From 5:00 p.m. until 7:00
From home décor to health, the virtues of houseplants are abundant. Beyond their ability to both enliven and calm our interiors, they act as natural air purifiers by releasing oxygen, absorbing carbon dioxide, and even removing cancer-causing chemicals from the air. But houseplants weren’t always so readily available to the casual cultivator. Previously the domain of the wealthy, houseplants’ popularity surged during the Victorian era when botanists collected tropical species that ended up in the living rooms of fashionable Europeans, creating an exotic plant and fern fever that transcended class and gender barriers. Welcome to My Jungle: In-door Plants will spotlight trends in houseplants from the last two centuries, with particular attention to British fern fever, German cactus curiosity, American midcentury decorating chic, and environmental and wellness movements driving interest today.
Free and open to the public. Light refreshments.