Verde Haven

Verde Haven Providing a selection of bioactive plants for terrariums, paludariums, and vivariums.

10/09/2026

Just a little routine neck surgery. Nothing to see here. 🎶🌱

This Drosera capensis (Cape sundew) has been growing a rather impressive 2-inch neck, so it was time for a little intervention.

We’re upgrading from a 3-inch pot to a deeper 4-inch pot, using a nutrient-poor mix of peat, perlite, and vermiculite.

A little trick I love: using the original pot to make a perfectly sized hole in the new substrate. That way, the root ball slips right into place without a lot of unnecessary disturbance.

We also tucked most of that long neck beneath the surface to give the plant better stability and an opportunity to develop additional roots.

And because apparently one sundew wasn’t enough, we carefully separated a few babies growing in the old pot and gave them their own home. 🌱

One freshly repotted sundew, a handful of new plants, and absolutely no elevator music was harmed in the process. 😂

10/08/2026

Some plants are pretty. Some plants have personality.

And then there’s Begonia U168. 🖤🌿

Those metallic silver markings. Those deep red undersides. That beautifully unruly foliage.

One of my absolute favorites, and the cutting I recently propagated is already putting out roots.

Naturally, I’m making more. 😏

10/07/2026

After a whirlwind few weeks of reptile shows, it’s actually kind of nice to be back at the shop for a little while before we hit the road again. 🖤🌿

Apparently, someone else is enjoying the downtime too.

Our rainbow crab has climbed to the highest point of his domain and declared himself King of the Mountain. 👑🦀

Just sitting up there on top of the water feature, surveying his kingdom like he personally pays the bills around here.

Tiny crab. Big throne. Absolutely drunk with power.

Spending my birthday at Repticon in Pasadena! Obligatory photo of me and my boy holding down the fort just before things...
10/03/2026

Spending my birthday at Repticon in Pasadena! Obligatory photo of me and my boy holding down the fort just before things got crazy this morning!

10/01/2026

One of my favorite parts of doing reptile shows is getting to wander around and see what everyone else brought. Tiny dinosaurs, a strawberry Pacman frog, scorpions, moon crabs, porcupines,…and apparently enough NeeDoh to test my self-control. 😂

But mostly, I’m grateful for everyone who stopped at our booth, talked plants and bioactives with us, asked questions, bought something, or simply came over to say hello. Every show teaches me a little more about where Verde Haven is headed—and I really love the strange little corner of the plant world we’re finding ourselves in. 💚

Thank you, Abilene, for having us!!

09/26/2026

We made it, Abilene! 🌿🦎

The booth is up, the plants are packed in, and Verde Haven is officially ready for the HERPS Exotic Reptile & Pet Show!

We brought a whole lot of tiny tropicals, ferns, climbers, ground covers, carnivorous plants, arid options, and other weird and wonderful greenery for your bioactive enclosures, terrariums, vivariums and paludariums.

And yes, I may have packed an unreasonable number of plants.

I regret nothing. 😂🌿

If you’re at the show this weekend, come say hi, talk plants, tell me what lives in your enclosure, and let’s find something cool to put in there.

Building bioactive? We have the plants. 💚

09/24/2026

Abilene… we’re almost there! 👀🌿🦎

Here’s a little sneak peek at some of the rad, unusual, and downright gorgeous bioactive plants getting packed up for the HERPS Exotic Reptile & Pet Show this weekend.

Tiny tropicals. Creepers. Climbers. Mossy things. Textural things. Carnivorous things. Plants for bioactive builds, terrariums, vivariums and paludariums—and plenty of weird little treasures you probably didn’t know you needed until you saw them. 😏🌱

We’ve been growing, propagating, potting and prepping for this one, and we’re bringing a LOT.

📍 HERPS Abilene Exotic Reptile & Pet Show
📅 September 26–27

A quick heads-up for our Comfort folks: Verde Haven will be CLOSED Friday, Saturday & Sunday while we take the plants on the road.

Abilene, come find us this weekend. We’re bringing the good stuff. 🌿🔥🦎

See you soon, Abilene! 💚

09/19/2026

Apparently my Purple Vampire Crabs (Geosesarma dennerle) are VERY happy with their paludarium. 🤣🦀💜

Like… really happy.

We’ve reached the point where there are enough vampire crab babies running around that I decided it was time to build them their own nursery. So here it is: a brand-new 5-gallon vampire crab paludarium, dirty glass, water spots, warts and all. 😂🌿

So far, I’ve managed to catch and transfer six tiny babies from the main colony—and judging by how amorous their parents have been, I have a feeling they won’t be the last.

The nursery has both land and water areas, lots of moss and plants, hiding places, and plenty of tiny spaces for ridiculously tiny crabs to disappear into approximately three seconds after I put them in. 🦀

It isn’t staged. It isn’t spotless. It’s a brand-new build that will continue to settle in, grow, and become its own little ecosystem.

And honestly? That’s my favorite part.

Now we get to watch the plants fill in, the paludarium mature, and these teeny Geosesarma dennerle grow up in it. 💜🌿

Apparently when you give vampire crabs mood lighting, tropical humidity and a lush planted paludarium… they take the assignment very seriously. 🤣

P.S. For those of you that think my rock in the middle looks like a potato…mind ya business. 🥔👀🤣

09/15/2026

Anyway… what were we talking about? 🌿👀

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