EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Viva La Plant Shop in El Paso offers a refreshing oasis where indoor plants and a welcoming atmosphere come alive.<\/p>\n
Co-owners Matt Vinson and Iris Valenzuela have long shared a dream of launching their own business.<\/p>\n
During the quiet of lockdown, they launched their mobile venture in 2021.<\/p>\n
They moved back to Iris Valenzuela\u2019s hometown of El Paso almost two years ago to turn their dream into reality with Viva La Plant Shop.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was, scary to dive into something like that, especially after the pandemic, and not knowing where we would end up. But it was a chance that we wanted to take,” Vinson said in an interview with ABC-7.<\/p>\n
Their store draws on ten years of experiences living on the West Coast, in Tennessee, and New Mexico before settling in El Paso.<\/p>\n
It boasts a diverse range of greenery, from easy-care succulents to lush tropical varieties.<\/p>\n
More than a plant shop with a cozy atmosphere, the business also features a cafe, hosts community events, and offers customers the chance to meet foster dogs looking for a forever home.<\/p>\n
Vinson says it feels like a full-circle moment to be able to move back to his wife\u2019s hometown and open their shop.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo see it come to fruition, like we’re just really grateful and we’re glad to be here,” Vinson told ABC-7.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Viva La Plant Shop in El Paso offers a refreshing oasis where indoor…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":137578,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[138,140,139],"class_list":{"0":"post-137577","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-el-paso","8":"tag-el-paso","9":"tag-el-paso-headlines","10":"tag-el-paso-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137577","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137577"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137577\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/137578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}