Last updated on October 27, 2026
Low Light Leaf is a plant site for homes that don’t get much sun. Most readers find us through Google while trying to answer one practical question: why a plant is struggling, which one will survive a north window, whether something is safe for a cat, or how to keep a room from feeling damp.
If you’re looking for a home and garden site that accepts guest posts, this page covers what we publish, the three ways to work with us and how the process runs. If you have something useful to tell people who grow plants indoors, or a product or service they’d actually use at home, we’d like to hear from you.
Who reads the site
Search figures: Google Search Console, September 27 to October 24, 2026. Reader and country figures: Google Analytics 4, 28 days to October 27, 2026. Singapore is excluded as automated traffic.
What we publish
Everything we publish has a plant in it. If a topic doesn’t help someone who grows plants indoors, in shade or on a small patio, it doesn’t belong here, however well it’s written. Areas we’re glad to take:
- Houseplants and low-light plants: care guides, varieties, propagation, soil, repotting, yellow leaves and other problems
- Succulents and terrariums
- Shade gardening: hostas, ground cover, shade borders, container plantings
- Plants and pets: toxicity, pet-safe plants, keeping plants out of reach
- Plant gear: grow lights, pots, planters, plant stands, moisture meters
- Plant pests: fungus gnats, mealybugs, spider mites, and how they get into a home
- Indoor humidity and air: humidifiers, dehumidifiers, air quality, window condensation, musty smells, mold in plant soil
- Plants in small spaces: shelves, hanging plants, renters, bedrooms, bathrooms, decorating with plants
- Balconies and patios: container gardens, privacy planting, small outdoor spaces
We don’t accept anything outside plants and the home they live in, and we don’t accept these topics even with a plant angle: gambling, adult content, CBD or cannabis (including growing it), crypto, loans or forex, VPNs, vaping, prescription or weight-loss drugs, essay writing services and dating.
Brands and services that fit
Your business doesn’t have to be about plants. It has to touch something a plant owner deals with, so there’s a natural reason for the article. These are the angles that work best:
| If you sell or offer | The angle that fits | Example article |
|---|---|---|
| Humidifiers, dehumidifiers, air purifiers, HVAC | How indoor humidity and air affect plants and the home | What Humidity Do Houseplants Need in a Winter-Heated Home? |
| Windows, blinds, curtains, glass | How light reaches plants and where condensation and damp come from | Sheer Curtains and Houseplants: How Much Light Do You Lose? |
| Planters, pots, plant stands, shelves, furniture, home decor | Choosing and placing plants in a real room | Drainage Holes or Not: Choosing Planters for Indoor Plants |
| Grow lights, soil, fertilizer, seeds, garden centers | Keeping plants alive in rooms with little light | Soil Mix for Succulents vs Tropical Houseplants |
| Pest control, cleaning products | Plant pests and the household pests they get confused with | Fungus Gnats or Fruit Flies: Which Ones Are in Your Kitchen? |
| Pet products, veterinary services, pet insurance | Which common plants are safe around cats and dogs | Which Common Houseplants Are Toxic to Dogs? |
| Landscaping, fencing, outdoor furniture, patio products | Planting and privacy on balconies and small patios | Privacy Planting for a Small Balcony: What Grows in Pots |
| Real estate, renting, moving | Living with plants in a rental, or moving them | Moving With Houseplants: What Survives a Long Drive |
If your business isn’t on this list but still touches a home with plants in it, send it anyway. We’ll tell you whether we can find a natural angle.
Three ways to work with us
1. Send us your link and anchor text. You don’t have to write anything. Send us your target URL (the page on your own site the link should point to) and your anchor text. We choose a topic that fits both your site and ours, write a new article around it and add the images. Then we add internal links from our existing related articles to this new article (these links point to the new article; it doesn’t link out to them). That inbound linking helps Google discover and index the page faster and strengthens the article’s authority on our site. If your site is too far from plants and the home to find a natural fit, we can’t take it.
2. Add your link to an existing article. We find a published article on our site that fits your page, write a new paragraph for it, and place your link in that paragraph.
3. Send us your article. You write it, we review it. Expect substantial changes. We check the facts, the sources and the usefulness of every article, and to make it fit the site we may rewrite sections, restructure it, cut parts we can’t verify and change the title before it goes live. The article must be original and not published anywhere else.
Each option includes one dofollow link to your site. Links to the extension, botanical garden and veterinary sources an article cites don’t count toward it.
Our editorial standards
- Facts need sources. Plant care claims are checked against university extension services and botanical gardens, pet safety against the ASPCA and veterinary sources, and anything about mold or air quality against agencies such as the EPA. Anything we can’t verify comes out.
- The reader comes first. An article has to answer a real question a plant owner would ask. Thin, spun or keyword-stuffed content is declined.
- Links have to fit. Your link should point to a page that’s relevant to plants or the home and sit where a reader would find it useful. The anchor text has to read naturally in the sentence.
- We edit. We may change the title, structure, wording and images. If an idea doesn’t suit the site, we’ll suggest a different angle or decline it.
How it works
- Email us your target URL and anchor text, plus your article, your topic idea or the kind of page you’d like your link on.
- We review it and reply with a plan: whether we can take it, which article it goes into and where the link will sit.
- Once you approve the plan, we usually publish within 12 hours and send you the live link.
Before you write to us
What should I put in my first email?
Your website address, the page you want the link to point to and your anchor text, plus your article, a topic idea or the kind of page you’d like the link on. That’s enough for us to check fit and send a plan.
Can I choose the anchor text and the page we link to?
Yes. The anchor text has to read naturally in the sentence and the page has to be relevant to plants or the home. If it doesn’t fit, we’ll suggest a different page or wording.
My business isn’t about plants. Can we still work together?
Often, yes, if what you sell or do touches a home with plants in it: humidity, light, containers, pests, pets, small spaces. We look for the plant angle first and propose a topic. If there’s no natural fit, we’ll say so rather than force one.
How many links do I get?
One dofollow link to your site, whichever of the three options you choose. Links to the sources an article cites don’t count toward it.
Can I see examples of what you publish?
Yes. When we reply, we’ll include links to published articles close to your topic.
Will you publish an article that’s already live somewhere else?
No. Articles must be original and not published anywhere else. Spun or mass-generated text is declined.
Will you change my article?
Yes. If you send your own article, expect substantial edits to the facts, structure, title and images. We cut anything we can’t verify.
How long does it take, and what does it cost?
After you approve our plan, we usually publish within 12 hours. We don’t list prices on this page; pricing and payment details come in our email reply.
Get in touch
Email Hi@lowlightleaf.com with “Write for Us” in the subject line. We work by email only, and we’ll send pricing and payment details in our reply.