Beards & Daisies

Beards & Daisies, online nursery for indoor plants and gifts

Beards & Daisies is a British online store specialising in indoor plants, although its catalogue has expanded to include outdoor plants, flower bulbs, pots and plant care accessories. The company presents itself as an independent, female-founded, family-run business with more than a decade in operation and a stated base of over 700,000 customers. Its team works from its own nursery, where the plants are cared for before being dispatched so that they arrive in good condition.

Shipping and packaging

The service is built around home delivery of the plants using sustainable transit packaging tested by the company. The website states that 100% of the packaging used is sustainable. Next-day or specified-date delivery is offered, provided the order is placed before 17:00. The company offers a satisfaction guarantee: if an order arrives in poor condition, it will be replaced free of charge within 30 days.

Plant catalogue

The indoor plant range is organised by care level (from hardy varieties to more demanding ones), by light requirements (direct sun, indirect light, light or shade, and low light) and by type, with categories including cacti and succulents, calatheas, hanging and trailing plants, ferns, ficus, orchids, palms and rare or unusual varieties. It can also be filtered by room: living room, office, bedroom, bathroom, kitchen or hallway. Featured collections include pet-friendly plants, air-purifying plants, plants with pots, and bundles or pairs of plants.

Bulbs, pots and artificial plants

The catalogue includes spring-flowering bulbs, with varieties such as daffodils and tulips, classified by flower colour and sun exposure. In the pots section, a distinction is made between indoor and outdoor pots, hanging planters, planters on legs and self-watering pots, with filters by internal size, colour and material (ceramic, concrete, earthenware, metal, recycled metal, recycled plastic and terracotta). The store also sells artificial plants, organised by type and size, including outdoor versions.

Gifts and cards

The gift section groups items by occasion (birthdays, anniversaries, congratulations, get well soon, good luck, new baby, new home, thank you, thinking of you, with sympathy and weddings, among others) and by category, with books and games, food and drink, garden and outdoor, home accessories, plant care and plant hydration, stationery and greetings cards. Cards can be filtered by artist, with names such as Quentin Blake, Sanderson, Abi Go Lucky, Amy Zhang, Kali Stileman, Kitty Kenda, Stephanie Dyment, Studio Mads and Woodmansterne Moments. Gift prices are grouped into bands of up to £15, £30 and £50, and over £50.

Business service

Beards & Daisies has a dedicated team for commercial orders and corporate gifts, which includes business bundles, large plants, hardy varieties, artificial plants and desktop plants. The company presents this service as a streamlined way to manage corporate orders.

Editorial content and sister brand

The website maintains a content section, The Green Edit, with articles about the brand's presence at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, the addition of outdoor plants to the catalogue and the launch of new greetings cards. The company also operates a sister brand, Leaf Envy. At the time of the analysis, the site was showing an autumn sale promotion with 25% off everything, subject to a time limit.

Location and contact

7d Boyton Hall Farm, Chelmsford, CM1 4LN · Phone: 0203 828 9600 · Email: hello@beardsanddaisies.co.uk