--- title: Houseplant Appreciation Day PHOTOS description: Today, we recognize the important role of houseplants in sprucing up our homes (and desks)—just don't forget to water them. canonical: https://time.com/4630485/housplant-appreciation-day-photos/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-01-10T21:18:15.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:40:04.230Z og:title: People Get Cozy With Plants for Houseplant Appreciation Day og:description: Today, take a minute to consider the small green things that keep us going. og:url: https://time.com/4630485/housplant-appreciation-day-photos/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: People Get Cozy With Plants for Houseplant Appreciation Day twitter:description: Today, take a minute to consider the small green things that keep us going. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # People Are Spending Quality Time With Their Plants for Houseplant Appreciation Day > Sponsored content. 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What this means to you really depends on whether or not you are the [proud owner of a houseplant](http://business.time.com/2009/11/03/houseplants-so-low-maintenance-even-you-probably-wont-kill-them/?iid=sr-link1) (or more than one houseplant!), be it a low-maintenance cactus or temperamental orchid. But regardless, it’s an important day to take stock of the [green things in our lives](http://time.com/4441219/leonardo-dicaprio-oscars-climate-change/?iid=sr-link7) and consider how adding some photosynthesizing organisms to a home can really spruce it up. Today would also be a great day to water your plants. (For succulents, usually one ice cube placed in the soil once every two weeks will do the trick; for other, thirstier plants, consult a watering guide). As for that [desiccated Christmas tree drying up](http://time.com/4588781/christmas-tree-fire-warning/?iid=sr-link5) in the corner of your living room, shedding needles forlornly? Show it some appreciation and take it out. Its service is now complete. Here are the ways that some people are celebrating their relationship to their beloved houseplants today: > [](https://twitter.com/mila%5Findiana/status/818879739452596224) > [](https://twitter.com/mmrkhoury/status/818876791117008897) > [](https://twitter.com/BringMeTheAlana/status/818874909162094594) > [](https://twitter.com/SilverAgeTV/status/818854123915399168) > [](https://twitter.com/pfrncs/status/818851218634063872) > [](https://twitter.com/TAwkwardBrit1/status/818837412558278657) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4630485/housplant-appreciation-day-photos/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4630485/housplant-appreciation-day-photos/"},"headline":"People Are Spending Quality Time With Their Plants for Houseplant Appreciation Day","datePublished":"2017-01-10T21:18:15.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:40:04.230Z","description":"Plants deserve gratitude, too","url":"https://time.com/4630485/housplant-appreciation-day-photos/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral","Holidays"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4630485/housplant-appreciation-day-photos/","name":"People Are Spending Quality Time With Their Plants for Houseplant Appreciation Day"}}]}] ```