The Plant Rescuer Box [Wonky, Not Perfect, in Need of TLC]

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*Sprouts of Bristol - Kingsdown, BS6 5UD
Usually ready in 4 hours

2 Kingsdown Parade
Bristol BS6 5UD
United Kingdom

+441179294158

Regular price £15.00
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Plant Rescue Boxes from Sprouts
We have designed a range of different sizes boxes for all budgets!
If you purchase a £15 box, you will get around £30 worth of 'rescue' plants at full RRP.
Please make sure you read the information in full below before purchasing.


About The Plant Rescuer
"Plants shouldn’t end up in the bin just because they no longer look ‘perfect’. They deserve our love and care, for without them none of us would exist. All too often houseplants are treated as disposable items, like a wilted bunch of flowers but they are alive and do so much for us, the least we can do is try our best to help them recover" - Sarah @theplantrescuer

Introducing the Plant Rescue Box in collaboration with author & writer Sarah Gerrard-Jones. Sarah AKA @theplantrescuer is a plant lover and goes above and beyond to save the botanical beauties that she comes across in her daily life.

By buying our rescue boxes, you can help us make a dent in the tonnes of waste that's generated by the plant industry every year. As online sales of plants grow, so do the mountains of plants that get discarded. Retailers are reluctant to sell a plant if it has even the slightest imperfection for fear the buyer will complain or demand a refund. The more complaints a retailer gets, the more inclined they are to throw away healthy plants just because they don’t look 'perfect'. Most of us now agree that throwing away vegetables because they’re wonky shouldn’t be an acceptable practice, and yet there are houseplants being discarded on a massive scale for the same reason. This needs to stop. 

Since we launched our boxes, they have been very popular and a massive success! We have been speaking to some of our suppliers and are now accepting our supplier's rejected plants and using these in our plant rescue boxes as well as any in our shop that arent in tip-top condition.

How many plants are in each box?
In our rescue plant boxes the number of plants will vary week to week. We usually include 3 plants per box but there is sometimes more or less depending on value. 

To get an idea of what plants we class as Weird and Wonderful, please check out this page.

Plants will be picked at random and will only contain plants that we would be happy to rescue ourselves. 

Should I buy a box?
Plants will need some TLC so ideally, you will have a basic understanding of what they will need to thrive. If you're looking to learn more about nurturing and rescuing plants then these boxes are a good place to start.

Can I get a refund?
All the plants sold will be imperfect but with the right care will grow - so sorry, no refunds will be given. The price reflects the condition of the plants. Sometimes plants might arrive with pests - we do our best to check, treat and inspect everything on arrival and departure from Sprouts but sometimes things are missed.

Sometimes there might be a small delay on getting your order out if we don't have any rescue plants currently available but we will get your order out as soon as we can

 

If you need care advice you can check out Sarah's Instagram.

Important Information

If you have any questions, please check out the below or get in touch via our contact form

We're devoted to sending our customers quality plants with the best service around. Every plant is backed by our 7-day guarantee, so they arrive in good health.

Our team takes extra steps when prepping plants for transportation, but they're still sensitive to changes, so there may be minor cosmetic issues. We always aim to photograph and disclose any flaws before shipping, but a living creature travelling across the country in a box can take a hot minute to adjust to its new life.

If you have any issues within 7 days of receiving your order, holler at our customer support team on our contact form with your order details and some pics of the issue. After the guarantee has expired, though, we can't refund as we can't guarantee care and environmental factors. If you repot the plant during the 7 days, the guarantee is void.

We have been sending plants up and down the country for many year now and we like to think we have our way down to an art.

We protect the plant from falling out of the soil with tissue paper and tape if needed, then we wrap the plant in corrugated cardboard, and sometimes we protect the leaves with extra tissue paper if required. This is then placed into a box and if there is any empty space, we fill this with void fill to stop the plants moving around inside the box. Sometimes we will write a note on your packing slip to water the plant on arrival, so please look out for this. This is due a freshly watered plant going in a box will not only be soggy, but as the plant is in darkness this can sometimes make the plant unhappy when just freshly watered.

If your plant arrives to you unhappy, please send us a photo of the plant and packaging if relevant straight away, so we can advise you.

