Keeping Plants Contributes to a Healthier Life!
Keeping plants is a very well-known hobby, but not as many of us know all of the health benefits that keeping plants can bring! Not only can they add to the aesthetic of your house, but they can also add to your overall health and happiness. Lastly, if you believe you're the opposite of a green thumb, take solace in the fact that there are plants suitable for everyone!

Take a moment out of your day and learn more about how plants in your home can increase your quality of life!
Benefits of Indoor Plants
  • Calming Nature - Sitting and looking around, you develop a feeling of the ambience around you. Research has shown that activities with indoor plants reduces the stress response in humans and can be therapeutic.
  • Enhances Your Work - The presence of house plants has been shown to increase attention and concentration, while concurrently boosting productivity. These are all positives in terms of staying on task and completing your work! Beyond this, plants can also help to improve your work outlook and feel better job satisfaction.
  • Provides Direct Health Benefits - It might not make perfect sense, but plants have been shown to help people recover from illness faster. Many plants also help improve the quality of indoor air that you breathe. While they may not be as effective as some of the tools we now have to work with, every little bit helps!
For more information on each of the points above and the research that went into them, check out the first link provided below. Take a look at the other links provided for more health benefits granted by plants and the best plants to keep for those that might not have the greenest of thumbs.
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