Live Better with Houseplants
Plants are more than just pretty faces. Did you know indoor plants can remove toxins from the air in your home and actually help you concentrate better? And there are more benefits! Here’s a group of foliar super heroes ready to change your life.
Reduce Stress
Stay calm, carry on, buy a plant. People who keep flowering houseplants in their home feel happier, less
stressed, and more relaxed, says an article in the Journal of Environmental Psychology about the
super effects that our flowering friends bring to our home. As it turns out, flowering plants add positive
energy, which reduces stress-related depression.
Plant Prescription: Decorate with
easy-care, long-blooming anthuriums and orchids.
Improve Indoor Air
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) found the air in your home may be more polluted than the air
outdoors. Scrub clean your air with houseplants! Strategic plant placement in your home improves air quality
-- the air that you and your family breathe every day.
Plant Prescription: Place a
plant, such as a philodendron, near your kitchen window. Having at least one plant for every 100 square feet
of your home provides maximum air-cleaning benefits.
Heal Faster
A flowering plant is the classic gift to bring someone in the hospital, and there’s some science behind it.
According to a study led by the University of Exeter, the presence of plants in hospital recovery rooms
helped patients heal faster.
Plant Prescription: Take two bromeliads and call us
in the morning.
Become More Empathetic
Want to be a more caring person? Get a plant! An article from the University of Texas indicates that people
who spend time around plants are more likely to try and help others. People who care for their plants are
more likely to care for their fellow human beings.
Plant Prescription: Open your
heart with a houseplant you can fall in love with: ZZ plant.
Enhance Learning
Help your kids get better grades. Cracking the books helps (of course!), but studies cited by the American
Horticultural Therapy Association also indicates that there are there are cognitive benefits for being
around plants. Keeping plants in a child’s bedroom or play area may help them focus and concentrate, thereby
improving their learning capabilities. Enlist your child to help care for the plant, which also promotes
learning responsibility.
Plant Prescription: Help your kid get to the top of the
class with easy-care pothos.
Create a Spa Like Experience
Have you ever noticed that spas use plants to create a calming and restful atmosphere? Add plants to your
shower or bath area to amp up the restful ambience. Plus, the plants will love the humidity.
Plant Prescription: Add instant ahhhhh with an orchid!
Group Therapy
If one plant is good for you, think of what a group of them will do! From cleaning the air in your home to
creating a sense of wellbeing and productive thinking, foliar and flowering indoor plants are your best
assets for living a beautiful and fulfilled life.
Plant Prescription: Make your
life better with an easy-care trio of dracaena, peace lily, and snake plant.
Learn more about peace lily.
Learn more about snake plant.
