Plants are a great way to enhance your office environment with beauty and character. But if you don’t have the right plants in the right place, you risk keeping them from reaching their full potential. And weak, underdeveloped plants mean fewer benefits for you.
When your office environment is optimal for your plants, they will flourish. And a healthy indoor environment means considering factors including light exposure, humidity, container sizes, temperature, and a watering schedule. The key is selecting the right plants—plants that add value while complementing the environmental factors of your unique space.
Many interior designers create plant arrangements based purely on aesthetic appeal. But this is a dangerous approach, because if environmental factors aren’t considered, your plants will die and you will have wasted your investment. Creating the right environment makes all the difference.
Lighting is the first, and perhaps the most important factor to consider when arranging plants indoors. The best light for indoor plants—aside from natural sunlight—is a combination of florescent and incandescent lights. And these lights should be bright. Our eyes tend to see the same wavelengths that plants absorb, so if it’s bright to us, it’s probably good for the plant.
Some plants don’t require as much light as others. Dracaenas are a great example of plants that can acclimate well to lower light levels. But low light doesn’t mean no light—all plants require some measure of light to stay alive. Plants belonging to the Sansevieria genus are another example of plants that do well in low light environments. And since Sansevieria plants require minimal watering, they’re an excellent indoor option.
Once you know which plants fit best in your interior environment, it’s important that you get these plants from a quality supplier or grower. If the plant isn’t acclimated to indoor life, it will have a difficult time adapting. But by getting plants from an experienced supplier or grower, you can rest assured that the plants will be ready to live indoors, and you won’t have to worry about going through a difficult acclimation period.
After you’ve established a healthy environment for your plants, it’s time to concentrate on the design of your plant arrangement. And that means making sure proportions are correct, containers are the right sizes, and that the design makes sense aesthetically for the particular space. It comes down to a careful balance of size, texture, and color—and of course to your own, personal taste.
When the right indoor environment comes together with a great plant arrangement, you might be surprised at just how much plants can add to your office space. They not only look great, but they also make your office healthier by absorbing harmful gasses such as carbon dioxide and benzene. And they provide many other benefits like balancing room temperature and relative humidity by releasing water vapor from their leaves.
Help your plants stay healthy and thrive, and they’ll do the same for you. And by selecting the right plants for the right place, you’ll do just that.
If you need help creating a unique indoor plant arrangement that adds value and beauty to your business, we’d love to help. We’ve assisted countless businesses with interior arrangements throughout Indiana including companies in Indianapolis, Carmel, Fishers, Westfield, Noblesville, Lawrence, Castleton, Avon, Brownsburg, Greenwood, Franklin, Speedway, and Columbus. Give us a call today at (317) 575-1100 for more information.