Benefits of plants

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Importance of Office Plants

What do indoor plants mean to your office space? To us, it means more than just plants. Our designers and landscapers create entire indoor environments that stimulate the senses. In doing so, we make your people and your customers feel great. Business have long realized that the physical environment directly affects an employee’s ability and desire to work. There is a growing awareness among businesses that interior and office plants have major benefits for the workplace. The majority of Fortune 500 companies have landscaped their office interiors — boosting morale, building employee contentment and promoting productivity.Consider these benefits, brought to you by GreenPlantsforGreenBuildings.org:

  • Cleaner indoor air: When plants transpire water vapor from their leaves, they pull air down around their roots. This supplies their root microbes with oxygen. The root microbes also convert other substances in the air, such as toxic chemicals, into a source of food and energy. As a result, plants become even more effective at converting toxic chemicals into food the longer they are exposed to the chemicals. It is also important to remember that the efficiency of plants as a filtering device increases as the concentration of chemicals in the air increases. Plants provide a healthier environment for everyone in the space.

  • Less stress, more productivity: According to research done by Dr. Roger S. Ulrich of Texas A&M University, Helen Russell, Surrey University, England as well as those conducted by Dr. Virginia Lohr of Washington State University, plants significantly lower workplace stress and enhance worker productivity. In fact, study participants working in an office environment that included plants enjoyed a 12% increase in productivity!

  • Improved retail sales: It's true. Studies indicate that retail environments that include interior plants and well-developed exterior color create situations more favorable for retail activity, including the willingness to pay 10% or more for goods. It just makes a shopper feel great to be around plants.

  • More creativity: Can working around plants inspire creativity? Yes! Researchers at Texas A&M explored that link and found that " both women and men demonstrated more innovative thinking, generating more ideas and original solutions to problems in the office environment that included flowers and plants." That is a boon for any business.

A healthier environment, better productivity and more revenue are all related to having high quality, well-maintained plants and trees in the environment. Contact The Plant Peddler today to find out more about how your office and business can benefit.

Interior Flowering Rotations

Interior office plants should include the beauty of orchids and bromeliads. Consider flowering rotations in the design. Trough our color/blooming plant rotation program, we can provide you with interior seasonal color that lends sophistication and an air of prosperity to your company’s atmosphere.These elegant displays warm the hard surfaces of modern interior spaces and make people feel welcome. Blooming plants add value to your commercial space, too.