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Anyone can buy an air purifier for their home. However, air purifiers are loud, can be expensive, and let’s face it, aren’t all that attractive. Add that to the fact that it takes plenty of energy to manufacture and ship these air purifiers, and it makes it seem like a less green, and more obnoxious choice.

A better choice: Grow your own fresh air with a lovely collection of indoor plants. Plants naturally clean your air of toxins and chemicals, reduce stress, and improve your overall well-being; not to mention they look great and can add cheer to any room.

Some natural air cleaning plant options include:

Gerbera Daisy

Bamboo - read Bringing Up Bamboo at Savvy Gardening

Christmas Cactus - these are not just for Christmas time. A Christmas Cactus can last 30 years or longer.

This amazing chart from Good Magazine will tell you about common household pollution problems and the plants that help solve them. At your local library look for How to Grow Fresh Air: 50 House Plants that Purify Your Home or Office the best book I’ve read on toxin reducing plants; covering plants that work well in small and large spaces, and plants that do well with low light, meaning, you can have air cleaning plants in your bathroom or office space (even with no windows).

Now, head to your local nursery, pick up some organic plants, and grow some fresh air.