Greening offices is not a trivial task. Plants should not only revitalize the space and contribute to a healthy atmosphere, but also be hardy, resilient and unassuming to care for. This is not the place for lovers of a humid environment and careful care. Of course, a catchy, prim appearance that matches the interior is also of great importance. Plants are no less significant tool for demonstrating status than finishing materials. But nevertheless, in the first place among the criteria for selecting plants, their unpretentiousness always remains.
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Offices, work areas and classrooms are included in the list of special spaces for landscaping, in which you need to look for a non-standard approach. In them, as a rule, general powerful lighting and the operation of fluorescent lamps and modern lighting installations creates conditions for sufficient illumination even far from windows. But this is where the “pluses” of offices for indoor plants, in fact, are exhausted. Radiation, dust, an abundance of technology, dry air are not suitable for all cultures. Like not all cultures are suitable for offices because of the love for high humidity, excessive romance, sloppy appearance and other features. But most importantly, because of the demands to provide thorough care, which in the office there is especially no one to deal with.
The range of plants that thrive in work environments is very limited considering all these factors. First of all, plants are selected according to the criterion of endurance: no one specifically deals with plants in the office, they should be content with modest procedures and forgive small and large mistakes in watering, do without any measures to humidify the air and tolerate an unstable environment well.
Purely aesthetic and functional capabilities are no less important. In offices, plants play the role of a compensating decor. They are full-fledged anti-stress agents that contribute to more than just eye relaxation. They neutralize the impact on the emotional sphere and performance of furniture, boring colors, accumulation of equipment, documentation, etc. But at the same time, they should not turn the office into a greenhouse: the plants are placed and used in such a way as to create a cozy, comfortable for work, and not for life. space. This is a kind of “treatment” for overload, tension, fatigue, melancholy and psychological discomfort. And at the same time, the plants must fully comply with the spirit and style of the room.
Plants with “sloppy” greenery, seasonal accents, crops with a limited decorative period and plants that completely shed their foliage should not be in the office. Indoor plants for office landscaping need to look flawless all year round. And it is better if they are strict and modern – with a rich or variegated color, perfect and simple lines, an architectural effect, beautiful silhouettes. They should be expressive evergreen crops that play a role regardless of the season or any other factor.
When choosing plants, the main thing is to correctly determine their number. In an office interior, the lack of plants and their overabundance are equally inappropriate. On average, the number of plants required is calculated according to a simple principle: a small room requires one large plant or a smaller group of crops similar to it in terms of “volume”. For every 10 square meters of space, at least 1 and at most 3 indoor crops are needed.
Plants in the office. Farmer Burea-Uinsurance.com Girish Saraswat
There are other principles for the selection of indoor crops for office space.:
- large-leaved plants are more suitable for spacious and not overloaded spaces with furniture, and small-leaved plants are more appropriate where there is a lot of furniture;
- it is better to place large plants in “front” areas, in reception areas and in the most important parts of offices (for example, closer to the chief’s office);
- the lower the ceiling, the more “tiered plants” are used;
- in offices, verticals, elongated lines, dense bushes and strict containers look more advantageous;
- it is better to use large indoor crops as space dividers, and not in corners;
- it is not worth placing more than 2 catchy and flowering crops indoors, background and neutral plants should dominate;
- small plants are divided and placed equally on work tables, window sills, various whatnots, and shelves.
Let’s take a closer look at the best plants for offices:
For a list of the best office plants, see the next page.
