How You Can Shop Whole Foods Market's New Home Store Concept

Have you heard the news? Whole Foods Market is testing a home store concept—a collection of pottery, plants, and home décor goods with the top-notch curation you'd expect from the healthy food brand.

The aptly named Plant & Plate opened its (philodendron-dotted) doors in Bridgewater, New Jersey, in March, to showcase trendy "beauty, garden & home goods rooted in nature." According to Genevieve Monette, Whole Foods' whole body coordinator in the Northeast, this store will continue to be updated with new seasonal offerings as the year goes on.

"We wanted Plant & Plate to be part of the overall shopping experience," Monette tells mbg. Though Whole Foods Market has always sold select beauty and home products throughout stores, this is meant to feel more like an entire boutique within a grocery store. "It’s easy to stop into the shop and pick up a gift for someone (or for yourself!), find a new décor piece for your home, or pick up a great cookbook while on a regular trip to the grocery store."

These babies are now available at most Whole Foods markets nationwide and come in a variety of scents. Read up on the five that a functional medicine expert says you could always use at home, and keep them on hand.

These soy wax candles come in every scent imaginable and live in super-chic containers. Once the candle burns down, you can reuse the holders as everything from succulent planters and pencil cups to cereal bowls and cream-and-sugar holders (and those are just the ideas the brand lists on its website).


Home chefs, get ready for an apron upgrade. These are the brainchild of a former line cook who was inspired to make products that people actually wanted to wear. The result is as stylish as it is durable and comfortable.

Because Whole Foods agrees that you can never have too many candles, they also offer these bright, fragrant hits of bergamot, lemon, green tea, and basil.

Demi Prisma Tin, Illume ($9.60)