About Us
Hello there! Thanks for coming to find out a bit more about us/me!
After 14 years as a police officer I took a career break. I loved policing, having joined as a constable on response, promoted to sergeant, moving sideways to Detective Sergeant and acting Detective Inspector. But...I but needed a break from the corporate aspects of the job. Budget cuts, departmental mergers and removal of the resources available when I joined the job meant the public were not getting the service they deserved, officers were burning out and chief officers seemed oblivious to it. I also had two young sons and wanted to spend the more time with them before they started school.
With a year off I loved looking after my sons but I found I had a little time for a small project and so I turned to selling houseplants. Being an online company I had flexibility looking after them and dispatching orders, sometimes with their help!
Plants are fascinating...first appearing on earth 500 million years ago they've had some time to evolve in to the 400 thousand or so species known to us today. I'm working hard to bring you as many of these species as I can, it may take a while 😁. Being surrounded by live plants creates a stimulating and enhancing environment whether at home, work or any other indoor space.
I have a significance presence on ETSY having over 30 thousand reviews averaging 5 stars (https://www.etsy.com/shop/StupidEggHouseplants?ref=dashboard-header#reviews). I work hard to ensure my products are of great quality and received on time. Each item is hand wrapped with recycled/recyclable papers and generally avoid plastic. Should plastic be required, such as creating a waterproof barrier at the base of a recently watered plant I re-use old plastic. I do not buy any plastics for packaging.
A few years on, with my sons coming to the end of primary school, I have more time during the day and am looking to build a better in store environment to welcome visitors, see opening times in the footer below or contact me. You will also find me selling at BBC Gardners' World Live at the NEC, Birmingham every year. I have completed a number of corporate projects including fulfilling a contract to provide promotional plants to a large footwear retailer in four of their London stores. I am able to offer a personalised and customised service for any project.
I hope you enjoy browsing my plants and pots and hope there is something of interest to you. Please reach out if you have any questions or I can assist in any way.
Thank you for reading!
Liam