Grow Giesen Plant Shop

What Grow Giesen Plant Shop does

GROW Plant Bar is a woman-owned, Wichita-founded hybrid hospitality concept that operates a cocktail bar together with an interactive plant and terrarium DIY experience venue from a single downtown location at 320 South Market Street in Wichita, Kansas. The business serves walk-in guests seeking cocktails and a casual atmosphere, as well as social groups, families with children, plant enthusiasts, and private event hosts looking for a guided hands-on creative activity. Its core differentiator is the co-location of beverage service with a structured, reservation-based plant-building experience under one roof.

The company's revenue model rests on three pillars: traditional food and beverage sales, the signature DIY Plant Bar activity in which guests build and take home terrariums or planted arrangements, and private event bookings. Distribution combines walk-in retail traffic with an online reservation system for guided sessions, supported by marketing across Facebook, Instagram, the company website, and an email newsletter. A recurring monthly program of themed events and workshops is used to drive repeat visitation and broaden appeal beyond one-time walk-ins. Plant and material supply is supported through a vendor partnership with Moss Design (Planteriorict).

The business is privately held, with no disclosed investors, funding rounds, parent company, patents, or public financial reporting. There is no disclosed headcount or founding date in the available sources, and the operating footprint remains limited to the single Wichita location, with no announced expansion plans, additional sites, franchising activity, or technology-platform extensions.

Name

Grow Giesen Plant Shop

Website

https://growgiesenplantshop.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

GROW Plant Bar is a woman-owned, Wichita, Kansas cocktail bar and interactive plant DIY experience venue serving walk-in guests, social groups, families, and private event hosts with terrarium-building activities and beverage service.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Cocktail Bar and Plant Experience Venue

NAICS

Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages) (7224)

SIC

Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810)

akta.pro primary industry

Craft Beer Bars & Taprooms (THAFAEAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Plants, Seeds & Nursery Retail (Garden Centers) (CRAIAIAB)

Keywords

• Cocktail bar services
• DIY plant workshops
• Private event hosting
• Handcrafted beverages
• Plant experience venue

Headquarters

HQ city

Wichita

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Food and Beverage Sales: Cocktails, coffee, and food menu items sold directly to customers on-site
2. DIY Plant Bar Activities: Interactive terrarium and plant creation experiences for customers
3. Private Event Hosting: Birthday parties, rehearsal dinners, corporate events, and private gatherings booked through the venue

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

GROW Plant Bar is a downtown Wichita cocktail bar and DIY plant experience venue where guests can create plants, terrariums, and plant-themed crafts while enjoying handcrafted cocktails, mocktails, coffee, and tea alongside a food menu. The venue also hosts private parties (birthday parties, rehearsal dinners, corporate events) in an elegant lounge and runs monthly events and workshops such as Mystery Terrarium nights.

Product overview

Grow Plant Bar is a woman-owned, Wichita-founded cocktail bar and plant experience venue. The offering consists of a unified Plant Bar concept combining DIY plant/terrarium creation activities with handcrafted cocktails, coffee, and food service. Core offerings include the Plant Bar (DIY plant experiences), a full cocktails and drinks menu, food menu, private party hosting in an elegant lounge, and monthly events and workshops. The venue operates on a walk-in basis with reservations recommended for larger groups.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• DIY Plant Bar: A hands-on experience where customers can create plant arrangements while enjoying drinks.

Products and services

• Plant Bar (DIY Experience) Interactive DIY experience where guests create plants, terrariums, and plant-themed crafts. Open for walk-ins with reservations recommended for groups of 5 or more.
• Cocktails & Drinks Menu Handcrafted cocktails, mocktails, coffee, and tea offerings including signature cocktails like The After Dark, The Original Spell, Witchwine, The Manhattan, The Lava Lady, and Fig and Honey signature coffee, served to walk-in customers and event guests.
• Food Menu Crafted food menu with flavor and passion, complementing the cocktail and drink offerings, served to walk-in customers and event guests.
• Private Party Hosting Elegant lounge space available for intimate gatherings and larger celebrations including birthday parties, rehearsal dinners, corporate events, and special occasions, booked through a dedicated party inquiry process.
• Events & Workshops Monthly events and workshops including Mystery Terrarium events and other plant-themed activities designed to drive foot traffic and community engagement.

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

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AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Moss Design (Planteriorict)minorOthersReferenced as a linked partner on the website for moss design services. Located at planteriorict.com. This appears to be a vendor or complementary service provider rather than a formal strategic partnership.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Broad incumbents

• Death & Co: Award-winning cocktail bar group with multiple locations. Comparable as a craft cocktail brand, though it lacks GROW's experiential/plant activity layer; useful benchmark for cocktail-program quality.
• Pinstripes: Bowling, bocce, and bistro with full bar. Overlaps with GROW's positioning as a destination combining leisure activity with a sit-down food-and-cocktail experience.

Emerging players

• The Sill: Direct-to-consumer plant retailer with brand-building retail storefronts. Comparable on the plant-retail and plant-community dimension of GROW's offering, though without the cocktail component.
• Leon & George: Premium plant design and rental company. Comparable as a plant-focused consumer brand that has built community around indoor plants, similar to GROW's plant-enthusiast segment.
• Puttshack: Tech-enabled mini-golf plus cocktails and food. Comparable as an experiential 'activity + premium bar' hybrid targeting group outings and private events, though at a larger scale.

Regional players

• Urban Putt: Indoor mini-golf plus craft cocktails and food. Comparable 'activity + craft bar' hybrid, primarily operating in West Coast markets — useful regional comparison for the experiential format.

Direct peers

• Punch Bowl Social: National experiential dining-and-drinking venue chain combining craft cocktails with activity-based entertainment (bowling, darts, karaoke). Most directly comparable to GROW's strategy of bundling an interactive activity with a full bar experience.
• Swingers: Crazy golf concept paired with craft cocktails and street food. Closely matches GROW's 'activity + cocktail bar' hybrid format and its appeal to social groups and private events.
• Flight Club: Social darts venue with elevated cocktail program and food menu. Comparable in combining an interactive, group-friendly activity with a craft bar experience for celebrations and group bookings.
• Bounce Sporting Club: Ping-pong bar combining table tennis with a full cocktail and food menu. Closely mirrors GROW's model of pairing a hands-on activity with a bar/lounge atmosphere suited to group outings.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/growplantbar
• Instagraminstagram.com/growplantbar
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/grow-giesen-plant-shop

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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