So if you are looking to go green in
the new Year, potted plant scapes can
help you take some small steps that can
help us all out in a really big way.
Amy Zenner is the owner, designer,
creator of all these beautiful designs.
Amy, I'm in love with all the designs,
but there is so much here to unpack, right?
It is beautiful to look at,
but there's so much meaning behind it.
Why did you want to start this business?
I have always designed with nature since I
became a gardener in my early adult years,
and it just morphed into different mediums.
And when I discovered Moss,
I learned that there was actually
a term for this type of design.
When you design with nature and
upon doing more research,
there's an amazing science behind it for
what happens to the brain when you are
in the company of nature indoors, right?
Now more than ever,
I feel like with this post pandemic era,
you know, we have not maintained that
connection to nature as much as we did.
And so it's just amazing.
It takes all the good things.
And elevates them and takes all the
negative things and lowers them.
So it lowers stress, it improves your mood,
it improves your entire
psychological well-being.
It helps people heal faster,
it helps students focus.
It's just amazing the healing properties of.
Indoor walls and Moss.
Can we lift this up and you can
show us what everything is made of?
Yes. Alright, Amy.
So the Moss, show me what everything is.
Yeah, the Moss is all real.
It is real. It's all real.
So it was picked from the forest floor.
And then it goes through an
organic process that preserves it.
Once that process is over,
it doesn't change, it doesn't grow,
it doesn't need any kind of light,
it doesn't need water,
it doesn't need misting.
So it is indefinitely going to be.
This is something you can't kill, correct.
Right. Correct.
You're bad with gardening.
Never fear.
This could work for you and it's great.
It's an indoor application,
so you don't want to put it outdoors.
But I'm fascinated by the all
the different types of Moss,
right?
Like I feel like I'm looking at.
Floyd's Fork Park like this reminds
me actually of immediately an area as
you walk into one of their gardens.
That's exactly what it looks like
and the one that we're seeing now.
I love how you add in the different
woods and barks and things like that.
That is all natural.
We go foraging down at the.
The falls of the Ohio, there we go.
For drift, for driftwood, yeah,
driftwood there, it's perfect.
The one that you see right there is straight
out of the backyard of a friend of mine.
He saw them off at base level.
Yes they're called gems.
Tree stumps is what they're called.
But yeah so I use in conjunction with
the Moss lots of natural materials.
Sorry you've brought some of the
smaller designs here on the side your
work is slowly it's filling up my
Instagram feed because your work is
cropping up in so many places now right.
It's it's popping up at nonprofits people
are are seeking you out saying where is this?
This is that is at QSR.
QSR that is at LD.
LG just redid their moved into their
headquarters at the Old Madrid building.
That's it. QSR.
They're brand new headquarters on River Rd.
That one that's from the falls of the Ohio.
That is Louisville outdoor turf
products and a little tiny
riding mower in the middle.
That was when we did.
Because the background was so busy,
we just wanted to have one color
of Moss with different textures.
And I feel like I I bet that when
kids and even adults hear about
the health benefits of this,
like eyes are open like that.
It is beautiful to place someplace.
But I think to hear about.
It's good to breathe.
It's good to have something green
in your home and and to learn about
nature and learn about what we need
to preserve and protect Mother Nature.
Right. Right, right.
It has to be something that for everybody.
And I know you when you and I met,
we met at a coffee shop and
throw that out there, right.
She, like, she saw me and she had her
card and her picture ready to go.
And she's going through like
all these pictures.
And and I was like, oh, wow,
this is a really amazing thing.
You were talking about wanting
to get this more and, you know,
in hospitals, in care places
because this is a great teaching.
School for children and healthy for them too.
And it lowers anxiety.
So when children are going in,
whether it's for a simple checkup
or perhaps a worst case scenario,
the waiting room is perfect.
Yes, you know,
I donated 1 to my son's school.
I just feel like.
Everyone could benefit.
Even people sitting around a
boardroom table making big decisions,
creative or otherwise, can benefit from it.
Alright.
So just looking through the pictures,
you get relaxed immediately.
You do a lot of partnerships and
charitable kind of things throughout the,
you know,
because people let people know how
they can get in touch with you.
But also I think it's important to
talk about how you're giving back.
Yes.
So once a year in April,
I do a sale of these smaller pieces.
Since most of our projects are
larger commissioned pieces,
we'll do a sale at Bowman.
Field for the smaller pieces that are
also for the the homeowners or people
that want something for their home or office.
We charge at the door.
It's unlimited.
Wine and horderves from lover lay next door
Jason and a portion of they're not bad.
It's pretty good.
Yeah.
One of the best if not thee.
A portion of that door fee goes to
we alternate between the crusade for
children and the Humane Society. Wonderful.
So the first sale it was amazing.
The Humane Society.
It was a great partnership.
This upcoming sale in April,
we will be donating it to the
Crusade for children.
So two things very close to my heart.
Yeah, it's exciting.
Thank you so much. Thank you.
Sharing what you love,
right?
And and sharing all the benefits
of it as well.
So if you want to connect with Amy
or learn more about what she does,
just head on over to potted plant scapes.com.