Melbourne's best indoor plant stores

Does your home need a little sprucing? Create an indoor plant jungle with desktop terrariums, lush ferns and giant monsteras.

Folia House

The foliage range at Folia House gives us grand greenhouse designs. From mini cacti and polka-dotted begonias to fiddle leaf figs. The store has got almost every plant under the sun and you can shop by beginner and pet-friendly varieties. You had us at aloe.

Miei Fiori

Need a good excuse to splurge? When you buy a new plant baby from Miei, the profits go to The Smith Family to help close the poverty gap. For the novice green thumb, there are heaps of beginner-friendly plants available. We love the look of these low maintenance air plants. Or this brain cactus in a novelty skull pot.

Pollon Flowers

Bring Melbourne's most Insta-worthy florist into your lounge room. Not just for blooms (although the blooms are breath-taking) Pollon also has elegant orchids and tiny terrariums. Are you a plant assassin who needs something indestructible? Pick a 'forever' bouquet of everlasting dried flowers. A visit to the store is an experience itself. Blessed with a photogenic location behind St Paul’s Cathedral, the ever-changing window displays are always gorgeously creative.

El Boske Botanico

Pop into El Boske Botanico at Melbourne Central and pick up all sorts of treasures for your at-home garden. If you're into quirky homewares, the animal-shaped pots will be right up your alley. And for something a bit special, take a look at the handmade Columbian terracotta pots. The gift packs are pretty great too. They come with a succulent, a cute garden ornament, soil mix, mini gardening tools and more.

Prickly Affair

This little street kiosk outside QV is like a fairytale come to life. Imagine the tiniest plant you've ever seen. Now halve it, and you've got the mini cacti at A Prickly Affair. Cue the awws. Adopt a potted succulent the size of your fingernail or wear your plant obsession in a living necklace.

Melbourne Flower Merchant

Melbourne Flower Merchant is no ordinary florist. Ask the expert creatives about the perfect potted plants for your space. Or buy bundles of romantic blooms and gift-able bunches. The low-light desktop orchids make adorable work colleagues. Collections change with the seasons to offer an incredible range of locally grown flowers.

Skill up with a how-to guide

Not a natural green thumb? No worries. Time is on your side. Grab Indoor Gardening 101 from Dymocks on Collins Street. You'll find out which finicky ferns to avoid and the best food to make your plants flourish. Or get some interior styling tips for your greenery from The Leaf Supply Deck of Plants available at Readings.