Comments on: small measures with ashley: growing fresh air

By: JDV

JDV — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 13:18:06 +0000

I spy a shamrock, love love love!

By: miss liss

miss liss — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:17:34 +0000

Ashley, thanks for the information. I also love the trunk.

By: Dianne Adams

Dianne Adams — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 03:26:45 +0000

WoW!! How great to find out that I have almost all the plants you mentioned in my kitchen. I really enjoy looking forward to your column each week to learn something PRICELESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Dianne

By: cara

cara — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:06:47 +0000

My mom has a pretty decently advanced lung disease. I am living at home to help out and am continually disgusted by the staleness in the air. How can someone with lung disease insist on living in a stale air environment? So I went to the plant shop and asked which plants are the best air cleaners. They weren’t totally sure… So I bought the ones I knew of and headed home. After a quick lecture on how “they are only going to die” when I’m no longer living here, we found that they made a wonderful impact on the room my sick mom lives in. Tomorrow I’m out for more as 3 aren’t nearly enough to make a difference in terms of air quality. But first, I’m picking up that book!!!

By: Sarah

Sarah — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 01:06:12 +0000

SO informative – thanks Ashely! – i’m giving my plants the thumbs up as I type…

By: Megan

Megan — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 00:05:04 +0000

I loooove this article! My first internship with an interior designer I was a tester for low VOC paints. They placed me in a small, poorly-ventilated corner of the office and made me sniff paint…it became the running joke! But it is good to know that VOCs can be eliminated by my houseplants, if only you could convince my husband :)
Thank you!