Ariel Ekblaw

Yeah, that still exists too.

Yeah, exactly.

Some of the mundane things are still just as important and just as critical to solve, and I thought it was a wonderful part of being here in the TED community is to have been reminded of that.

I am obsessed with tropical botany.

I have something over 40 houseplants in my house.

And I love trying to keep semi-tropical plants alive in Boston.

Quite a challenge.

Do you have a greenhouse?

Some of them get sprayed.

Some of them get misted.

I give them special water, no tap water.

You have to filter out the soft, dissolved salts that are in a lot of our drinking water.

So they get ridiculous attention.

And I don't quite have a greenhouse, but someday I would love to have a separate greenhouse for the botany project.

Where are you on talking to plants?

Ooh, I'm pro.

Definitely pro.

At least because you're giving them the attention, you know when they need water.

That might be as basic as that.

I had a wonderful conversation with another TED speaker that reminded me of this the other day.