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Bringing Nature Indoors: Houseplants
Instructor: Ann Amato
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-- Houseplants are not new indoor companions; they've only just experienced a dramatic resurgence during a global pandemic. In this session, you'll learn more about our history with them, and the important ways in which they help alleviate symptoms of depression and anxiety, while also building emotional health.

Ann Amato lives in Portland, OR and is a horticulturist and propagator at Cistus Nursery and Secret Garden Growers. At 18, she published Ancient Forests and Western Man: A Pictorial History of the West Coast. She earned a BA from PSU with a double major in English literature and art history. She is a garden blogger (www.amateurbotannist.com) and recipient of an Oregon Nurseries Foundation Scholarship. She is the President of the Mt Hood Gesneriad Society, a chapter of The Gesneriad Society. When not working, she tends to 500+ houseplants and her urban garden named Campiello Maurizio: the Garden of One-of-Each-