Benefits of Plants
- At work and in customer areas, our clients’ have wanted plants for practical and emotional reasons:
- for visual impact to accentuate brand and decor
- stop the clutter on top of their cabinets
- cover a bump in the floor
- direct foot traffic
- add privacy from other desks and staff passing
- define a space instead of walls or partitions
- screen reception areas from lifts
- reduce noise in open plan offices and large customer spaces
- stop people cutting through work areas disrupting staff
- to be moved between offices and spaces for meetings and gatherings
- freshen the air for staff health
- connect with the natural world indoors
- create a welcoming and enjoyable space
- encourage customers to linger and for staff to like being at work
- calm people in stressful situations such as medical waiting rooms
- meet Greenstar Building criteria
- stop heads from being knocked on diagonal beams
- highlight internal columns so staff do not walk into them
- to make staff happy
- Plants have been used at events from theming to space filling:
- beautify venue
- using flowering plants rather than floral bouquets
- catch attention to their stand
- reflect brand
- theme event
- space filler when the venue or stand is too big
- entry signage highlighted in a plant wall
- define space such as food hall area
- stop people from cutting through stands
- hide décor of venue
- hang fairy lights on
- backdrop to speaker or entertainer
- House staging’s use plants for a homely touch or sometimes to add elegance:
- transform outdoor areas
- house entrance welcome
- street appeal
- add elegance to house interiors
- glam up poolside
- camouflage tired paintwork
- add interest to blank walls inside and outside
- make house look more lived in and homely
