Rose Ballson Pedestals                                Lilys, roses, Queen Annes Lace            Cymbidium Orchids                                                                  

Fishtail Palm, Rhaphis palm, Ficus, Silver Queen, Bromeliads, Pothos, Bird of Paradise

Silver Queen, Areca Palm, Neanthebellum, Dracena Marginata, Flower Arrangements

Dracena Marginata, Bromeliad, Orchid, Rhaphis Palm                      Kentia Palm, Flower Arrangement

Schflerra Tree  and Talk Girafee Sculpture                                          Ficus Tree, Aspistra, Dracena Craigi

Pothos Pole, Neanthebellum, Birds Fern                                          Areca Palm, Hanging Pothos in Macrame

The Plantscape Industry has made many compelling plant benefit claims:

 

		Plants decrease employee stress and enhance productivity by 12%
		Plants contribute oxygen in "Green Building" programs
		Plants in the workplace help attract and retain today's selective employee
		The aesthetic value of plantscaping is the primary ROI for plant investments
		Plantscaping helps create energy efficiency without Sick Building Syndrome

NASA Research

Over 25 years ago, NASA became aware of the potential indoor air pollution problems in manned space shuttles and space stations.  These concerns culminated in a (2) year research
program aimed at finding out whether plants in a sealed, controlled environment could
eliminate common household and work-related pollutants.

 

		Researchers found that one potted plant per 100 square feet of floor space can help
		clean the air in the average home or office.  In more sophisticated approaches, new building designs can incorporate plant-filtering systems built into atriums, lobbies and walkways.

According to Dr. William Wolverton, NASA's principal investigator in this research:

 

		"Low levels of chemicals, such as carbon monoxide and formaldehyde, can be removed
		from indoor environments by plant leaves alone, while higher concentrations of numerous toxic chemicals can be removed by filtering indoor air through the plant roots surrounded by activated carbon.
		The carbon absorbs large quantities of toxic chemicals and retains them until the plant
		roots and associated microorganisms degrade and assimilate these chemicals."

Bioregeneration

Bombarded with toxic fumes from carpets, furniture, office cleaning products, and copy
machines, the average employee is inundated with toxic chemicals indoors.

 

		According to the EPA, "Employees who work in buildings of man made materials inhale
		over 300 contaminants every day."

Shelley Marks, above, in the Greenhouse, 1974, Santa Monica  Evening Outlook Newspaper Report on Interior Plantscapers and their successful businesses.   

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