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Office plants in custom joinery

Office plants beat window views for health

Research shows that exposure to natural light and access to office windows can have various positive effects on the well-being and productivity of office staff. Benefits include improved sleep-wake cycles, an 84% reduction in headaches from reduced eye strain, increased alertness (46 minutes more sleep per night), and enhanced mental health outcomes (Hedge, 2017). However,

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Spathiphyllum Sensations at FLOW ST8 studio Palm Beach

4 Most attractive indoor plants (UK study)

In a 2022 paper published by the University of Reading, PHD researcher Ms Jenny Berger (and others) found Pothos, Ficus sphere, Ficus column and Palms to be the four most attractive indoor plants.   Co-authored by Psychology Professor Philip Beaman and Berger’s PHD supervisors Dr Emmanuel Essah and Dr Tijana Blanusa, the study analysed the psychological responses of 520

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A professional photograph of a boardwalk in the outdoor area of retail shopping centre. The boardwalk has garden beds and potted plants all along it, with a Westfield sign in the background.

How landscape maintenance impacts consumer behaviour

The quality of your hotel or shopping centre’s landscape maintenance is probably not something you’ve closely considered. Beauty aside, you may be surprised to learn that high quality landscape maintenance can have a direct impact on profit. Today, over 90 per cent of Australians live in just 0.22 per cent of the country’s land area;

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Biophilic office Brisbane CBD

How biophilic office design impacts profitability

Are you struggling to justify the expense of a biophilic office design? Do you see an office strewn with indoor plants and natural light as a “nice to have” but not essential?   We buy software that make our teams more efficient because the business case is clear. More efficient employees equal a more streamlined business equals higher profitability.   And yet, People and Culture initiatives such as

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