There it is again: the third Monday of January, also known as: Blue Monday. It’s the so called ‘most depressing day of the year’, because today people realise they’ve failed their new year’s resolutions, the cold weather, and low motivational levels...
Happy living
Happiness brought by flowers.
The end of the year is approaching, so it’s time to set new year’s resolutions! One of the things that we have planned is to get more plants at home. Because you can never have too many plants, and besides that there are many advantages to having a lot of them at home:
Plants...
Are you up for some me-time before the hectic holiday season starts? Then you’ll love these tips to boost your energy with the help of plants. Because plants are not only air purifying and reducing stress, they also provide energy. Enjoy!
Tropical spa
Take some time to turn your...
Ever bought a plant that died a week later? No worries, it happens to all of us. But you can easily prevent it by asking a few questions before you buy a new one. Because by knowing a plant and yourself a bit better, the chances are that you will enjoy it for a longer time. These are the...
Do you have pets at home? Then it’s very important to pay attention to which plants you place in your home, because some plants aren’t safe for pets to eat. If they do it anyway, they can get sick. So to prevent that, we’ll explain what you should pay attention to...
Plants purify the air, we’ve been reading it more and more lately. But is that really true? And how does it work? We decided to look into it.
Fact: plants can purify the air
In 1989, NASA research showed that indoor plants can purify the air of unhealthy substances such asbenzene...
It has been scientifically proven that indoor plants have a positive effect on people. Think of functional benefits, such as sound insulation and decoration. But they also have intrinsic qualities that positively influence the health, happiness and even the productivity of employees. To...
This summer is real. All time heat records has been set all over the world last week. You’re probably trying to keep your home a bit more livable by turning the fan and/or airconditioning on high speed, but did you know there are plants that can also help with that? Plants...
Normally the first mosquitoes only bother us at the end of June, but due to the heat they came out a month earlier. And because they are so early this year, there probably will be one or two generations of mosquitoes extra. So it will be a hard summer for people who get stung quickly...
We wrote about it before: flowers make you happy. Whether you want to congratulate someone, cheer them up, support them, or make up for something: flowers are an easy way to put a smile on someone’s face. But besides that, they have another big advantage. Several studies have shown that...
The American University Rutgers researched the relationship between flowers and life satisfaction, where they looked at the behavior and emotional reactions of participants after getting flowers. It showed that the presence of flowers leads to happy emotions, increases feelings of general...