I started The Sill in 2012 at the age of 26 in borrowed office space in a tiny walk-up in New York City’s Chinatown. The idea had sprouted years before (sorry, we love a good plant pun around here) when I found myself in my first adult apartment. Bleak is how you’d describe it. Homesick is how you’d describe me. My Mom, an immigrant who stayed connected to her Filipino roots through gardening, recommended I get some houseplants.

I instantly became passionate about plants — and keenly aware of the impact being around plants had on me growing up. Little did I know that tapping into my family’s generational love of plants would grow into this small but mighty company.

That realization (plus a lot of dirt, sweat, and hustle from an incredible team) is how The Sill came to be.