Comments on: the best house plants for removing pollutants and improving indoor air quality

By: Mrs Green

Mrs Green — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 21:30:19 +0000

@Chrystal @ Happy Mothering: I love being surrounded by plants too, but I’m not that good at looking after them for some reason. I seem to fare better with animals and people LOL! I found that my cat used to devour a lot of plants too. Hope you find something nice that is safe for your toddler

By: Chrystal @ Happy Mothering

Chrystal @ Happy Mothering — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:30:25 +0000

I grew up with a lot of plants in the house and liked it. My husband and I had a dog and a cat that liked to destroy the plants, so we went from having several to having none very quickly. They’re no longer with us, but now we have a toddler and I need to do some research on what types of plants are non-toxic since she puts everything in her mouth!

By: Mrs Green

Mrs Green — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 05:30:04 +0000

@Jesse: Hello Jesse, thank you for leaving a comment on the site.
Using air plants to reduce air pollution is a fascinating subject and I love how it utilises nature in a very simple way. I love peace lillies, they are so easy to take care of as long as you don’t over-water them.
Did you manage to get any more plants for your home?

By: Jesse

Jesse — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 19:51:23 +0000

I’ve been reading up on the air cleaning properties of plants as well. This is some great info to have and I’ll be getting these plants soon. I went to Wal-Mart yesterday to scope out their selection. My local store only had the Peace Lilly, but it’s a good place to start and I’m sure I can find more if I keep looking. Maybe Home Depot? =)

By: Mrs Green

Mrs Green — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 18:06:15 +0000

Hi Shauna,
What lovely memories you have of your home full of plants. My first houseplant when I left home was a spider plant, but my cat LOVED the thing and ended up eating it! It’s beautiful that you send your friends away with cuttings. I love that idea.

Anna-Lisa, it is so good to see you again. I think of you often. Oh do grow another avocado and lots of houseplants too! the book is well worth a read; I got mine from the library and was so inspired by it. I’m not good at looking after plants for some reason, but this motivated me to get into it more.

By: Anna-Lisa

Anna-Lisa — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 08:00:54 +0000

Hello Mrs Green! I will check that book out. Now that I have no proper garden, just a very small narrow concrete path outside my flat and a wall, I am going to start growing more house plants. A good way of growing house plants for free and recycling is using seeds from fruit. Occasionally I treat myself to an avocado and the big seed germinates pretty quickly and grows into a nice plant. We gave the last few away as gifts, but I will grow another one and show the process in a blog post perhaps.

Speak soon, keep up the great work x

By: Shauna Chapman

Shauna Chapman — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 18:25:54 +0000

I grew up with houseplants as my mother was very keen on their purifying qualities as well as their beauty. Dragon Plants (Dracaena) and Spider Plants (Chlorophytum comosum) were what I started with but now I have several exotics and my husband is just as into them as I am. When friends come to dinner they all go away with a little cutting and the enthusiasm for houseplants grows. I consider houseplants just one of the ways to ‘Green’ the home, add beauty, and be a little micro-hobby that even the busiest person should have time for.