‘Generation rent’ are increasingly drawn to the pleasure - and pain - of growing house plants. After all, they’re a lot easier to bring with you if you have to move house
‘Generation rent’ and mobile millennials are increasingly drawn to the pleasure - and pain - of growing house plants. After all, they’re a lot easier to bring with you if you have to move houseStepping into my friend’s apartment recently, I was struck by how she had the place filled with plants. She has a Philodendron Goeldii, a fiddly fig, a winter cactus, devil’s ivy, a spider plant, a mini palm tree and more. They’re not small little things on corners of bookshelves.
For Rachel Purcell it started over Covid. “We had just moved houses in Dublin, and I wanted to create a nice atmosphere and environment inside,” Purcell says. Purcell says her learning curve was a fern. “It was so hard to keep. I didn’t know about placement and feeding. That didn’t go so well, and I haven’t had a fern since,” she laughs.
She recommends teaching yourself by going online, and researching plants you want to buy, before buying them. When it comes to special food to help her plants grow, Purcell uses an Irish brand called Nature Safe. “It’s pet safe, but I am still mindful of where I spray it. I make sure they are not near the plants when it’s getting sprayed,” she says.
When the 34-year-old moved to Dublin in 2018, she continued her love of plants in her studio apartment in Ranelagh. Scatto talks about research carried out on the effects plants have on stress, healing and recovery. One 2015 study, published in the Journal of Physiological Anthropology, found the presence of plants can have aSofia Scatto has started some rose bushes in the small garden she has in Dublin 6. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw
“I really enjoy seeing them grow and change as the year goes on, and as they come and go. It’s incredibly satisfying even being able to keep them alive in the first place.” For those feeling a bit braver, she says a Bird of Paradise is a showstopper of a plant, and it is on her wish list.Peace Lilies are Twomey’s favourite, and he recommends them for beginners. It was the first plant he bought during Covid, and it has grown from a tiny pot with a few leaves, to a much larger 22cm pot, and regularly flowers.
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