Northwest Austin Edition | December 2022

BUSINESS FEATURE Pink Flamingo Plant Co. Local business oers community, art space W hen Emmilee Price and her business partner Chase Howell opened Pink Flamingo Plant Co. on their

BY SUMAIYA MALIK

used for special events and monthly art bazaars. “We’ve been patient as far as picking out the food trucks and just waiting for the right people. That’s denitely worked out,” Price said. Inside Pink Flamingo Plant Co., artists’ work is on display inside the gift shop. Ter- rariums, or plant scapes in an enclosed vessel propagated jewelry and can- dles from Ella’s Apothecary and Adorn + Garnish, printed sculptures from Print Errors, ceramics from Full Spectrum Ceramics, lapel pins, key chains, gift cards and work from print design artist Object Lover. “I’ve got a billion ideas. Most of them are related to creativity in some way or another, and I think, ultimately, this place is just kind of a product of me and Chase being ourselves,” Price said. Price sees parents and kids come on the weekends, and others come in for lunch or just to sit with their computer. with foliage and moss, sit on the far right wall. The gift shop also carries “I see people come here and enjoy it and immediately feel comfortable, like they’re at home here,” Price said. “A lot of people have denitely turned this into part of their life, like their routine.”

gated property in 2020, they wanted to provide a community space where people could buy potted plants, pick up art-related gifts and enjoy the outdoors. “It has just

From left: Chase Howell and Emmilee Price celebrated the second anniversary of Pink Flamingo Plant Co. in October.

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The business model for Pink Flamingo Plant Co. has four main parts. BUILDING THE BUSINESS PLANTS The business sells tropical and potted plants for indoors and moderate outside temperatures. ART Inside the shop is work from local artists, which is regularly switched out by the creators. EVENTS Customers can rent out a trellised event space behind the greenhouses, and the space holds monthly art markets. FOOD TRUCKS Chaba Kitchen, Taqueria Jessica and Neptune Coee are the three curated food trucks the business hosts.

“I’VE GOT A BILLION IDEAS. MOST OF THEM ARE RELATED TO CREATIVITY IN SOME WAY OR ANOTHER, AND I THINK, ULTIMATELY, THIS PLACE IS JUST KIND OF A PRODUCT OF ME AND CHASE BEING OURSELVES.” EMMILEE PRICE, COOWNER

immediately lled a need that I didn’t know existed in this part of town,” Price said. Pink Fla- mingo Plant Co. sits on an acre of sprawl-

Price and Howell opened their business during the COVID19 pandemic.

ing heritage trees tucked behind an array of businesses o McNeil Drive and Pond Springs Road. Price and Howell have both worked in retail, and Pink Flamingo Plant Co. is their rst business on their own. Price enjoys art, and How- ell likes to grow plants. They started out with one tunnel greenhouse full of a variety of indoor plants and a gift shop painted pink on the out- side, and they have since expanded to three greenhouses with a fourth under construction. The business partners are the owners of the lot and curated the other businesses inside, including Taqueria Jessica, Neptune Coee and the family-owned Chaba Kitchen. Additionally, the business has a trellised space that can be

Artists with creations in the shop bring in new items regularly.

Pink Flamingo Plant Co. 7221 McNeil Drive, Austin 512-709-1665 www.instagram.com /pink_amingo_plant_co Hours: Mon.-Fri. 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Sat.-Sun. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

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