Partners of PBTV.
A small group of independent businesses we work with closely. They show up in the shop, in our knowledge content, and on our shelves.
Synthminds
We make AI make sense. Pioneering AI, empowering businesses.
Synthminds bridges the gap between cutting-edge AI research and real-world business impact through consulting, education, design, and hands-on integration. They're the team behind PBTV's website, e-commerce stack, Square POS / Shopify / Etsy / Palmstreet sync, and the AI customer-service chatbot.
Their work spans four pillars — AI Consulting (strategic roadmaps), AI Education (seminars and structured courses), AI Design (UX, generative workflows, product interfaces), and AI Integration (architecture, deployment, monitoring). Trusted by teams at NVIDIA, PwC, Kraft Heinz, HP, and Upwork.
Founded and led by William ("Wes") Shields, an integration architect who joined Monica as a partner in early 2026 to bring the back-end of the shop up to the standard Monica had set on the floor.
Phytosynth Botanics
Biology, rendered.
Phytosynth Botanics designs living objects — rare tropical plants paired with 3D-printed vessels generated for each specimen. The innovative synthesis between nature and technology. Bringing the same pioneering ethos Synthminds brings to AI into the world of horticulture.
Unlike every other plant brand, they don't choose between organism and object — they design them together. For the rare-plant collector and design-forward homeowner, Phytosynth pairs collector-grade tropicals with bespoke 3D-printed planters engineered for each specimen. Because a Monstera Albo deserves a vessel that was designed for it, not a pot that happened to fit.
For people who see no contradiction between a love of wild living systems and a love of what computers can generate, Phytosynth Botanics is the living-design house where rare tropicals meet custom 3D-printed vessels.
Phytosynth is PBTV's exclusive provider of rare and unicorn specimen plants as well as our advanced-material 3D-printed planters. When you see a true rarity on the PBTV shelf or a specimen-fit planter at checkout, that's Phytosynth.
Sprig AI
A custom-engineered AI plant diagnostic tool.
Sprig is co-created by Synthminds AI and Phytosynth Botanics — part of the Synthminds AI family. Equipped with a custom-trained visual diagnostic model and a custom-refined plant care database, Sprig helps you read what your plant is actually trying to tell you.
It walks you through the toughest stretches of plant ownership — overwatering, underwatering, light-related stress, pests, repotting recovery, mineral burn — and even the most neglectful days, even though we know you don't mean it.
Sprig is available to PBTV Plant Fam members at the Canopy and Conservatory tiers. Snap a photo, describe the problem, and Sprig walks you through the diagnosis and the fix.
Curlyru Plants
Plant care, in person and virtual. Run by Rudi.
Curlyru Plants is the consultation, plant maintenance, and education arm of the PBTV partner network. Run by Rudi · the same Rudi who shows up at the shop on weekends helping customers diagnose mystery yellowing leaves and soggy roots · Curlyru offers a wider menu of services than we can run from inside the shop.
Consultations (water, trim, fertilizer, repot included): Virtual $40/hour · In-person $60+/hour · Corporate $100+/hour. One-hour minimum, location-dependent pricing.
Plant maintenance on a schedule (water, trim, fertilizer, repot): 1× monthly $60+ · 2× monthly $100+ · weekly $275+. Location-dependent.
Classes for Kids, Adults, Groups, and Parties.
If you want hands on your plants and aren't sure where to start, Rudi is the one to call. PBTV members get priority booking on Curlyru consultations.