Seven Dials plant shop Hi Cacti opens its bigger new home on Dyke Road

Hi Cacti³, the Seven Dials shop that sells cacti, pots and coffee, has moved into bigger premises at 67 Dyke Road. It opened the doors to its new home, just around the corner from the old one, last Thursday, Brighton On The Inside² reported.

The new place has more seating, an outdoor terrace and room for the community events, workshops and supper clubs that founder Sabina has planned. On the shelves are plants, books, crystals, handmade pots and Mexican-inspired homewares. The shop’s website says its concrete cactus pots are handmade in Brighton.

Getting there took a while. Brighton On The Inside said the shop had missed out on the site before. On its Crowdfunder¹ page, Hi Cacti said Sabina has been “scrubbing, sanding, designing, & building to get this space ready”, but that “after months of double rent & double bills, some unexpected flooding, & running out of money” it was asking customers for help.

The shop says it has been in Seven Dials for more than 10 years.

With the extra room it wants to put on live music and community gatherings. The events it lists include poetry nights, open mic nights, jewellery and sculpture workshops, writing groups and book clubs, cocktail evenings and food pop-ups. Anyone with an idea, or looking for a space to hold something, is invited to get involved.

The crowdfunder had raised £5,028 of its £10,000 target by Monday. Backers get rewards from the shop and brands it has worked with. It is a keep-what-you-raise appeal, and pledges close at 10.37pm on 4 November.