The people who grow & write.
The Plant Index is written by a rotating group of plant owners — designers, engineers, teachers, chefs, students, and retirees — who live with the plants they write about. Each contributor focuses on a beat that matches what their own shelves have taught them.
Freja Lindqvist
Interior designer · CopenhagenDesigns calm interiors where the plants do half the heavy lifting.
Plant Guides9 articlesAnders Hovland
Backend engineer · OsloLogs every watering in a spreadsheet. Finds the bug before it kills the plant.
Troubleshooting26 articlesMaya Eriksson
Junior architect · StockholmForty-plus plants in a 32 m² north-facing flat. Low-light, small-space specialist.
Lighting14 articlesOliver Chen
Product manager · LondonWeekend taxonomy obsessive. Keeps photographing houseplants until someone confirms the species.
Plant Identification23 articlesIngrid Sørensen
Retired schoolteacher · MalmöThirty years of keeping the easy plants alive. Advice for the person who just wants theirs not to die.
Watering10 articlesJakob Rasmussen
Electrician · AarhusGrows rare aroids under LED panels in a basement. If the sun won't come to the plant, he wires one in.
Lighting5 articlesSofia Ahonen
Plant-shop assistant, ex-vet nurse · HelsinkiIf it crawls, bites, or spins webs, she's probably identified it under a loupe already.
Pests & Diseases22 articlesLeo Nakamura
Chef · Amsterdam (via Osaka)Grows the herbs his kitchen uses and keeps a small bonsai collection he refuses to ship abroad.
Soil & Potting15 articlesClara Dubois
Translator, on parental leave · BrusselsRebuilt her living room around pet- and child-safe plants. Low-effort, low-drama recommendations.
Troubleshooting10 articlesTheo Hartley
Retired gardener · EdinburghThirty-five years in the walled gardens of a National Trust estate. Now he's bringing the techniques indoors.
Plant Guides17 articlesAisha Patel
Secondary-school biology teacher · BristolWants the citation. Writes the most science-backed pieces on the site.
Plant Identification14 articlesSven Karlsson
Engineering student · GothenburgGrows a jungle on one windowsill with a student budget. Beginner-friendly, frugal advice.
Watering7 articles
