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I banished all houseplants from my life about fifteen years ago. They seemed redundant living in the tropics and were just more work added to the year round chores in the garden. Before that, living in Colorado, I had a huge collection of potted plants I carried around from place to place.

The first houseplant, there are bound to be more, has returned. A single pot with a crinum, a colocasia and hopefully germinating zamia seeds waits for the house they will go in.

I just picked up a client with an intense greenhouse attached to his house, and part of the program is to get maximum use from it as an orangery of sorts. SO COOL! My poor wife- now I have one more thing added to my wishlist. I need more land!

I had a glass windowed front porch the width of my small Saskatchewan house which was filled with a Norfolk pine, potted azaleas, and spring bulbs that wouldn't grow outside in that climate. Through the winter and into our long delayed spring, we would sit out there and enjoy plants and sunshine. And yes I did start the tomato plants there too. Indoor spaces dedicated to plants are a lovely idea, and don't need to be large and swanky to give an inordinate amount of pleasure. In our snowy northern winters I am a dedicated grower of winter indoor, preferably flowering, plants but now it has to be in my living room.

I've never though of having or wanting a conservatory before, but the way you lay it out it sounds fan-freaking-tastic. This would really help my January-February blahs. I'm now taking donations.

My parents have an enclosed sun porch on the front of their house. It is lined with indoor plants crowded together in a lovely mess on a variety of long benches, small tables, and rolling carts. Amidst all the greenery is white wicker furniture with colorful cushions. It is the result of a creative, plant-loving mother on a limited income. I still love the variety of funky old pots and 20+ year-old ferns.

Elizabeth, now I've bought my first foam pot, I am clearly going to hell in a hand-basket, and would welcome a ten-foot resin Nike with open arms. Where can I buy her?

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