Revisiting the 2020 Houseplant Craze

The Beet: A Podcast For Plant Lovers

Epic Gardening

Home & Garden, Education, Leisure, How To

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 6 November 2023

⏱️ 11 minutes

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0:00.0	Today we're going on a journey back to 2020. Pandemic times a lot of you
0:17.7	listening may have started listening back then and we have Crystal Duran on
0:21.9	the show who is a plant care educator. Her handle
0:24.8	online is Plants with Crystal. I first found you Crystal on Instagram and
0:29.2	found you to be one of the most compelling house plant creators and I actually am
0:35.5	curious if that's when you got into house plants as well was it during the pandemic
0:39.4	was or before that?
0:40.4	It was before that and thank you very much for your words. That was very sweet. It was
0:44.8	before that actually I I started my social media presence in 2020 but before then
0:51.9	I was experimenting with my own houseplants. I really got into
0:56.9	cacti and succulents and I started with a subscription box. Remember like back then that was very popular.
1:04.8	So I purchased from subscription boxes
1:08.0	and then I bought my first cactus
1:10.5	from a big box store that I named Walter.
1:14.0	Walter.
1:15.0	Is Walter still alive today?
1:16.0	Walter is still alive today.
1:18.0	Nice, nice.
1:20.0	And where are you living?
1:22.0	So I'm in Indiana.
1:23.3	Okay, cool.
1:24.2	Yeah.
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