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"Housed in a century-old home and signed “Plants + Coffee,” this plant shop takes up most of the Glenwood Avenue space and includes a separate cactus room with floor-to-ceiling windows. Designer Alison Michaels-Fandel kept walls white and used wood and other natural, textural elements to highlight the lush plant colors; large windows and skylights flood the interior with light and create an environment meant to entice customers to linger while they shop and enjoy coffee from the in-house bar. Seating is varied and inviting: an eight-seat counter, scattered seats throughout the shop, a covered porch, and a communal wooden table with benches on a pebble-stone patio out front, making the space both a retail nursery and a relaxed social spot." - Beth McKibben