Online orders are packed and dispatched within a few days. Usually depending on volumes, we aim to get your order dispatched within 1 working day. We have collections from Royal Mail 6 days a week so deliveries tend to be speedy.

Our standard parcel delivery service is £4.99 for Royal Mail Tracked48, you can upgrade to Tracked24 for £2.50.

We do offer a Tracked48 Large Letter option for £2.99, and Tracked24 for £1 extra, but this only applies to products less than 2.5cm thick.

*Deliveries 7 days a week only included Tracked24 parcels.

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We get a lot of boxes, packaging and whatnot at Sprouts from all our various supplier's deliveries. We re-use this packaging material where possible, plus we take in donations from local businesses and customers to our shop to avoid excess packaging going to landfill. Sometimes your delivery might look a little different, or come in a branded box from another company, but rest assured the items inside are carefully packed with love and attention inside. We use paper tape and all our branded materials included are fully recyclable. Sometimes we use polystyrene, bubble wrap or plastic wrap in the packaging, all these items are not new and where possible, please use them again.

We have partnered with Zedify to offer low-carbon deliveries in Central Bristol for £6.99.

Zedify collect and deliver orders from us Monday - Friday and will usually deliver your order the same day its collected. If you place your order before 11am, we will aim to get it collected the same day but this isnt always possible. When you have received your dispatch email, Zedify should be delivering your order the same day, anytime before 6pm.

We cannot give an idea of time, but if you would prefer delivery on a certain date (Monday - Friday) please get in touch or leave a note at check out with your preferred delivery date and we will do our best to accommodate your request.

Zedify deliver to the following postcodes BS1, BS2, BS3, BS4, BS5, BS6, BS7, BS8 (1, 2, 3A - 3N, 4), BS9 (1,3,4).

Select click and collect at checkout to collect your order from our Bristol shop.

You will get an email when your order is ready to collect, where possible please come and collect your order the same day as we have limited space. If you are going to collect your order at a later date, please let us know in the message box at check out so we know when to expect you. Some items such as gift sets, kits and pre-order items may not be ready to collect the same day, again please let us know what day you would like to collect and we will let you know if there's any issues.

We do not offer free returns, but if you are unhappy with your delivery, please get in touch. If your parcel or order has been damaged, please take photos and send these over to our team so we can look into this for you.

If you have ordered an item and you would like to exchange it, we should be able to do this for you. There may be an extra charge for delivery, but get in touch to discuss. For plants there is a 7 day return policy and 30 days for everything else, apart from sale items which are none returnable. 

You can return or exchange in our Bristol shop for free.

Customer Reviews

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Maiya
Excellent selection and details included o...

Excellent selection and details included on TLC care required. Very pleased

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Maiya
Excellent selection. Very helpful TLC care...

Excellent selection. Very helpful TLC care notes. Would purchase from again.

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Alex G.
Great value gardener gift

I bought the large outdoor wonky box for my dad’s birthday as he loves to garden and I thought it would be a nice surprise. He loved it, and was really impressed with the way each plant was packaged, their condition (not very wonky at all really), the care instructions, but mainly the volume of plants in the box. Lots of things he wouldn’t have bought himself or hadn’t thought of before but he had a great time taking care of each item, before deciding where to plant it in the garden.
Great value gift for a gardener, and a wonderful way to give homes to plants that need them.

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Charlotte
Secret garden

I Love The plants that I received they Look so good in my garden I Have Ordered another Box

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Waylon
I bought a large outdoor rescue box as a g...

I bought a large outdoor rescue box as a gift for my dad who is a keen gardener. To be honest, based on the info/reviews I was expecting maybe 1-3 medium sized plants in the box that needed a little bit of TLC but was really impressed with the contents! There were a total of 18 plants (!! such great value !!) and each one was well packaged, with most in pretty good condition, needing minimal care. My dad was especially pleased to see a couple of pairs/triples of the same plant so he could do some repeat planting/add them to pots etc. The instructions for care were super clear, and the delivery was easy to track and arrived exactly on time. Highly recommend this idea, what a brilliant way of giving mystery plants-in-need a new home! Thank you!

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