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The Health Benefits of Becoming a Crazy Plant Lady.
These benefits are of value to us all the time, and now is a particularly good time to avail of them.
If you found yourself joining the ranks of crazy plant ladies since Covid ground the world to a halt, don’t worry. You’re not actually crazy. In fact, you’re quite normal.
I don’t have any scientific data to back up this assertion, but anecdotal evidence would suggest that house plant collections mushroomed all over the world.
And there is actually a good reason for it — and science does endorse this particular claim.
Plants make us happy. Even if we’re not consciously aware of it.
Companies who take their employee’s wellbeing seriously have been introducing plants into their offices for years. They are motivated by studies showing that plants help to boost concentration, memory and attention levels. And they have a calming effect that improves overall productivity.
With so many people now working from home instead of the office, it is no wonder a craving for more plant babies developed. But even if we’re not “working” from home in the business sense, why wouldn’t we want all these benefits for ourselves and our families anyway?
Additional Benefits.
As well as the productivity-aiding benefits, plants can also improve mood and help to alleviate stress, flowering plants especially. And they can also aid the recovery process when we’re sick.
Research has also shown that spending a lot of time around plants brings out our compassionate side, with the effect of improving our relationships with others.
Of course, we would ideally spend a good deal of time around plants in the great outdoors. But in the most severe stages of lockdown that was greatly estricted. Bringing more plants into our homes helped to counteract that lack.
If you don’t have any outdoor space, or you don’t spend much time outdoors in the colder and wetter seasons, then noting the health benefits of plants may be particularly helpful to you.
