Her Piedmont Avenue store now mixes enthusiasm for botany with support for other women- and BIPOC-owned businesses.
“Great things grow here,” reads a neon sign designed by owner Jessica Wicha at Moss & Spade, her multisensory-pleasing plant shop on North Oakland's Piedmont Avenue. One might never guess that Wicha was once completely averse to all things leafy and green, but her once humble hobby begun during the COVID-19 pandemic has blossomed into an established small business.
“During summer breaks, I spent time there. In Thailand it is very hot in the morning so we’d go to the farm extremely early. We’d cut piles of banana leaves for their clients who wrapped food cooked in restaurants and then cut bananas to sell also. I loved that.” “I lived in an apartment in a nursing home because it was close to the restaurant. I had one table and a couch. It snowed. And snowed — it was depressing.”
“Plants give good energy that can lead to a person having a good, productive day. There is the sense of caring for something and during COVID, when people were so isolated and felt lonely or afraid of dying, plants gave them something growing, and they found joy in that.”
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