The Garden Secret
Throughout hotels in Europe and Asia, and especially in countries like Holland and Japan, indoor landscaping is as common as tulips and chopsticks, because the cultural and social relevance is embedded in their way of life. […]
Plants – They Lower Operating Costs, Cure Sick Building Syndrome and Increase Job Satisfaction
Living plants are hard at work in offices throughout America. Until recently we lacked the research necessary to investigate and quantify the economics between plants, employees and bottom-line corporate America. […]
Sea of Green: Using Interior Plants to Increase Profits
Sure, plants serve as great decorative elements in a hotel setting. But aside from aesthetics, is there any other justification for investing in the installation, care and maintenance of live interior plants? Various studies show that there is. […]
Bottom-Line Benefits of Interior Office Plants
With every building, the people that occupy them and the work that gets done in them is unique. Plants at Work, a national information campaign to inform professionals and the public about the numerous benefits of interior plants, has assembled new research indicating that adequate installation of interior plants can deliver bottom-line benefits and is […]
Office Plants Sprout Environmental and Employee Benefits
Want a natural way to make indoor workplaces healthier, calmer, and more productive? Join the growing trend of adding interior plants to office settings. […]
Landscaping: Not Just a Warm Weather Friend
The development of a beautiful landscape can add aesthetics and other values to the interior and exterior of any company. […]
Excerpt from Beat the Office Health Hazards
An unavoidable enemy in the office is the cocktail of chemicals that surrounds us. Did you know, for example, that carpets and chairs may contain formaldehyde, inks give off benzene, and photocopiers and PC monitors emit toluene? The effects of these can include breathing problems, eye irritation, anaemia, nausea and impaired co-ordination. […]
Plants Nurture Office Creativity
I’ve always enjoyed having a few plants surround my desk. They create the feeling of a lush island in a sea of beige file cabinets, brown carpet and glowing computer screens. […]
Greenery inspires creativity, problem-solving at work
Having a few green companions in the office can turn workers as sluggish as vegetables into more productive beings, a new survey by Texas A&M University shows. In “The Impact of Flowers and Plants on Workplace Productivity,” behavioral scientists in the university’s Center for Health Systems and Design found that men who work among live […]
Improve Your Bottom Line with Greenery
Ivy improving indoor air quality? Philodendrons linked to productivity? Incredible, but true. According to the interior plants industry organization Plants at Work, Los Angeles, there are four proven bottom-line benefits created by interior plants. […]