You can't buy happiness, but you can buy plants, and that's pretty much the same thing!⁠ 🌱 ⁠ "My houseplant journey started when my husband and I moved into our first home 4 years ago! We started from scratch and bought furniture, decor, etc, and a few houseplants. ⁠ ⁠ A lot of those plants died, except for one calathea that somehow thrived and survived a whole 2 years before I realized, "hey, I'm on to something here!" Then the pandemic happened and because I work in healthcare, I was getting increasingly stressed out and ended up turning to plants to give me some relief from the real world.⁠ ⁠ I have a love for researching articles and plant forums to get a better understanding of my plants, which I think is partially due to my healthcare background. ⁠ ⁠ Seeing the plants thrive because of something I learned and applied brings me so much joy! But I also really appreciate the aesthetic value plants bring into my home, so now I love styling them as well.⁠ ⁠ In the end, what I love the most is how plants combine my love of art and science, and how the hobby can be so rewarding and yet so humbling at the same time. ⁠ ⁠ It forces me to accept that nature will just do its thing, and it's also made me realize that the more I learn, the more I realize there's still so much I don't know, and that's what life is about! ⁠ ⁠ Plants taught me about life and helped me make a lot of new friends along the way too. ⁠😊"⁠ ⁠ -Bekka⁠ @herplantstories⁠ Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada ⁠