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Talking Tips for Technicians and Staff

1. The top 3 reasons cited by corporate and facility managers for using a plants are:

• Colour and enhancement

• Employee attitude and retention

• Making an environmental statement.

2. The combination of plant and soil media creates a useful method for cleaning indoor air.

3. Plants add to and stabilize relative humidity indoors.  When humidity is maintained at proper levels, the frequency of illness is reduced.

4. People view places with plants as more positive, more expensive-looking, more relaxed and friendlier.

5. There are no negative feelings with the use of plants in a building.

6. A building without interior plant elicits a more negative response. 

7. Use of plants evokes a feeling of well-being.

8. When people are around plants, anxiety levels are reduced.

9. Having a view of a garden or nature has been shown to quickly reduce stress and in some situations aid recuperation from illness.

10. Some companies are treating the cost of the plantscape service as an employee benefit.

11. Common complaints about the work environment include: fatigue, headache, dry itchy skin; eye nose and throat irritation and more.  Plants can help reduce these complaints.

12. Many studies have used measurements of blood pressure, muscle tension, heart rate, skin temperature and reaction time to determine peoples physical response to plants.

13. People respond psychologically and physiologically to plants.

14. The cost of interior plantscaping and service is recoverable by:

• The economic success of the building

• Reductions in sick days

• Increased productivity

• Increased employee retention

• An enhanced corporate image

• Reduction in complaints.