Getting a house plant improves your health. It’s just a fact, adding a houseplant to your room or living space can have “positive effects on the anxious emotion and other negative emotions caused by self-isolation at home according to the surveyed data.” (Lee, 2015)
Getting a houseplant may seem daunting if you don’t know how to take care of one. No need to worry! The nature team just wrote a short podcast about plant care to answer all your questions. There are apps you can put right on your phone, take a picture of your plant, and it will tell you the best care. Here is a link to the Mashable article about the best apps for your plant: https://mashable.com/article/best-apps-for-taking-care-of-plants.
Getting a house plant is one way to restore the nature connection. The best part is you don’t have to leave your house to reap the benefits. “Our results suggest that active interaction with indoor plants can reduce physiological and psychological stress compared with mental work. This is accomplished through suppression of sympathetic nervous system activity and diastolic blood pressure and promotion of comfortable, soothed, and natural feeling.” (Lee, 2015). Getting a house plant lowers blood pressure and relieves physiological and physiological stress.
So you have decided to get a house plant, where do you go? Don’t worry; here is a list of Yelp’s top 10 places to get a house plant in the area. https://www.yelp.com/search?find_desc=house+plants&find_loc=Burlington%2C+VT
Happy Planting!
References
Lee, Ms., Lee, J., Park, BJ. et al. Interaction with indoor plants may reduce psychological and physiological stress by suppressing autonomic nervous system activity in young adults: a randomized crossover study. J Physiol Anthropol 34, 21 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40101-015-0060-8 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40101-015-0060-8?correlationId=fcdc01ff-8f63-4009-9356-831acdf08072&error=cookies_not_supported&code=10502c62-f5e9-47c2-8da8-41342a50b5ec#citeas
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