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Do you talk to your plants? Study shows you're not alone

By Mallika Marshall, MD

Updated on: August 30, 2022 / 6:23 AM CDT / CBS Boston

HealthWatch: Embracing aging; benefits of paid sick time; and talking to plants

BOSTON -- According to a survey of 1,250 people conducted by Trees.com, 48 percent report talking to their trees and/or plants.

Of those who do, a fifth do it every day. About two-thirds believe it helps the plants grow and helps their own mental health.

Nearly one in four says they have even kissed their plants.

For many people, house and garden plants became true companions during the lockdown and perhaps that love affair with greenery will continue.

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Mallika Marshall, MD

Mallika Marshall, MD is an Emmy-award-winning journalist and physician who has served as the HealthWatch Reporter for CBS Boston/WBZ-TV for over 20 years. A practicing physician Board Certified in both Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Dr. Marshall serves on staff at Harvard Medical School and practices at Massachusetts General Hospital at the MGH Chelsea Urgent Care and the MGH Revere Health Center, where she is currently working on the frontlines caring for patients with COVID-19. She is also a host and contributing editor for Harvard Health Publications (HHP), the publishing division of Harvard Medical School.

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