Houseplant dreams are just what you need for a cozy weekend. Here's a peek inside a plant-filled SF house to inspire your indoor garden plans.

Here at FGG, the question we hear most often from customers is “How often do I water my houseplant?” It sounds like a simple question, but the answer is actually pretty complicated.

What better place to cozy up for this weird winter at home than an artful plant-filled beach house on the coast south of SF? Our own Jeff Wright graciously invited us into his sweet cottage for a peek.

For your plant-obsessed beloved, here's the most romantic gift: A rare and exquisite 'String of Hearts' plant (Ceropegia woodii). Its heart-shaped leaves are strung together on delicate vines, like a tangle of precious necklaces.

A mid-century Eichler home in SF, with its warm wood paneling, sleek concrete floors, and flood of light from inner courtyards, is the perfect place to grow a lush indoor garden. Some longtime FGG friends invited us into their home to share their houseplant inspiration.

We carry many varieties of ficus houseplants for your indoor garden. Here are a few of our favorites with some helpful information and fascinating botanical history!

For houseplants we recommend using a cachepot system for planting, instead of direct planting into your decorative pot. Here’s how to use the system in five easy steps!

We all love this plant for the masterfully sculpted leaves. When young, the leaves are simple and heart-shaped, without the characteristic splits and holes. Each leaf emerges larger than the last, and with more character, until they are three feet across, with deeply lobed margins and dozens of inner holes.

We love collaborating with Daniel Nolan, who got his start ten years ago on the FGG team. Now he's one of the Bay Area’s most sought-after garden designers! We had so much fun catching up with Daniel in his gorgeous, inspiring studio office filled with houseplants.

Want to brighten and energize your home? Think about adding some sweet little baby houseplants to your collection. Watching plants grow as you tend them over the years is a deeply pleasurable part of indoor gardening.

Got a very bright spot in your house that’s begging for a plant? Columnar euphorbia are intricate, sculptural succulents that will happily grow indoors with proper care and attention. Read on for some interesting facts about euphorbia and advice about growing these beauties as houseplants.

Here’s a pro tip: Almost all indoor plants will happily grow in bright indirect light, but only some are okay with sitting in a sunny window. feeling the direct warm sun on their leaves. We’ve got some beautiful houseplant suggestions for spots in your home with bright direct sun.

Most plants prefer bright indirect sunlight, but some plants are perfectly happy in more moderate light conditions. Read on for help assessing the light in your space and choosing just the right plant for moderate (or medium bright) light.

Some houseplants can tolerate lower light conditions surprisingly well. We’ve got some beautiful choices you can consider for a lower light spot in your home.

We all deserve a little more plant love in our lives. Practice some botanical self care by choosing just the right plant and pot to suit your personal style and the environment of your home.

Strelitzia nicolai—also known as Giant Bird of Paradise, the banana leaf plant or banana leaf palm, is one of our favorite plants for Bay Area gardens, but few people know that this plant can also grow happily indoors!

When watering succulents or cacti in pots without drainage, the most important things to keep in mind are to apply the water in a controlled manner and allow the soil to dry out in between the waterings.

Pull up a window and search “What should be my first houseplant?” and the number one result is the snake plant, also known as “mother-in-law’s tongue.” So if you’re new to houseplants, this is a great place to start. But if you’re an expert collector, maybe we lost you at “snake plant” and you’re already moving on? Hold up! Even the most jaded houseplant collector can find new intrigue within the ever-so-common genus Sansevieria.

Ficus lyrata, commonly called the fiddle-leaf fig, is a perfect indoor specimen plant. The plant features very large, heavily veined, and violin-shaped leaves that grow upright on a tall plant. We almost always have Ficus lyrata in stock at our retail plant store in San Francisco.

A plant is a gift of life, growth, breath, and renewal. What better way to show your love and gratitude this holiday season?