I'M BACK FROM VACATION! Did my plants survive? 🫣

I'm back from my 3 week holiday in the UK with a sniffly nose 🤧 and I saved the opening of my grow tent for this video! Here I recap how I prepped my plants for me being away for 3 weeks, and we check how they fared during 3 hot and dry weeks in July (believe me I was frantically checking Vancouver weather while I was away). And at the end of the video I show you some bits and bobs I brought back from the UK. Hope you enjoy this one! ❤️
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Lauren / ‪@northshoretropicals‬: / northshoretropicals
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[@superscarysarah]

Listening to you talking about the UK so fondly is just so comforting to me. I'm over in Alberta, and it's very insular here, I find. People barely know the UK exists, let alone enjoy Marmite!!! I got excited hearing a Canadian talk about Diddly Squat and "Sainsburys....Taste the Difference " 😂 it warmed my poor little homesick heart. Laughed at the teapot collection, you will fit in so well when you move. I'm glad you had fun and your plants faired well.

[@joanneklaus9242]

Welcome home Alice, your trip sounds like a super charming adventure! Lovely souvenirs also.💖😊

[@ruben3399]

I know it hurts, but it’s probably relatable for all of us. Thank you

[@kymsalow7676]

Oh Alice, I can see you don't feel very well by your eyes. Rest and get healthy! Writing this before I see the state of your plants.

[@eunoiaplanter]

LOVE the Colmans mustard teapot!

[@marthamiriam8983]

For 3 weeks the plants did great. That Cuppy shirt I would wear it backwards 😂 I love your buys in the UK. You had a very adventurous trip. Painting Rock that is fun! I can see Charmaine putting that rock in a plant. This video was full of fun. I enjoyed it💚 get well soon.

[@Katesgreenfingers]

Loved your video, especially your UK haul 😀 that Colman’s teapot 🤩 I’m from the UK and it was so nice hearing you talk about the places you visited and what you liked ❤ and you liked the weather!!!! 🌧️

[@coffee2962]

Yay!! The plant Queen is back!! Alvin is back!! Hope you’ve had a lovely trip And hope you get better I’m glad that you enjoyed it in the UK It’s actually quite nice here 👍 If you ignore the dodgy weather 😂

[@youdontevengrowhere]

Thank you love!! ❤️ I’m actually a huge fan of the dodgy weather 😆 rain on me all day

[@ninasuculentasymas]

Thanks for the video. Stayed until the end…

[@tynatheunicorn]

hey, welcome back :-) hope you had a great trip

[@plantnan-nan]

Glad you had a great holiday, I live in cardiff…..Percy pigs are sooooo good😊. Hope you feel better soon xxxx

[@katiewilliams9273]

I hope you feel better, thank you so much for sharing . I loved the rock you painted and i know Charmaine will also. Your plants are looking great

[@betty_5335]

I live on the coast of South Carolina and just knowing that you are in an apartment without A/C, breaks my heart. Your plants looks amazing.

[@marygorchidsmore2058]

Great update! Enjoyed your video, especially the souvenirs from the UK! I'm from UK and your big fans. Thanks for sharing your lovely plants and glad that they are in good shape now that you are back I'm sure they'll get better. Thanks for sharing and happy growing.

[@RandomChick666]

I am so glad you enjoyed your vacation, Alice! ❤ I am so sorry you got sick. If you feel your throat get itchy, may I suggest a Hot Toddy? The honey, lemon and alcohol combo helps the body rid itself of any impurities..I wish you the best of health in whatever you chose to do 💕 hope you feel better and hope to hear more from your travels 😊

[@PetraEmmy]

Oh Alice.. you look like you feel terrible.that sounds bad. I mean because your obviously feverish.... Thank you so much for the update but get some rest and feel better 💚🍃

[@youdontevengrowhere]

Thank you Petra ❤️❤️ feeling much better now!

[@MyLocksMyPlants]

girlllllll your collection is 🔥 amazing 😍

[@Liliplantdiaries]

Hope you had the best vacation ever!! Selfishly so happy you’re back because I was bored without you and Charmaine.

[@Anah-B]

This video gave me hope for my trip at the end of the year. A 15 day cruise and I am really unsure of how my plants will do. At least it will be during the cooler part of the yeat

[@alexclark64]

Thank you for showing us the haul and a little insight into your trip. Skomer and the puffins is on my bucket list. I travel all over the uk with my job but have yet to do that! Looked amazing. The fly agaric rock looks awesome 😍 Glad the planties are ok too.

