The Lonely Sanctuary
The Lonely Sanctuary was born in the stillness of the pandemic, a time when the world slowed down and many, including its founder Dan Garcinez, were left to face solitude.
At home and alone, Dan found an unexpected sense of peace in tending to a single anthurium beside his bed. As the days passed and his collection quietly grew, so did the healing it brought.
He built a cabinet next to his room, where he spent hours with his plants. It became his safe space, his sanctuary in loneliness.
This is how The Lonely Sanctuary found its name.
As his plants outgrew the limits of that cabinet, Dan moved them into a grow tent.
It was there that the first generation of hybrid anthuriums was cultivated, each one a small expression of beauty born from solitude.
Today, The Lonely Sanctuary has blossomed into a greenhouse nurturing more than 5,000 hybrid anthuriums.
Each plant is part of their ongoing mission: to select, refine, and share the next generation of unique hybrids with the world.
At its heart, The Lonely Sanctuary is more than a greenhouse.
They strive to create plants that carry joy, peace, and love to fellow collectors, with authenticity rooted in every leaf.
More information about The Lonely Sanctuary, here.
His available plants on the shop here.