{"id":504753,"date":"2026-10-22T23:34:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T23:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/504753\/"},"modified":"2026-10-22T23:34:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T23:34:10","slug":"the-pandemic-plant-craze-has-cooled-but-americans-arent-giving-up-on-greenery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/504753\/","title":{"rendered":"The pandemic plant craze has cooled, but Americans aren\u2019t giving up on greenery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The pandemic houseplant craze may have cooled, but Americans apparently aren\u2019t giving up their greenery.<\/p>\n<p>New research from the <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/floralmarketingfund.org\/product\/houseplant-purchasing-trends\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Floral Marketing Fund<\/a> found that people surveyed in 2025 were buying houseplants less often than in earlier surveys, but they owned more plants and reported spending more across comparable categories.<\/p>\n<p>FROM THE ARCHIVES | <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scrippsnews.com\/health\/mental-health\/forest-therapy-is-helping-wildfire-survivors-heal-their-mental-health\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Forest therapy is helping wildfire survivors heal their mental health<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Researchers found that in 2025, consumers were more likely to consider houseplants appropriate gifts for a variety of occasions, including get-well wishes, thank-you gifts and personal enjoyment. That was an increase from 2019.<\/p>\n<p>They also found that plants may be doing more than just adding decoration to our living spaces. Nearly 97 percent of buyers said houseplants make them feel happier.<\/p>\n<p>MORE FOR CONSUMERS | <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scrippsnews.com\/life\/money\/the-price-tag-isnt-the-only-cost-to-consider-when-buying-an-appliance\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The price tag isn\u2019t the only cost to consider when buying an appliance<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Seventy-three percent said they\u2019d bought from a houseplant business after seeing its content online.<\/p>\n<p>This study offers insights into how consumer preferences have changed and which trends are sticking around year after year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The pandemic houseplant craze may have cooled, but Americans apparently aren\u2019t giving up their greenery. New research from&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":504754,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-504753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504753","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=504753"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504753\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/504754"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=504753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=504753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=504753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}