Want to Know What Strain Is on Sale at Virtue Supply Company? Look for Tiny Bob Ross

Happy little trees indeed.

IMAGE: Courtesy of Virtue Supply Co.
By Lauren Yoshiko

Some paint trees. Others smoke them.

At Pearl District dispensary Virtue Supply Company, that wordplay is woven into the décor, where stunning decorative wood slices serve as displays for all the other shrubbery. The buds themselves—one of each available strain—are stuck vertically onto pins, spread out beneath the expansive glass countertop resembling a tiny arboretum.

Many comments have been made about “happy little trees,” and then one customer noted how the case looked like a model train set. The staff decided to lean into it, perusing Lego sets until they found the ultimate tree-hugger: Bob Ross.

Now, anyone inquiring about flower discounts can just look for the mini, Afro-and-palette-sporting artiste—whichever bud he’s currently painting is the one on sale that day. Happy little trees indeed.

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