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After moving into a new neighborhood , these residents planted lots of plants, only to find them chopped down almost immediately. No wonder the parents of the OP, u/BalloonUnderstudy, were completely furious! It takes a special kind of dude to chop down living plants just to be petty. But for some people, like the neighbors in the OP's story, claiming the rights to their own property supersedes everything else. After all, that's a horrible way to welcome new people to the neighborhood . It also…

Running a small business is not an easy task. It's takes diligent planning, constant budgeting, sacrifices, and many many ups and downs. It helps when you are working with someone you know you can survive anything with. In this particular case of a small plant shop, it was a mom and daughter. The mom owned the shop and the teenage daughter worked there with her. The mother-daughter-duo was working beautifully and some would even say it seemed to be a bonding experience. Especially when those ex…

This runner would really, really like their neighbors to be a little more understanding, though the neighbors probably think this person is asking too much of them.

If there’s one living thing to pay attention to this Earth Day, let it be your long-suffering, much-neglected plant. You know, that thing sitting on the windowsill in your living room? It was probably a housewarming gift from your Aunt or something when you first moved into that apartment all those eons ago. Well, that plant has feelings too, and it probably also needs some water. Unless, of course, it’s a succulent, which we don’t doubt since your Aunt probably didn’t trust you to be responsib…

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Look out, dog moms ! There's a new sheriff in town, and her baby is leafy and green. Houseplants have been a staple for generations, but they've had a real boom in popularity over the past few years, especially with younger generations on social media. While some people adopted a dog or picked up new artistic hobbies when the pandemic hit, the newly anointed plant moms and plant dads strapped on their gardening gloves and got to work: repotting, watering, and desperately hoping their plants did…

Growing up in the city my family did a lot of walking . You could probably call us professional pedestrians. The walks we took led us down tree-lined streets and along front yards that were overflowing with flora. Some homes had a few rose bushes or some simple geraniums. Others manicured their tiny lawns, adding tiny decorative trees within their gates, and multi-colored hydrangeas. My mother would always test us on Latin plant names, much to our chagrin. At the end of the day, we were raised…

People. They're awful. They're truly awful. But you know what isn't? Plants . Plants are known for making your house and garden look nicer. But did you know that plants can actually reduce a human's stress levels? And if you want to put a lush bunch of plants all over your office, tell your supervisor that they genuinely increase productivity and enhance one's attitude in the workplace. Even if many of you are already aware of the many scientific advantages of keeping plants, we could go on and…

There's something sexy about a person who is able to care for things. While many people would swoon over an individual responsible enough to care for a high-maintenance dog , or a slightly chiller cat, there are other beings that need tender love and affection to thrive. We're not talking about turtles, parakeets, or horses. We're talking about plants. As a city dweller, I'm not seeing many people walking their ferrets or pigs. And many of my peers aren't even permitted to have pets beyond fish…

Growing up in Brooklyn we did a lot of walking . That walking happened on tree-lined streets and along garden-filled blocks. Some homes just had planters of petunias and left it at that. Others manicured their tiny lawns, adding tiny Japanese maples within their gates, and prickling rose bushes that (if we were lucky) would bloom twice or even thrice a year. My mom would quiz us on plant names, and if we were lucky, we'd catch glimpses of exotic plants inside peoples solariums, or make a stop a…