After 25 years, P’lovers is closing. In an Instagram post, owner Shelby Lendrum lamented her store: “Despite my best efforts, P’lovers is closing its doors permanently,” she wrote. “My deepest apologies to those who are caught in the turmoil of these sudden events.” Lendrum was a P’lovers employee before taking ownership of the Halifax and […]
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Natural selection
Seaport Farmers’ Market 1209 Marginal Road Earth Elementals Laundry Soap Make a clothes call and use this locally made, toxin, cruelty, dye and fragrance free, biodegradable, fair trade and organic detergent. Super Natural 5755 Young Street, 454-9999 Seventh Generation Dish Soap Essential oils and botanical extracts are the only things making this detergent smell so […]
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Beauty clean
Halifax Seed 5860 Kane Street, 454-7456 All Ways Us Bath Bomb It’s amazing how much a little cube can change your tub-time experience. These hand-crafted bath bombs are made using natural ingredients and packaged using eco-friendly materials. Talk about clean. Pete’s Frootique 1515 Dresden Row, novascotiafisherman.com Nova Scotia Fisherman Soap This hand-poured bar is 100 […]
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P’lovers gets a new nest
The environmental store P’lovers has a big day coming up this week. Liz Crocker and Ann Caverzan opened the store in 1992, and to celebrate the 20-year anniversary, they are making changes. “Our store will be moving to the Trillium Building, mostly because there’s more space and street frontage,” says Crocker. “Several other local businesses […]
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P’Lovers moving out of Park Lane
On Twitter, the good people at P’Lovers- The Environmental Store (Park Lane Mall, 5657 Spring Garden Road, 422-6060) announced they are moving into a storefront at the Trillium building, the shiny new condo at 1445 South Park Street. Shoptalk has learned they’ll be in the new space on June 1.
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Green clean
1. P’Lovers Park Lane Mall, 5657 Spring Garden Road Citra Solv Concentrate $12.95/$9.95 A versatile citrus cleaner with a “a sweet, juicy and delightfully effervescent scent” that you can dilute for all-purpose cleaning or use at full-strength for the tough stains around the house. A 256ml bottle is $12.95, or a pre-diluted spray bottle is […]
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Go local on Spring Garden Road
Strolling down the most popular shopping district in Atlantic Canada, from Robie down to Brunswick—including side-streets bristling with boutiques—the sheer number of vital businesses provides an embarrassment of riches for Shoptalk. More than anywhere else in our fine city, we slam up against the limitation of space on this page. A street that provides a […]
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P’lovers: Liz and Ann’s Dream
“I’m really sick of fear, I’m really interested in hope.” That’s Liz Crocker. She has seen her share of fear over the prominence of climate change and ecological awareness in our culture. In the Halifax business community, she and co-owner Ann Caverzan operate the green business, with their environmental store, P’lovers. “We were the first […]
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Life free and DIY hard
Kyla Francis Picture Kyla Francis wandering in and out of secondhand stores “like a junkie looking for a fix,” she says. “I love looking for treasure and then finding a fun way to add my own inspiration to it.” She took excess stackable white cups from the Delta Barrington (found on the Agricola Army Navy […]