How Artificial Plants Can Transform Your Workplace

Best Artificial Plants for Office Spaces

Choosing the right artificial plants for your workplace can make a big difference in the overall atmosphere. Here are some of the best types of artificial plants to consider for your office:

•Artificial Fiddle Leaf Fig Trees: With their large, lush leaves, these trees make a statement and can fill empty corners or provide a focal point in a reception area.

•Artificial Desk Plants: Small potted plants like artificial succulents, ferns, or cacti are perfect for adding greenery to desks or shelves.

•Artificial Hanging Plants: Use artificial trailing ivy or vines in hanging baskets to add vertical greenery without taking up floor space.

•Artificial Bamboo Plants: Ideal for creating privacy or dividing open office spaces, artificial bamboo brings a touch of nature to any work environment.

These artificial plants can be placed in strategic locations around your office to boost morale, enhance productivity, and create a calming atmosphere for both employees and visitors.

How Artificial Plants Improve Office Aesthetics and Productivity

The design and layout of an office can greatly influence employee productivity, mood, and creativity. Artificial plants can help create a more pleasant and visually stimulating environment, leading to numerous benefits:

•Reduced Stress: Studies have shown that exposure to natural elements, or even the appearance of nature, can reduce stress levels. Artificial plants offer the calming effects of greenery without the need for real plants.

•Increased Productivity: A visually appealing workspace can enhance employee motivation and concentration. Artificial plants can make an office feel less sterile and more vibrant, which can positively impact productivity.

•Improved Air Quality: While artificial plants don’t purify air like real plants, they can still contribute to a cleaner-looking and clutter-free environment by creating a more organised, aesthetically pleasing office.

•Professional Appearance: Artificial plants add a polished, well-maintained look to any office, making a strong impression on clients, visitors, and employees alike.

How to Use Artificial Plants to Design a Productive Workspace

Incorporating artificial plants into your office design is a simple way to enhance both functionality and aesthetics. Here are some design tips for using artificial plants to transform your workspace:

•Create Zones with Tall Plants: Use tall artificial trees, such as artificial palms or fiddle leaf figs, to separate work areas or create privacy in open-plan offices.

•Add Greenery to Common Areas: Place artificial plants in reception areas, meeting rooms, or breakrooms to create a welcoming and relaxed atmosphere for employees and guests.

•Brighten Up Dark Corners: Use artificial plants to liven up areas of the office that don’t receive natural light, such as hallways or conference rooms.

•Use Planters for Desk Plants: Add small artificial plants to desks, shelves, or window sills for a touch of greenery that doesn’t take up much space but makes a big impact.

•Incorporate Vertical Gardens: If floor space is limited, consider installing artificial green walls or hanging plants to add greenery without taking up valuable desk or floor space.

With a bit of creativity, artificial plants can be used to create a more dynamic, functional, and inspiring office environment.

Long-Lasting and Budget-Friendly: Why Businesses Love Artificial Plants

Artificial plants are an investment that pays off in the long run. Here’s why they make perfect sense for businesses:

•No Need for Professional Maintenance: Unlike live plants, which often require professional care or office plant services, artificial plants need little more than occasional dusting.

•Durable and Long-Lasting: High-quality artificial plants are built to last, with UV-resistant materials that prevent fading and wear over time.

•Flexible and Customisable: Whether you need large potted trees to fill empty spaces or small plants to decorate individual desks, artificial plants can be customized to fit any space or design.

•Sustainable Choice: By eliminating the need for water and fertilizers, artificial plants contribute to a more eco-friendly office environment, especially when made from recycled or sustainable materials.

Artificial plants not only save businesses time and money, but they also offer a versatile and long-lasting solution for enhancing any workplace.

What plants are good for the office?

Whether you want an all-green aesthetic or you prefer an office space in full bloom, we’ve rounded up the best of our artificial plants to match your dream office look. From perfect evergreen trees to colourful grass plants, prepare to transform your workspace into a world of colour!

A stunning addition to any office space, a Ficus tree, also known as a weeping fig, is the perfect choice for anyone that loves a green aesthetic! Our variegated ficus trees would transform any nook or unused corner of your office. With 100% botanically accurate leaves, this beautiful ornamental piece is the perfect, low-maintenance mood booster. As real Ficus trees are notoriously difficult to keep alive, our stunning artificial varieties bring all of the beauty without any effort and a guaranteed long-lasting look.

Monstera

Native to central America, Monsteras, also known as Swiss cheese plants, are tropical plants known for their stunning and clever cutaway leaves that enable them to withstand heavy rainfall and wind. Our Artificial Monstera plants make the perfect desk plants with their lush green foliage and gorgeous cutaway leaf structure. A real show-stopper, add one to the corner of your desk to transform your workspace into a mini-jungle.

Faux lemon tree

Create a taste of the Mediterranean a little bit closer to home by adding a luscious lemon tree to your workspace. Adding a bright splash of colour to even the darkest offices, you’ll feel instantly brighter by admiring the tree’s lemon crop every day, without having to worry about it having to be positioned in the sunlight. Add some artificial lemon trees to your coffee area and transport your staff to Sicily whilst they take a break from the task at hand. The perfect mood-elevator, why not add some artificial lemon plants to your desk too and bring some sunshine indoors.

Grass plants

Grass plants can be a great way to add a pop of colour to your office or enhance an existing colour scheme in your workspace. A great choice for more limited office space, they look good on their own or potted beside other artificial plants as a filler. If you’re looking for a feature plant, foxtail grass brings both colour and texture to your work area. Palm grass in a variety of shades and colours makes for another stunning office addition, working perfectly on desks, windowsills or used to add a relaxing ambience to your outdoor space.

Flowering plants

If you love flowering plants but don’t always remember to water them, flowering artificial indoor plants are the perfect choice for you! Choose the most perfect blooms from Hydrangeas to Orchids, without having to worry about wilting petals. A great way to add instant colour to your desk spaces, their summer bright petals will be an instant mood booster on even the darkest of winter days. 

One last question we get asked all the time…Do fake plants improve mood?

Although they can’t clean the air in the same way that real plants do, artificial office plants can still improve your well-being, helping to assist with focus, motivation and productivity. Adding bold pops of colour and lush green leaves to the workplace, they offer the same mood-boosting properties that real plants do. With all of these benefits and with minimum fuss, artificial indoor plants are a safe bet for a busy office that’s in need of some perfect plantlife. From fabulous flowering plants to amazing artificial plants, explore our full range at Evergreen Direct and get ready to create your perfect office jungle!