A garden centre employee who loves to bring his work home with him shares his modest one-bedroom flat with a staggering 1,400 plants.
Joe Bagley has slowly turned his converted coach house into an indoor jungle with tropical plants, flowers, cacti, succulents and vines.
His plant 'addiction' has filled every inch of his home, taking up all available floorspace, bookshelves, tables, the staircase and even his bath.
The 20-year-old, who owns 477 terracotta pots, has forked out £3,500 on plants, seeing him dedicating several hours a day ensuring every one is fed and watered.
He has even been woken up in the middle of the night by a 'sixth sense' which tells him one of the plants needs a little bit of extra care.
Joe, from Loughborough, has no plans to stop adding to his collection, despite it often being difficult for visitors to navigate a path through his home.
With his grandma living across the road, he's even taken to smuggling plants in so he doesn't get a telling off for buying too many.
Joe said: "I love it every morning when I wake up and walk around, it's lovely.
"There's not a single room without plants in and every room is chockablock.
"There's plants on the stairs, dinner table, my bedside cabinet. I'm always thinking of new places to put more.
"I have some plants in here and I don't know where they came from. I can't remember buying them. It's like I have an addiction.
"At one point there were plants blocking the door and only I knew how to get past without knocking them over.
"I've had to clear the doorways now and create a bit of a path so people can get around.
"Going to the bathroom you do have to brush some of the leaves out of the way.
"In the spring and summer that's the best room in the house for the plants because there's a skylight above the bath so the special plants go in there.
"There's a plant growing in the bathroom and the vines are four metres long. It's started to come into the shower, with vines growing between my Head and Shoulders and shower gel.
"Once every two to four weeks I do a big spring clean where I prune everything.
"I have a sixth sense for knowing when something needs watering. I can just be walking past a plant and I know.
"I have even been known to wake up at 1am and think 'hang on, one of my orchids needs watering'.
"I have read so many articles and studies that say humans need to be around plants. When I'm somewhere without any plants I feel a bit weird. I don't feel like a jungle boy anymore."
Joe became fascinated with plants at 13 when his grandma gifted him a cutting of a spider plant.
When he moved into his own home in 2018, his collection skyrocketed from 100 plants to 1,400, many of which he picks up as dying plants in sales to 'revive'.
With the knowledge he has acquired, he dreams of opening a 'jungle cafe' and currently shares all of his tips on his website.
Joe continued: "I've spent about three and a half grand over the years which might seem crazy but most people could easily spend that on their hobbies and I've got something lasting out of it.
"I will buy plants that are reduced in price because they're half dead and nurse them back to health. After a couple of months, they look brilliant.
"I can spend £2 on a rare half dead plant and nurse it back to health and not only have I got a great plant but I've learned so much in the process. It's nice.
"People have started to see me like a plant hospital. If a plant has died, people bring it to me and I revive it and give it back a few months later."
When temperatures drop, Joe even keeps his flat at about 16 degrees to give the flowers a 'proper winter' as he says it's the best way to help them live on for years.
His collection includes a Christmas cactus, which has been in the family since the seventies.
Joe added: "I am a bit addicted to buying plants but when they're only £3 that's only a Tesco meal deal.
"If I starve myself for a day that's it. That easily seals the deal for me.
"I have also been gifted a lot of my plants over the years. I'm always easy to buy for on Christmases and birthdays."
