Scientifically Proven Benefits

of Indoor Plants

Created by: Sonoma McGuffin

Helps reduce stress

Physical interaction with indoor plants
can lessen physiological and
psychological stress. This is achieved by
enhancing relaxed, at-ease, and organic
emotions while suppressing sympathetic
nervous system activity and diastolic
blood pressure.

May sharpen your

attention
Researchers placed students in
classrooms with either a fictitious plant, a
real one, a picture of a plant, or no plant
at all in a small trial. Participants' brain
scans revealed that the students who
studied among actual, living plants in the
classroom were more focused and
attentive than those in the other groups.

U.S. homes without indoor plants

34%

U.S. homes with indoor plants

66%

May help you recover

from illness faster
According to a 2002 review of the study,
patients recovering from various types
of surgery who were exposed to
greenery during their recovery times
required less pain medication and spent
less time in the hospital overall.

May improve your

outlook on work
Over 440 Amazon workers were interviewed by
researchers at trusted source in India and the
US. They discovered that employees who
worked around natural components like indoor
plants felt more committed to the company and
more satisfied with their jobs than those who did
not.

May improve the

quality of indoor air
The first research to provide scientific backing for
phytoremediation, the term for plants that remove
pollutants from the air, was carried out by NASA in
the 1980s. The roots and soil of houseplants were
found to greatly reduce the amount of airborne
volatile organic compounds (VOCs), which led
researchers who were looking for methods to
improve the air quality in a sealed spacecraft to
come to this conclusion.