[@caseykelson1]

Omg my jaw dropped with that Coleman’s teapot!!!!!!!!

[@lilmissbeats]

Welcome back! Go you for sticking to your filming plan, I hope you rest well and recover soon! Finding a returning a snake... woah sister award :O

[@SickBoiRENegade]

Heavy whipping cream makes the absolute best creamer IMO!

[@pinkgiraffe1718]

Absolutely wild to see you went to Skomer Island in Pembrokeshire. I have been going on holiday to Pembrokeshire for over 20 years. One of the most beautiful parts of the UK, my dream is to work there one day!

[@michelletaub1163]

I appreciate your hard work, thank you! I hope you feel better soon. Take care and try to rest.❤

[@addisonmay23]

Hey girl! So glad you enjoyed your time overseas! You inspired me to see Wales! I just got back from 3 weeks overseas, half in Switzerland and half in Scotland, and I nearly cried having to come back to the US, so I feel you! Also, found out I had spider mites all over my gloriosum, plowmannii, splendid, verrucosum, and a ton of others in my collection! 😫 It was worth it though.

[@aub_k2819]

I'm so glad you're back! Missed you! I have a mug obsession too 😂 love your teapots! And the rock you painted is adorable 😍 🍄 Hope you feel better ❤

[@wannabe_gardner5857]

Dude! I've found that the more light I give certain anthurium the darker they get too! My Besseae aff is one. She looks like a Carla with green veining when she gets a lot of light. It is stunning.

[@pascalyall]

You know, I get that! I'm Dutch and my household loves high quality cheese. We, almost automatically, alternate between generic supermarket Gouda and farm/market cheeses. It just makes one appreciate it a lot more ❤

[@mynciee]

Thanks for the timely upload! I am going to visit my partner's family in the USA for a month in a few weeks and have to plan accordingly, so your videos on this topic are much appreciated :'D Feel better soon & welcome back to Canada

[@youdontevengrowhere]

I hope it’s helpful! You got this ✊🏻

[@natashaoreilly7072]

Your plants look great overall Alice 👌 Good to hear you had a great vacay! You deserved it 🖤

[@natashaoreilly7072]

PS I think your MIL was just jealous of your rock and didn’t want you to win 😏

[@MagdalenaBodziony]

Feel better! Thank you for creating a video for us

[@youdontevengrowhere]

Thank you Magdalena!!

[@path_of_sol]

Sister, good job on the snake rescue😂

[@vandayshataylor]

I hope you feel better ! I appreciate your content! ✨ I get soo nervous leaving my plants for vacation. I’m pump about new growth though.

[@youdontevengrowhere]

The bombardment of new leaves after a holiday is such a ride!! So much serotonin 😍

[@larajkattler]

Hii! I have a trip planned to Vancouver soon and I was wondering if you had any plant store recommendations near the city?? I really want to go to NST of course but it’s a little bit out of the way since we won’t have a car so I would appreciate any other recommendations :) Hope you feel better!

[@Tarmantarmant]

Nice video

[@katiewilliams9273]

I tried one of those corkscrew plants and mine did the exact same. I hate those plants now

[@zainabh7195]

Wait why did I think you were *moving* to the UK hahahah - welcome back!!

[@shaynano]

I was about to comment after you whipped out that fan, to put yo hair up girl! 😂 ❤ I hope you're feeling normalisshhhh

[@youdontevengrowhere]

What was I thinking having my hair down 😂

[@lukki7ster]

Welcome back! Mail me seeds to Ontario, i'll buy some! Lemme know where u post IF u will sell some

[@youdontevengrowhere]

Ohhh ok! I might do it on Facebook but I’ll post it in my stories if I do ❤️

[@wannabe_gardner5857]

Is your Alocasia watsoniana velvety? Mine is shined and rubbery. If yours is velvety is it a variant? do you know what it is called?

[@youdontevengrowhere]

It’s velvety! I was told that true watsoniana is velvety and the veins fork at the margins with maturity, rather than a straight line all the way out. I think there are multiple variants of A. longiloba, one of which is watsoniana

[@laluzdetusojos9587]

Who is Amanda

[@JohnnyWin]

booger flecks. 🤣

[@invaderjill8054]

Mother-in-law? Did you guys get married? Or was it a Freudian slip? 😂 anyway I’m glad you had a nice trip, and I’m glad the plants fared ok (I know this is months old now, but I’m a recent subscriber. 🪴)