7 Indoor Plants to Improve Your Workplace Motivation
First things first, National Indoor Plant Week is next week! It’s a week to celebrate houseplants and the benefits they bring to our lives. By now you’re probably very familiar with the benefits of indoor plants, including better indoor air quality, improved health and immunity, and better mental health and mood.
We can’t get enough of your amazing plants on Instagram and submitted to our Real Life Plant Parent stories, and we’re taking advantage of Indoor Plant Week to showcase the benefits of plants in the workplace as well as your living space! We know your plants look amazing at home, but we’re ready to see your business casual Calatheas, your presentation ready Peperomias, and your thank-goodness-it’s-Friday Ferns! Read onward for our recommendations of seven indoor plants that will help improve your motivation at work.
The best indoor plants for the workplace
Aloe: Aloe succulents are great for your desk and help remove formaldehyde and benzene particles from the air. If you love succulents, an Aloe plant (like our Aloe mitriformis) can give you a cute and on-trend addition to your space at work, and you can even get a mini version to save space!
Crassula Succulents (Jade): We have several Jade succulents including Hobbit Jade (Crassula ovata “hobbit”), Mini Jade (Crassula minor), and traditional Jade (Crassula ovata compact). Jades are great plants for the office for several reasons. They’re easy to care for and don’t require much water, so they will continue looking beautiful on your desk with minimal care. Jade is also celebrated in Chinese Feng Shui as a prosperity magnet, so keeping one in your cubicle can help you think fortune in mind and bring new opportunities to your door.
Ivy: Ivy is a good choice for indoor spaces with a lot of people, because it’s a powerhouse when it comes to cleaning indoor air. It can filter formaldehyde particles from the air (and there could be a lot in an office with newer carpet and furniture) and help refresh stale office air. Ivy is a trailing plant, so it would look great on a shelf with space to grow vines.
Pothos: Also called Devil’s Ivy (rude), we love Pothos for indoor spaces at work. Its trailing vines can be supported by tacks up the side of a cubicle or corkboard for a beautiful visual display, or you can leave it on a high shelf and let it grow downward for an office jungle vibe. Its large leaves brighten your mood and clean the air.
Sansevieria: The humble snake plant is one of the easiest indoor plants to maintain. It can thrive in all levels of indirect light and needs very little water, so it’s perfect for an office environment where it won’t get much light over the weekend and you might forget it’s there every once in a while. Snake plants are attractive and easy-care, and they’re also celebrated for their air purifying properties.
Spider Plant: Everybody knows somebody who has had a spider plant! These common houseplants are attractive shades of bright green and brighten up any space. They look great on a shelf or desktop and when they produce babies you can share them with the whole office!
ZZ Plant: Part of our Signature Collection, the ZZ Plant is the number one plant for a beginner. It is so easy to take care of because it thrives on neglect. If it looks familiar, that’s because you’ve probably seen it decorating malls and doctors offices - it’s one of the few living plants that requires almost no care because it stores water in an underground rhizome and needs to be watered very sparingly! And like the rest of the plants on this list, it’s a great air purifier.
Plants in the workplace
We’ve gathered some examples of plants in the workplace from our Instagram followers! Check out the slideshow below for some examples of how plants can spruce up a desk or other work area. In order from the first image, credit to: @chloeellacharms, @jerischoi, @thatswhatsheeats, @tristanlynae, and @yupitsjosh on Instagram!
