Tula House Opens in Greenpoint

Tula opens flagship storefront, transporting visitors to a Cuban inspired courtyard filled with exotic plants and carefully curated objects and apparel.

After three years selling from Tulita, the plant truck, Tula has finally found a home. On perhaps one of the few quiet blocks remaining in Greenpoint‘s industrial neighborhood stands an old metal factory, that has quickly been transformed into a multi-purpose retail and workshop space. Tula, Plants & Design is the latest occupant to open their flagship storefront on the warehouse‘s south-facing side. Tula‘s founders discovered the warehouse in its raw and dilapidated state. The space was empty – no walls, no storefront, no plumbing or electricity. Ever the ambitious duo, Tula‘s founders, Christan Summers and Ivan Martinez, saw an opportunity that they couldn‘t pass up. They got to work and designed, built and curated all aspects of the shop. Their goal was to create a warm and inviting space, but also an area that supported plant care and administrative work.

The result is a Cuban-inspired home and courtyard equipped with exotic plants from around the globe, handmade planters, planting tools, plant-inspired books, and apparel. To make plant care easy and efficient, they designed and installed floor drains, a plant shower, and a soil making station. All elements of the shop are open for customer use. Christan and Ivan hope that customers will take a moment to sit and skim through one of the many plant books, make soil, pot their plant and take home inspiration to shower their plants when it‘s time to water.

Tula Opens “The Arid Room”

A space Solely Dedicated to the Weird and Wondrous Plants of the Desert Regions.

Tucked away on a quiet street in Greenpoint, you‘ll find an 1200 sq ft plant oasis like no other. The tastefully crafted space has the feeling of a botanical garden more so than a plant shop, Tula has taken its plant curation to the next level with the opening of The Arid Room. A 400 sq ft corner space dedicated to rare and unusual cactus and succulents.

Tula founders designed the space so visitors could not only see the difference between tropical and desert plants but feel the environmental difference as well. The Arid Room is designed to be hot and dry, where the tropical side is cool and humid – just as nature intended. With the plant industry raging and growing at a rapid pace, Tula takes its time to curate and source extraordinary plant species that inspire customers to go beyond the common houseplant. And with a team of designers and horticulturists ready to help, visitors leave feeling inspired to design with plants, while equipped with the knowledge to keep them alive.

The Arid Room has numerous features. Including a 30-year-old Jade plant, a 12 ft Euphorbia, a cuttings table where visitors are invited to pick and plant succulent cuttings, cactus candy, loads of affordable terra cotta planters and many rare and hard to find cacti and succulents.

Tula Plants & Design
59 Meserole Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11222
www.tula.house

Instagram: @tulahouse