This Booming Digital Community Is Obsessed With Bringing Plant Bits Back to Life

‘Proplifting’ started as a joke. Now it’s practiced by thousands.

Illustration by Steph Lau

In the heat of early August, a friend and I went to Home Depot, ostensibly looking to buy a couple of pots and trays. Really we were there for the plant department’s debris, fallen bits of succulent plants that were…