Source: Cascade Greenhouse
Creating in-home urban jungles is the latest and greatest trend and luckily Vancouver, WA has plant nurseries that will allow you to create your very own! Caring for houseplants is no joke, but the benefits are worth it.
Benefits of Having House Plants
As mentioned, having house plants in the home has great benefits. For instance, house plants have the ability to boost your mood, productivity, concentration and creativity; they can reduce your stress, fatigue, sore throats and colds; house plants help clean indoor air by absorbing toxins, increasing humidity and producing oxygen; the greenery adds life to a sterile space, gives privacy and reduces noise levels; they are surprisingly therapeutic to care for (via The Sill). Who knew house plants held that much power?
How Many House Plants Do You Need
Some may say that you can never have too many plants and that may be true, but there is such a thing as not having enough plants. If you are wanting to improve your health and reduce fatigue and stress, you need to have one larger plant (8-inch diameter pot or larger) for every 129 square feet (via BioAdvanced). In order to purify the air in your Acero Jensen Park apartment home, you will need one larger plant every 100 square feet, or two smaller plants (4-5-inch pots) every 100 square feet (via BioAdvanced). On top of that, if you want to have success with any house plant, you need to match the right plant to the right growing conditions (via BioAdvanced). As you can see, there is a lot that goes into having house plants, but it’s worth it.
Nearby Nurseries
The Pacific Northwest does not lack in the plant category, everywhere you look you can see green for miles. Whether you are wanting to fill your patio with plants or wanting to create an urban jungle inside of your Acero Jensen Park apartment home, Vancouver, WA has a plant nursery for you. Here are some plant nurseries that are within 20 minutes of our Acero Jensen Park community: Yard’n Garden Land Inc., Tran’s Nursery & Landscaping, Suburban Succulents, Lopez Nursery, Cascade Greenhouse, and Hayes Family Growers. Do you have a favorite plant nursery in the Southwest Washington area? Let us know in the comments or on our Instagram or Facebook page!
Before getting started on your urban jungle, make sure to do your research on what plants work best in certain environments or visit one of the local nurseries listed above and ask a specialist when visiting, that way you can personally benefit from your house plants. House plants can be a lot of work, but as you can see the benefits are worth it, not to mention, they will bring so much life into any room in your Acero Jensen Park apartment home. Happy plant shopping!