The Plant Venture’s Bree Clarke is at it once more! At all times on-brand, the dynamic, Congressionally-recognized “plantrepreneur” is present process a metamorphosis of her personal. The present Montrose Collective outpost of the very profitable Plant Venture will quickly transfer to a brand new dwelling and endure a re-brand and idea change that may encapsulate all that the brand new location should supply: bespoke candles and perfumes, plus, after all, vibrant greenery and aromatic blooms.
The Plant Venture’s wildly-popular month-to-month group occasion “Crops & Prosecco” on Sunday, January 5 would be the Montrose Collective location’s final day to be open to the general public, whereas the corporate’s Greenterior Idea will proceed all through the transfer. Counting purchasers akin to Google, Meta, Lululemon, the Houston Endowment, and quite a few oil and fuel companies for its inside design companies, The Plant Venture gained’t miss a beat. The Plant Venture handles greenteriors for residential purchasers as effectively—those that lack a green-thumb can all the time depend on The Plant Venture to design, set up, type, and deal with repairs for personal houses.
In place of the present location of the Plant Venture, Clarke will debut The Antionette Candle & Perfumery Bar in late spring/early summer time of 2025 in a to-be-determined location in both Montrose or River Oaks.
“Consider The Antionette as your very personal Botanical Speakeasy for candles and fragrance,” Clarke tells CultureMap. “Rising up I noticed my mom be a lover of all issues that made the house and physique odor good. She had classic bottles of fragrance that had been magical — my grandmother the identical. I am very enthusiastic about this new enterprise, because it’s sharing the outdated with the brand new and a technique to create your very personal story.”
Whereas different impartial retailers in The Montrose Collective have fully shuttered to get replaced by worldwide company manufacturers, together with The Plant Venture’s present location already being leased as a Paige Demin retailer, in line with Clarke, that has nothing to do together with her choice to go away the event. She simply requires extra space to develop.
Clarke, who has already been sourcing classic and vintage vessels from New York Metropolis to The Netherlands, will take a weeks-long sojourn to Spain on the finish of January to bolster her stock. The Antionette will supply these principally internationally-sourced fragrance bottles and vessels to clients to pour their bespoke perfumes and cocktail-themed candles in throughout their “design it your self” visits. These companies supply clients an ideal technique to get into the “signature dwelling” craze — fully customizable scents in your dwelling, workplace, or model.
“Everybody will have the ability to make their very own candle and fragrance. They are going to be named after cocktails and neighborhoods of Houston and Dallas which have particular meanings to my household and me,” says Clarke.
