Plants are fun and easy to grow! They can be helpful to our health and wellbeing, too. Plants are great things to have in both your home and office. Trinity School of Natural Health reports people tend to be more energized in rooms with plants. A horticultural journal stated recently people who work in an office that had plants were more satisfied with their jobs, co-workers and bosses!
Put some green in your living and working space with some of these plants:
- Aloe Vera. My favorite! This succulent is SO easy to grow, and you can use it for immediate health needs. Cut the leaves, and use the pulp to put on cuts, burns, scrapes, rashes. I have several!
- Snake plant, or sansevieria, is great at filtering office air, and will grow in fluorescent light, too. They don’t need a lot of water and fit nicely on a desk. Also, great in a bathroom.
- Peace lilies can be useful in an area of toxicity. NASA discovered these beautiful plants with white flowers help to lower levels of toxins and the spread of pollutants, and can grow in lowered light.
- Rubber plants can be used to relieve allergies. The rubber plant leaves draw dust and allergens like a magnet, keeping them from hanging in the air. And they are worry free! They love a cooler room and dim light, so are a good choice for those rooms in your home.
- Bromeliads, a beautiful flowering plant, can help you sleep easier if you keep one in your bedroom. Different from most plants, bromeliads give off oxygen at night (rather than in the day), making more oxygen available to you as you sleep, and possibly helping you to breathe more easily.
- Boston Ferns are great at removing formaldehyde from the air. Formaldehyde is a toxin found in furniture, clothes and carpeting which can irritate the eyes, nose and throat, and can trigger asthma symptoms. Boston Ferns especially love a steamy bathroom or the kitchen.
- Gerbera Daisy plants are perfect for a bedroom, especially where you may hang clothes from the dry cleaner.
Plants help to repel pesky bugs, too. Some that are helpful to grow outside on a patio or near a pool because they repel bugs, are listed below. A side benefit is you can use and eat most of these herbal remedies.
Basil – plant to keep mosquitos and houseflies away
Rosemary – repels fleas and ticks – on humans or pets
Peppermint – keeps away mosquitos, spiders and ants. Caution: if you plant this in the ground, make sure you keep it in a container! I once planted peppermint in my garden, and it took over!
Lavender – the gentle scent is not liked by moths, fleas, flies and mosquitos
Catnip – can help control mosquitos, but you might attract the neighborhood cats (just kidding!).
At Full Circle Vitality Group, we’d like to plant a seed to help you with your nutritional needs! Give us a call if you want to grow your health profile, or would like to add some green thinking into your office routine with our wellness presentations!
To Your Vitality!