News: Office Plants and Wellness

  • Green Building Council (PlantInterscapes)
  • Grow With Indoor Landscaping Field (PlantInterscapes)
  • IMFA World Workplace Conference (PlantInterscapes)
  • Research Indicates Flowers And Plants Promote Innovation, Ideas (PlantInterscapes)
  • CNN: Office Foliage For Feel Good Factor (or PDF version)
  • Plants At Work: What To Buy For Business
  • Plants At Work: Plants Are A Nice Amenity, But They Don't Really Work All That Hard, Do They?
  • Interior Plants Add Significant Value to Indoor Environmental Quality
  • The workplace benefits of bringing the plants indoors (PlantsAtWork.org)
  • The Workplace Oasis (Building Magazine)
  • Green Thumb in the Workplace (Building Services Management)
  • Buildings Magazine website has excellent information and resources

    Magazine for Office Professionals Points to Plants for Wellness

    Even as the Plants for Clean Air Council (PCAC) closes its books, the clean-air message is still out there. A three-page article in the October issue of Office Solutions Magazine extols the air-cleaning and aesthetic benefits of indoor plants in the workplace. "Get Real: Office Plants and Wellness" refers to the report published jointly by PCAC and NASA in its recommendation of two potted plants per 100 square feet of floor space. The following excerpts highlight the article's pro-plant message:

    "Cooped up in an office for many hours a day, with poor ventilation, surrounded by numerous unseen chemicals, employees benefit from plants far more than anyone realizes."

    "Healthy, well-maintained plants in well-designed displays enhance the character and appearance of a building and improve the psychological well-being of its occupants."

    "Above all, interior landscaping is a good investment because it reduces stress, improves mental agility, increases the use of communal facilities and positively changes a person's perception of a building."

    ". . . when compared to the real thing, silk plants have no return on investment. They can't clean the air, they collect dust more than live plants, and according to architect Margaret Gardinier, they can't compare to a live plant. 'Silk plants have no smell,' notes Gardinier, 'and they do not grow and change.' The characteristics of real plants add more than just appearance to an office and, therefore, offer more for the money."