Agniva: Sustainabilty's Succulent Planting Event
by Agniva Bhaumik
The popularity of succulents has skyrocketed over recent years. They are seemingly relatively
easy to take care of, so they happen to be a great option for those who aren’t great with plants
or simply do not have much time to put into plant care. This is why succulents are especially
popular with college students. Almost every student can be found with one species of the little
plants next to their dorm window, as a way to brighten up their room with some life.
Pictured above: 5 small terracotta pots that have been freshly repotted with small succulents.
Pictured Above: A Couple of students pose to take a picture with their newly potted succulents. In the foreground empty terracotta pots, soil and unplanted succulents lie on a table covered with a blue tarp.
Stepping into the Bowman room on Friday, March 11th, at around 7 pm, your eyes would be
greeted with earthen pots, heavy bags of soil, and strange-looking, colorful succulent plants
spread out over the table. The GSP sustainability committee had put together a succulent
planting event. Students laugh as they carefully pour the soil into their pots, with some still
escaping and spilling out on the paper towel below. People carefully choose from the variety of
spiked, thorny, or jewel-like plants, which came in shades ranging from pink to green. Many
struggled to get their plant to stand up inside their pot, but eventually everyone had their own
personal succulent to take with them and hopefully, spruce up their room for a while forward.
Above: A small, newly repotted succulent sits on a napkin on a wooden surface near a window.
Succulents are an excellent way to improve your environment, as they continue to produce oxygen at night, freshening up the air in your room. They are also beneficial to the environment because they can remove toxins from the air and improve the humidity. Succulents, and plants in general are also great for one’s mental health. This event by the sustainability committee most definitely bettered the North Quad community’s health and environment overall.
