{"id":27030,"date":"2019-10-30T12:05:15","date_gmt":"2019-10-30T17:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/?p=27030"},"modified":"2019-10-30T14:13:33","modified_gmt":"2019-10-30T19:13:33","slug":"local-business-spotlight-luna-gifts-and-botanicals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/tartan-news\/2019\/10\/30\/local-business-spotlight-luna-gifts-and-botanicals\/","title":{"rendered":"Local Business Spotlight: Luna Gifts and Botanicals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lunadayton.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" Luna Gifts and Botanicals (opens in a new tab)\"> Luna Gifts and Botanicals<\/a> is a small local business focused on providing \u201cunique one of a kind gifts for the people of Dayton and the surrounding areas.\u201d The shop is located at 261 Wayne Ave., in the Oregon District.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Luna opened in September 2016 and was started by Carly Barrett, Tracy Robillard, Brittany Smith, Kelsey Kussman, Sarah Smith and Kelly Fortener. The owners \u201csaw a demand in the market for botanical natural products,\u201d which is shown through Luna\u2019s popular sales with their indoor houseplants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBy supporting small local businesses you are engaging with your community and contributing to lives by choosing to spend your time and money in local shops,\u201d Sarah Smith said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When being involved with a local business, a customer is able to see behind the scenes a bit more than one would with a large chain. This is especially prominent in today&#8217;s modern age through the use of social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\tLuna Gifts and Botanicals is active on their Instagram account (@luna_gifts) and states that \u201csocial media platforms are the easiest and cheapest way for us to engage with our customers directly.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe love getting feedback and seeing the different ways our customers find joy in our products,\u201d they also said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Related Articles<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/off-beat\/2019\/10\/23\/hot-yoga-studio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Local Business Spotlight: Hot Yoga Studio\u2028 (opens in a new tab)\">Local Business Spotlight: Hot Yoga Studio<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Knoop Prairie Finds Itself at Risk of Demolition (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/opinion\/2019\/09\/18\/knoop-prairie-finds-itself-at-risk-of-demolition\/\" target=\"_blank\">Knoop Prairie Finds Itself at Risk of Demolition<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"26997\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/tartan-news\/2019\/10\/28\/harvest-fest-promises-fall-fun-for-students\/attachment\/20191023_190132\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/20191023_190132.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"4032,3024\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.7&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;SM-G950U&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1571857292&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.25&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.016666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"20191023_190132\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/20191023_190132-1024x768.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/20191023_190132-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26997\" width=\"511\" height=\"383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/20191023_190132-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/20191023_190132-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/20191023_190132-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 511px) 100vw, 511px\" \/><figcaption>A look at some of Luna&#8217;s merchandise. (Taken by Staff Photographer Brian Walker)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Luna is able to obtain its wide array of botanicals by working with local wholesale plant nurseries. Aside from the popularity with their variety of houseplants, \u201cair plants and air plant accessories are also very popular.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some underrated products include their great variety of books that \u201cserve as a great starting point for anyone interested in learning more about plants, gems and other natural topics.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The staff at Luna also make efforts in sustainability and environmentalism as they \u201ctake pride in recycling the materials from our packaging in the appropriate way. We also reuse and recycle display items and make every effort to encourage our staff and customers to keep it simple and be aware of ways they can make green choices in their own lives.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In regards to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lunadayton.com\/our-story\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"future of Luna (opens in a new tab)\">future of Luna<\/a>, they are currently focused on \u201cservicing our customers at this current space\u201d but they mentioned that they have \u201cbig dreams for the future.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For those interested in visiting Luna Gifts and Botanicals, it is open 11 a.m.-8 p.m. every day including weekends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Hannah Shafer<br><\/strong>Reporter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Luna Gifts and Botanicals is a small local business focused on providing \u201cunique one of a kind gifts for the people of Dayton and the surrounding areas.\u201d The shop is located at 261 Wayne Ave., in the Oregon District.\u00a0 Luna opened in September 2016 and was started by Carly Barrett, Tracy Robillard, Brittany Smith, Kelsey [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10416,"featured_media":26996,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3432,2110,3],"tags":[278,3508,3709,3708,3462,3710],"class_list":["post-27030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-local","category-tartan-news","tag-dayton","tag-hannah-shafer","tag-local-business-spotlight","tag-luna-gifts-and-botanicals","tag-oregon-district","tag-sustainability"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"cc_featured_image_caption":{"caption_text":false,"source_text":false,"source_url":false},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/20191023_185439.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5s3vR-71Y","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27030","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10416"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27030"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27030\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27032,"href":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27030\/revisions\/27032"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}