The benefits of office plants go beyond appearance. Thoughtfully designed planting can make a workplace feel calmer, more welcoming and more worth spending time in.
Plants will not solve every problem with an office. They can, however, change the experience of being there: softening hard surfaces, creating visual breathing room and making a shared workplace feel more considered.
People spend about 90% of their time indoors.
Source: US Environmental Protection Agency
Up to 15% productivity uplift observed in a green-office field study.
Source: University of Exeter / University of Groningen research
Included in a systematic review of how indoor plants affect human function, including relaxed physiology and cognition.
Source: Chen et al., 2022
The most successful workplaces are made up of small, considered decisions. They help people feel more comfortable, more welcome and more connected to the place around them.
Office plants are one of those decisions. They can soften a hard environment, create visual breathing room and make an ordinary office feel like somewhere with life in it.
A few of the workplaces where planting has helped shape the experience of being there.
