Plant Sitters

Berkeley · Oakland · East San Francisco · Washington, DC

Go away. Your plants stay.

An ID-verified local sitter follows your care card and sends a dated photo every visit.

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Book a sitter Not in our area yet? Join the waitlist

  • ID-checked with Stripe Identity
  • You meet before the first visit
  • Dated photo every visit
A grey carry-on with a sweater over the handle by the front door, potted plants in the sunny room behind it.
The morning you leave
Illustrative photo of a calathea orbifolia beside a window.

Calathea

Goeppertia orbifolia

Likely match from a photo · change anything

Location
Living room, east window
Light
Bright, indirect
Water
When the top 2 cm of soil is dry
Amount
250 ml
Method
Pour on the soil
Other care
Filtered water from the jug. Keep the sheer curtain drawn.
Message me if
Leaf edges turn crispy

Sat, Nov 14

8:42 – 9:05 AM PT

Illustrative visit photo of the calathea, healthy, soil freshly watered.
Calathea · Watered Two new leaves unfurling. Topped up the jug.

1 of 1 plant checked

Samples. The photo is illustrative.

How a sit works.

  1. Meet your sitter and hand over the key.
  2. Write a care card for each plant together.Photograph a plant and the app suggests what it likely is, with care to match. Change anything.
  3. Get a dated photo every visit. Pay through Stripe, never cash.

Priced by plant count.

Per visit, shown before you book. No surge, no bidding.

Get paid to keep plants alive.

Keep $20–28 a visit. 15–30 minutes each, in your own city.

Know your houseplants? Pass the ten-photo quiz in the app and owners see a badge on your profile.

Apply in the app

A short application, then an ID check with Stripe Identity before your first sit.

A sitter seen from behind walking a green bike down a sunny street of Craftsman houses, potted plants and a watering can in the front basket.
On the way to a visit

Every sitter is checked before they meet you.

Their ID is matched to a live selfie by Stripe Identity, and the founder approves every sitter by hand. Then you meet them, before the first visit.

Some sitters also pass our houseplant quiz: ten plant photos, and eight right earns a “Knows houseplants” badge on their profile. The quiz is optional. The ID check and approval are not. Owners can take it too, to learn their own plants.

Maya

Plant sitter in Oakland

OaklandBerkeley

Knows houseplants

  • ID and live selfie checked
  • Approved by the founder
  • Meets you before the first visit

$25–35 a visit, by plant count

A sample profile. Real sitters show their own photo.

Where we're starting.

All of Berkeley and Oakland, east San Francisco and a corner of DC. Elsewhere? Join the waitlist.

  • Berkeley

    The whole city

  • Oakland

    The whole city

  • San Francisco

    The east side: east of the Presidio, Golden Gate Park and Twin Peaks

  • Washington, DC 5

    Capitol HillNoMaH StreetNavy YardSouthwest Waterfront

Somewhere else? Join the waitlist.

Are you looking for a sitter, or want to be one?