Company you should know: Plant Seads
Founder Bryan Meador grew up in Tulsa but spent the past 12 years of his life in NYC, missing a connection to nature. So, he founded Plant Seads, a sustainable company whose debut product is a vertical garden planter. Last year, Bryan packed up the company, moved back to Tulsa, and landed Plant Seads planters in over 450 Walmart stores across the country.
So where did Plants Seads come from? The whole thing started when Bryan was living in NYC. Coming from the midwest, he was used to being surrounded by plants and trees, and city living wasn’t giving him the connection to nature that he craved. He started by planting a few things in aluminum cans, which blossomed into the vertical garden planters that Plant Seads makes today.
Their first product is a planter that helps people transform any space into a vertical garden. The planters are made with 100% recycled plastic right here in the USA. They can go just about anywhere, but they clip into chain link fences perfectly so you can turn chain link fences into vertical gardens in one easy step. And to sweeten the deal - for every 5 planters sold, Plant Seads plants a tree in an area suffering from deforestation!
This month, Plant Seads has some exciting news to share! Starting in March, Plants Seads planters will be available in 454 Walmart stores nationwide! The momentum from this deal has allowed them to think more broadly about how the company can grow over the next 3-4 years.
“Starting a company is a really hard thing to do, so having a community of other entrepreneurs to bounce ideas off of is invaluable,” says Bryan. "I feel so lucky to work alongside a whole team of people who have gone through a similar experience, and it’s inspiring to see their own endeavors grow. Finding this new entrepreneurial ecosystem and the 36°N community were a huge part of that process and I’m really grateful for that.”
Keep an eye on Plant Seads- they have big plans for the new year. They’re really excited about bringing Plant Seeds manufacturing and supply chain here to Oklahoma. This helps bring their emissions down even further, while also being able to tap into the recycling program that we have here in Tulsa for raw materials. They also have a few new products up their sleeve that will expand their selection of urban gardening tools!
