Guest Post: Indoor Gardening for the Urban Gal

Hi I’m Sara of Aquí! After living in Brazil and then Hawaii, I grew accustom to a highly vegetated environment. Now, I’m living smack dab in the middle of a bustling metropolitan and my studio apartment is less than garden friendly. {Really, I don’t even have a window box} 

That said, I’ve been searching for ways to incorporate a bit of foliage in to my urban space so obviously, I’m opting for houseplants. With a bit of research I found that houseplants are one of the best ways to filter common indoor pollutants from the air.

We are used to thinking of our private living space as a safe haven from harmful contaminants, however, chemicals like ammonia, formaldehyde and benzene can be released by furniture, carpets and building materials! Who knew?? Plants are the lungs of the Earth and an essential component in the evolutionary process that converts the planet into a living, self-regulating system.

It makes sense, then, that they work the same way in our homes. Here are a few of my favorite houseplants that are equally pretty as they are purifying: