There was one moment a little over a decade ago, when everything changed for Hilton Carter. Back then, he wasn't the houseplant guru and interior stylist we know and love today, giving us indoor plant expertise in his trademark punchy formats and scroll-stopping plant rants.
He was an exhausted filmmaker, working freelance in LA directing commercials, hustling and trying to forge a path in a gruelling industry. The effort of being creative in an energy-zapping space was taking its toll. Then he walked into a greenhouse café in Pennsylvania, where he was shooting a campaign, and something shifted. All his stress disappeared. The energy, the light, the greenery – it put him in the moment, and the clouds began dissipate.
