Plants Bring Positive Vibes, Even in Home Offices
The benefits of plants in the workplace have already been proven. They improve air quality and concentration, reduce noise, and have a calming effect.
But do people working from home have the same experience? And do they have plants in their (home) office? In August 2021, research agency Motivaction conducted research on behalf of the Flower Council of Holland. It conducted an online representative sampling of consumers aged between 18 and 70, living in the Netherlands, Germany, France, and the United Kingdom (UK).
About 35% of the respondents swapped the office for home working during the pandemic. There is only a small difference between each of the four countries. Of all working respondents, 38% expect to continue working from home partly or entirely in the future. Working from home, or a hybrid working arrangement, seems to be the norm when possible.
Roughly 68% of people working from home have plants in their home office. Half of these have one or two plants, 24% have three to five plants, and 10% have more than five plants. Women are more likely than men to have five or more plants in their home office. German home workers are the biggest plant lovers with 79%, closely followed by the Dutch with 73%. In the UK (64%) and France (56%) it is slightly less common to have plants around your desk.
Of the respondents who knew that they would be working from home for a longer period of time, more than a quarter (26%) said they had bought one or more plants for their workplace. Once again, we see that the German home workers did this more often (32%) than the British (28%), the Dutch (24%) and the French (20%). Of those who will be working (partly) from home in the coming year, 17% say they will definitely be decorating their home office with (more) plants. 50% say they are considering it.
And what about the specific benefits of plants in the workplace?
- 70% of those questioned say that plants generally improve the atmosphere. Women are more positive about this than men: 75% compared to 65%.
- Of those who also work at the office, 63% think that plants improve the working environment, while 60% of home workers say this. Moreover, 60% recognize that plants improve the atmosphere when they are at home.
- 58% of the respondents feel that plants have a calming effect on their eyes.
- Almost one third (31%) say that plants help them to concentrate.
- Another good thing: 28% of all respondents take better care of their plants now that they are home more often, and 21% say they buy plants more regularly now they are home more often.
Continue reading at FlowerCouncil.co.uk.
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