Meet The Boys
Steven, Alec and Tyler are a poly triad couple who through the covid pandemic have learned to love plants. Covid has taught us many things. Many people have had their lives altered in so many ways. We have found ourselves in a whole new world. So many people are now spending more time at home, either because of quarantine or working from home. Two of us became work-from-homers right off the bat. This meant “breaks” went from hanging in the breakroom with our colleagues to folding laundry and doing chores. For us, this brought on a lot of anxiety as there was so much uncertainty in the world outside. We began to look at our homes not just as a shelter but as a refuge. A safe place.
Plants helped bridge this gap and overcome these changes and challenges. They gave me a purpose greater than myself. Plants gave me peace. Not to mention they made decorating easy. My first plant was a Golden Pothos. I bought it at a big box store and said a little prayer as it didn’t come with any instructions, rather a small piece of paper with a sun logo. Before too long, I had amassed a large collection that had taken up most of my living room and kitchen (the two rooms with the most natural light).
Once we realized how much people can benefit from plants and how easy plant care can really be, the idea for “plant daddies” was born. We were not alone in noticing this trend, we found other plant stores in other major cities. Plant shops have popped up all over the place. We explored a lot of these stores abut felt there was always something missing. We talked for weeks and months about how we could inprove this idea. What would set us apart from the "plant shop."
You are now looking at the product of our brainstorming. We feel that we have taken the best of all these stores, put our personal spin on things, sprinkled our own ideas and bam… Plant Daddies of Atlanta was born.
A New Chapter: The Gay Ole Plant Shop™
Like any good plant, we’ve grown—and sometimes that means outgrowing the name you started with.
In 2025, we found ourselves in the middle of a legal dispute over the name Plant Daddies of Atlanta. While we were proud of what that name represented—a cheeky nod to our queer roots and our passion for plants—it became clear that continuing under that name wasn’t sustainable. So, we made the hard (but exciting) decision to rebrand.
And honestly? We took lemons, and we planted them.
We’re proud to now be called The Gay Ole Plant Shop™. It’s a name that feels even more us—a little retro, a lot of pride, and overflowing with personality. It’s a nod to the joy, color, and queerness we bring into everything we do, from our curated plant selection to the events we host and the community we’ve built around us.
We’re still the same triad of plant-obsessed weirdos you’ve come to know and love. Same faces, same vibes—just under a new banner that better reflects the home we’ve created: one that’s Unapologetically Queer. Aggressively Green.
Thanks for sticking with us through every season. Let’s keep growing—together.
