{"id":1098,"date":"2020-01-11T21:36:02","date_gmt":"2020-01-11T21:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/botany\/?p=1098"},"modified":"2020-01-12T10:24:59","modified_gmt":"2020-01-12T10:24:59","slug":"mygreenstudy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/botany\/mygreenstudy\/","title":{"rendered":"@mygreenstudy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you love plants and especially house plants then the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mygreenstudy\">@mygreenstudy<\/a> project is for you as it&#8217;s all about houseplants!<\/p>\n<p>My Green Study is a student-led initiative for those who share an appreciation and interest in houseplants. It has recently launched <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mygreenstudy\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mygreenstudy\/\">Instagram<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MyGreenStudy\/\">Facebook<\/a> pages aiming to create a community of fellow houseplant enthusiasts!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1100\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1100\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1100 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/botany\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/91\/Unorganized\/mygreenstudy-team-1024x613.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/botany\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/91\/Unorganized\/mygreenstudy-team-1024x613.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/botany\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/91\/Unorganized\/mygreenstudy-team-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/botany\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/91\/Unorganized\/mygreenstudy-team-768x460.jpg 768w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/botany\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/91\/Unorganized\/mygreenstudy-team-1536x920.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/botany\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/91\/Unorganized\/mygreenstudy-team.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1100\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The @MyGreenStudy team (l to r) Dr Alastair Culham, Alexandra Stammschr\u00f6er, Matthew Magson and Georgina Jarman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The @MyGreenStudy team is led by Dr Alastair Culham and includes a team of three University of Reading undergraduate students: Georgina Jarman, Matthew Magson and Alexandra Stammschr\u00f6er.<\/p>\n<p>The aim of the project is to produce engaging and informative content for the people discovering and following the project, including a houseplant database with care instructions and photographs.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1098 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/botany\/mygreenstudy\/succulents-for-swapping\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/botany\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/91\/Unorganized\/succulents-for-swapping-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Plants grown for plant swaps\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/botany\/mygreenstudy\/spiders-for-swappinmg\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/botany\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/91\/Unorganized\/spiders-for-swappinmg-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/botany\/mygreenstudy\/plants-to-swap\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/botany\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/91\/Unorganized\/plants-to-swap-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>In addition to this, @MyGreenStudy is running houseplant events at the University of Reading. The first plant swap and plant clinic last December was a great success with more than 200 plants given away on the day! The images above show house plants being grown for the swap, and the images below show the first plant swap event held in the University of Reading&#8217;s Students Union in Autumn 2019.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-1098 gallery-columns-5 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/botany\/mygreenstudy\/plant-swap\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/botany\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/91\/Unorganized\/plant-swap-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/botany\/mygreenstudy\/plant-swap-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/botany\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/91\/Unorganized\/plant-swap-2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/botany\/mygreenstudy\/students-and-swapped-plants\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/botany\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/91\/Unorganized\/students-and-swapped-plants-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/botany\/mygreenstudy\/students-and-swapped-plants-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/botany\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/91\/Unorganized\/students-and-swapped-plants-2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/botany\/mygreenstudy\/drosera-for-swapping\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/botany\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/91\/Unorganized\/drosera-for-swapping-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>There is more to look forward to in 2020 including more plant swap events and workshops on how to propagate plants.<\/p>\n<p>The students are running\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mygreenstudy\">@MyGreenStudy<\/a> as part of their dissertation projects and they are interested in investigating questions such as: <em>Who owns houseplants? Why do we keep houseplants? And how do social media and other trends influence our love of plants?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>To collect data and to try to answer some of these questions <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/georgina_jarman\">Georgina Jarman<\/a> has put together a brief survey which is for anyone over the age of 18 living in the UK or Ireland whether they own houseplants or not.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/georgina_jarman\">Georgina<\/a> says:<\/strong> Please visit the following link to complete the questionnaire, it will take less than 15 minutes of your time and will help me collect add to my data set for my project and may also give you some insights into your own relationship with house plants!<\/p>\n<p><strong>You can find the survey here: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/reading.onlinesurveys.ac.uk\/houseplant-ownership\">https:\/\/reading.onlinesurveys.ac.uk\/houseplant-ownership<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And keep your eyes on the My Green Study <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mygreenstudy\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mygreenstudy\/\">Instagram<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MyGreenStudy\/\">Facebook<\/a> pages for updates!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1102\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/botany\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/91\/Unorganized\/IMG_MYGREENSTUDY_POST-300x168.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/botany\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/91\/Unorganized\/IMG_MYGREENSTUDY_POST-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/botany\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/91\/Unorganized\/IMG_MYGREENSTUDY_POST-1024x572.png 1024w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/botany\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/91\/Unorganized\/IMG_MYGREENSTUDY_POST-768x429.png 768w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/botany\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/91\/Unorganized\/IMG_MYGREENSTUDY_POST-1536x858.png 1536w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/botany\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/91\/Unorganized\/IMG_MYGREENSTUDY_POST-2048x1144.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you love plants and especially house plants then the @mygreenstudy project is for you as it&#8217;s all about houseplants! 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