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Northshore October 2025
Biss Botanicals is a lovely and sophisticated boutique, filled with beautifully curated houseplants, lush textiles, housewares, and antique and vintage rugs. It’s a woman-owned shop and the first LGBTQ-owned plant shop in Massachusetts. But it’s not in Boston or Salem, as you might expect. It’s in Reading. “I had a customer come in from another town and say her town doesn’t have shops like this,” says Biss Botanicals’ owner Michaela Mann. Indeed, Reading and North Reading boast several wonderful small businesses—many of which are women-owned—where residents and visitors can support the local economy, find the p
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