{"id":100323,"date":"2022-04-14T15:31:09","date_gmt":"2022-04-14T20:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=100323"},"modified":"2022-04-14T15:31:09","modified_gmt":"2022-04-14T20:31:09","slug":"watch-how-owning-house-plants-bloomed-over-the-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/watch-how-owning-house-plants-bloomed-over-the-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: How owning house plants bloomed over the pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By MacKenzie Coffman<br \/>\n<\/strong><em>Medill Reports<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The demand for houseplants surged over the pandemic, as did rates of depression. While plants are not a cure-all, access to nature is correlated with improved mental and physical health. So is this plant ownership trend a symptom of pandemic isolation? Or is it part of an even larger movement to reconnect people with nature through biophilic design?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Plant ownership and the pandemic\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/699202441?h=a8379c0f6e&amp;dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>MacKenzie Coffman is a video and broadcast graduate student at Medill. You can follow her on Twitter at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mac_coffman\">@Mac_coffman<\/a> and see her portfolio at <a href=\"https:\/\/mackenziecoffman.myportfolio.com\/\">mackenziecoffman.myportfolio.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By MacKenzie Coffman Medill Reports The demand for houseplants surged over the pandemic, as did rates of depression. While plants are not a cure-all, access to nature is correlated with improved mental and physical health. 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