{"id":11326,"date":"2021-04-21T14:38:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-21T21:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/BigJimIndustries.com\/wordpress\/?p=11326"},"modified":"2021-05-07T14:45:22","modified_gmt":"2021-05-07T21:45:22","slug":"botanical-depression","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/2021\/04\/21\/botanical-depression\/","title":{"rendered":"Botanical Depression"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

from The Atlantic<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Dark Side of the Houseplant Boom<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

American culture is becoming more and more preoccupied with nature. What if all the celebrations of the wild world are actually manifestations of grief?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Story by\u00a0<\/em>Megan Garber<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sindha Agha<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It started, as so many of life\u2019s journeys do,\u00a0at IKEA. We went one day a few years ago to get bookshelves. We left with some Hemnes and a leafy impulse buy: a giant\u00a0Dracaena fragrans<\/em>. A couple of months later, delighted that we had managed to keep it alive, we brought in a spritely little ponytail palm. And then an ivy. A visiting friend brought us a gorgeous snake plant. I bought a Monstera online because it was cheap and I was curious. It arrived in perfect condition, in a big box with several warning labels:\u00a0perishable: live plants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where is the line between \u201cOh, they have some plants\u201d and \u201cWhoa, they are plant people\u201d? I\u2019m not quite sure, but I am sure that we long ago crossed it. I would read the periodic news articles about Millennials and their houseplants and feel the soft shame of being seen. But I cherished our little garden. Potted plants have a quiet poetry to them, a whirl of wildness and constraint; they make the planet personal. I loved caring for ours. I loved noticing, over time, the way they stretched and flattened and curled and changed. I still do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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