{"id":9692,"date":"2016-03-11T15:05:27","date_gmt":"2016-03-11T15:05:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.123print.com\/blog\/why-you-should-have-plants-in-the-workplace\/"},"modified":"2017-03-20T20:21:42","modified_gmt":"2017-03-20T20:21:42","slug":"why-you-should-have-plants-in-the-workplace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.123print.com\/blog\/why-you-should-have-plants-in-the-workplace\/","title":{"rendered":"Why You Should Have Plants in the Workplace"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>How your office is styled can really make or break your employees&#8217;\u00a0work days. Is there a lot of natural light? Do you have a break room where workers can destress? Here&#8217;s\u00a0one item you should definitely include in your workplace&#8217;s decor:\u00a0Plants. Here&#8217;s why:<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>They\u00a0Enhance Productivity<\/strong><br \/>\nEmployees perform better <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/money\/2014\/aug\/31\/plants-offices-workers-productive-minimalist-employees\">when plants are added to workplaces<\/a>, according to The Guardian. Psychologists from Exter University\u00a0have been studying this issue for 10 years. They concluded that workers are 15 percent more productive when the office contains even\u00a0a couple of houseplants. These employees actively engage with their surroundings and are overall better workers. The key is making sure that each worker can see a plant from his or her desk.<\/p>\n<p><strong>They\u00a0Reduce Absence<\/strong><br \/>\nEmployees can be absent from work for a number of reasons, including blocked sinuses, skin irritation, headaches, dry throats and more. Because many offices lack outdoor ventilation and natural light, plants can improve the cleanliness of the air and atmosphere. Therefore, plant decor can decrease absence from the workplace.<\/p>\n<p><strong>They Create a\u00a0Better Work Environment<\/strong><br \/>\nThe styling of an employee&#8217;s desk is essential to a positive work environment. Encourage your employees to bring in personal items like picture frames of their family and friends, fresh flowers or air fresheners. That way, your workers will\u00a0feel more at home and overall much happier.<\/p>\n<p>Plus, do what you can to add a little personalization to their workplaces. For example, give your employees <a href=\"http:\/\/www.123print.com\/stationery\/business-cards.aspx\">business cards<\/a> to keep on their desks or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.123print.com\/marketing\/outdoor-advertising\/door-hangers.aspx\">door hangers<\/a> for the workers with offices. The more comfortable that everyone is in the office, the better the culture will be.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, FreeOfficeFinder published the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.freeofficefinder.com\/article\/pretty-offices-create-productive-workforce\">following relevant infographic<\/a>. Their article focuses on productivity but their visualization is a great summary of the topic that we covered here in this article.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-left: 0%;\"class=\"wp-image-10015 size-full alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.123print.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/pretty-offices-final-min.png\" alt=\"Do Pretty Offices Create a Productive Workforce? (infographic)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"4014\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.123print.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/pretty-offices-final-min.png 1000w, https:\/\/blog.123print.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/pretty-offices-final-min-75x300.png 75w, https:\/\/blog.123print.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/pretty-offices-final-min-768x3083.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.123print.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/pretty-offices-final-min-255x1024.png 255w, https:\/\/blog.123print.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/pretty-offices-final-min-300x1204.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s why you should have plants in the workplace.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":9693,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1891],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.123print.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9692"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.123print.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.123print.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.123print.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.123print.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9692"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blog.123print.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9692\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10019,"href":"https:\/\/blog.123print.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9692\/revisions\/10019"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.123print.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.123print.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.123print.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.123print.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}