multiple places to park when visiting "The Botanist". 

PAY City parking lot right on Edmonton trail between 7 & 8 ave ranges from .50 cents to $1 per 30 minutes depending on the time.

FREE Edmonton Trail -Register plate on park plus app it's free.

FREE 8 ave- right across street  just off Edmonton trail ( on the pharmacy side)

FREE 8ave- 1.5 blocks east there is open parking all day long starting around 4a street

FREE- there is one stall right in front of the shop (if you look at door its too the left). This will be available in the winter months only.

 

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