Our Founder's Story

Hi, this is Yee Zhing from Little Eden Succulents. I have been on this succulent journey for about 6 years, while dealing with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (also known as SLE / Lupus). 

SLE is an autoimmune disease. What it does is that the immune system attacks my own tissues, bringing widespread inflammation and tissue damage to my body. And this could happen to any organs or tissues.

The causes of SLE are unknown, it could be environmental, genetic, hormonal factors, or a long period of stressful lifestyle. 

The journey of dealing with SLE prompted me to relook into my lifestyle after so many years of being in high stress mode because of my work in the architecture field. 

One day, I found out that succulents can survive by having only one single leaf. The process of growing them inspired me so much. 

I have learnt that I can propagate one single succulent into so many succulent babies, as if they are trying hard to tell all of us -  you totally deserve all the love.

The idea of sending succulents as gifts popped up, but I wanted it to be special. I used to love making handicrafts and displaying them in glasses when I was a kid, I think the little world inside the glass is mesmerizing. 

That gave me an idea of combining both - succulents in glasses (a terrarium)!

Sending a live plant is much more fun as compared to sending fresh flowers, and what’s even more rewarding is, you get to continue their lives for months to years.

I started to share more about succulent tips and knowledge on my platform. Aside from selling them as gifts, we also conduct workshops to share about all the knowledge and experiences we gained in the past years to more people.

We want to raise public awareness about how stress can affect our health physically and mentally in the long term.

That is how we named our workshops as “Succulent Therapy Workshops”. You will feel the therapeutic effect during the process of making a terrarium and watching them grow. 

Dealing with illnesses is difficult, but having a new hobby makes your hard times easier, and having something to look forward to everyday makes you feel alive.

I am Yee Zhing and that’s how I started my succulent journey.

Succulents are strong beings; they strive to keep themselves alive even if they were to be left with their last leaf. The same goes for a leaf that somehow got isolated from its mother plant - to keep the next generation alive, it’ll grow new leaves and sustain them with all the nutrients they need, while it goes through a time of drying out - a great model of unconditional love. How much different would our world be today, if men were to treat each other in such a way?

We also wish to create public awareness on despite how hard we’re striving for the many goals in life, it is essential for us to take care of ourselves, both physically and mentally.

Giving is an art of life. Receive triple happiness while shopping for terrariums here:
1. Happiness for your loved ones by giving a living green to them
2. Happiness for yourself while seeing your loved ones delighted
3. Happiness to those who are in need of something special and inspiring in their lives