ABOUT
We acknowledge and celebrate the traditional custodians of Gubbi Gubbi country, the unceeded stolen land on which we are blessed to live and work. We extend this respect and gratitude to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people across so called australia. We recognise their continued connection to the lands, waters, skies, and communities. We pay deep respect, and offer thanks, to elders past, present, and emerging, and all First Nations people, as they continue to nurture this land, as they have done since man and woman awoke from the great dream.
We have so much to learn & unlearn.
Always was, Always will be
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Gubbi Gubbi Country (south east, so called queensland, australia)
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Living environmentally and socially conscious means the world to us! We're not perfect but we are curious and compassionate.
Be Radical
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Non-binary Owner Operator
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ABOUT US
Hey, how's you? 🕷️ I'm Alexis.
They > she, feral, nd, queer.
I opened DeathbyPlants.Com in 2020, after yrs of obsessively propagating plants, and generally just fuking around with plants as a coping mechanism to help with my mental health. Jungly tropical plants, and everything that vines up a totem, have always been my passion. A 70s style sunken lounge, filled with plants, and a fernery patio to the side, is my dream!
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Through pandemic lock downs, the connection between mental health and plants became mainstream, naturally the 'indoor' plant boom followed, creating the perfect climate I needed to bring this to life.
DBP was also born of a mad distain for all things beige, like those fucking ugly ass baby poo looking rainbows, and boring as fuk white on white everything. DBP def isn't perfect, or everything it could be,.. yet! We are constantly working toward creating an Alternative online plant store, that's more than just mass produced imported goods❗
Mental health is huge part of our core. Being surrounded by plants creates a place of solace, and getting dirty makes me feel clean and grounded. Years ago, struggling with addiction and domestic violence, plants were my comfort, my therapy, and they were always cheap, free, or easy to obtain. No one gate-kept, no pretentious status, or 'look at me' culture. If I saw a plant I like while out walking, I'd knock on a door, ask about it, ask for a cutting, and usually ended up having great chats with elders, and scoring plants or cuttings.
The name Death by Plants comes from a place of very low mental health and suicidal ideation. A 🎶Choose Life🎶 thing, if I've gotta die of something, let this be the death of me, I'm going to do this till I'm dead tired each day, one day at a time. That probably sounds dramatic but Its a sad fact that so many of us go through the worst mental health without support or not being able to speak up.
I've watched others claw their way back out the darkest places with the help of plants. Having that lil green bitch to tend to each day like a Tamagotchi, really does help!
"This is my plant,.. It just sits there,.. it makes me happy 🥺".
Checking in with them, your lil green buddy, IS checking in with YOU!
Another element of our Core is Permaculture!
At first I struggled to link this in with DBP because I didn't want to alienate people with all this grubby talk of composting dog poo, intentionally growing weeds, or getting dumb shit excited about worm farms finally producing enough castings! Especially when everyone else in the 'Indoor' Plant community was boasting their insta worthy filtered perfection, and quick commercial fixes for every problem.
But honestly fuk. that. noise! fuk perfection, and fuk self doubt. This is what's going on. Everyone needs to be on this, yesterday! It's 42! Permaculture is THE answer! Well, one of the answers. I truly do see it as ths way out if this mess were in. And I don't know anyone who isn't keen to learn easy small actions that have big positive impacts on us personally and our environment.
At some point in the no to distant future, DBP will offer Solution Services to help you set up Permaculture systems, personally customised to where your at!, locationally, life style wise, time, financially, etc. There's solutions to fit everyones different needs and circumstances.
Our special primary focus is low-income renters, but not limited to. These systems are mainly physical garden based Permaculture, but also not limited to. They may look like setting up a small bokashi composting bucket, may be helping connect you with your local community garden, may be growing enough food to create one full meal a week from your garden, etc.
I don't know what I don't know, and will never claim to be a guru. I am keen for us to learn together!
I've set up our rental property with Permaculture systems to save us money, make us money, improve our health, and make less work for us! Oh any there's fresh Parsley on hand 24/7!
Over the last few yrs I've completed a PDC with PermaQueer in 2021,
online PDC content with Transformative Adventures in 2022, and Student teacher attending of a PDC with Permaqueer in 2023.
The third core element of DBP is holding space for Independent Artists. They can retail a collection through DBP, and/or have a info page, and we're flexible to any evolutions this space can take.
Saving the best for last 😎
In our bio we say that living socially conscious means th world to us, because it literally does.
Our, my world, my offspring, my chosen offspring, my chosen family, and some of THE best hoomans I know, are a mixture of Autists, POC, Trans, and Queer.
Soooo if you think I'm OTT shouty about shit, walk away, it's not for you! It's to drown out all the negative shit that these loveable lil arseholes and others like them have to face each day.
It's such an honour to have hoomans feel safe to share their story with me when they don't feel safe to be themselves at home, or in their everyday. It's wild when you surround yourself with love and open minds, we easily forget th hateful bigots exist.
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