Exciting news! Northernlights Home, the lovely plant store in Ancoats, will open its doors again this Friday!
Want to know about their upcoming plans and what else they’ll be selling along flowers? Then keep reading!
Even though the store was only open for three weeks before the lockdown, it was already a success with a huge positive response from people and completely selling out on Mother’s day.
No wonder people love it there, the black and white chess tiles, the decoration of the store and the selection of plants and flowers are simply beautiful!
Owner Leonard Hamilton set up the store with the right grasp for trends and spotted a gap in the market as there is no other flower store located in Ancoats with such a concept as they pursue.
Owner, Leonard Hamilton, set up the flower store after realising there were no other stores with the same concept in Ancoats. With his eye for trends, the concept of Northernlights Home was born.
“People want flowers in their house now. Things have changed and people don’t mind staying at home. They want to look at nice things. Plants are there to help you do stuff as well. Some of them breeze. Some of them make you feel good. Some of them are air purifiers. They all do different things,” he said.
Lockdown did not stop Leonard and his team from working behind the scenes and coming up with creative ways to continue to serve the costumer’s appetite for flowers.
Just to name one example: They organised a plant hunt in Ancoats with short video clues to the hidden locations.
But now let’s have a look at what you can expect soon. Some people might remember this right (still empty) corner of the store with the white wall tiles:
This area will become a space for lifestyle products, including gardening books, organic skincare, bamboo plates, cards, artwork and wine from the South of France.
Some products available will be from Birmingham brand honest, which makes organic skincare products and soy wax candles with eco-friendly cotton coated wicks.
They will also sell jewellery from local companies such as the Manchester Bee Company.
To separate the flower and lifestyle area from one another, sliding doors were put in place. “The reason we are doing this is that we want people to feel like they are in two units. So people go from one shop to another shop. Everything we do is considered,” said owner Leonard.
Besides creating this additional lifestyle area, Northernlights Home plans to use the whole space for events such as wine tasting, poetry and open mic nights. “It is such a beautiful space it would be stupid not to use it in its full potential,” said Leonard.
He adds: “All we have do is cover the lifestyle stuff, open the sliding doors, put chairs in there or let people stand. It becomes a venue straightaway.”
They are also planning a launch party with someone specialising in wine and cheese once the coronavirus restrictions are eased again.
Leonard mentioned: “I want people to come in and think ‘wow’, chatting and blogging about it on their Instagram.”
We don’t know about you but we think these are some amazing plans and we are so excited to watch the business bloom!
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