COVID-19 hit in the spring, she thought “uh-oh.”“When people are out shopping and almost panic buying and looking for toilet paper, houseplants I definitely thought would not be on top of people’s minds,” says Waugh, owner of Fat Plant Farm in Regina.
Green roof advocates have ‘high hopes’ for trend in Saskatchewan Nine months later, when her shop reopened with limited customer capacity, pickup and delivery service, she says her “doom and gloom” worries didn’t materialize.Instead, it’s been a “plant boom.”“I definitely did not expect sales to double.”Waugh and others in the plant world say millions of Canadians working from home and dealing with pandemic stress have spurred a growth in demand for greenery — from big, leafy houseplants and.