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The Flower State of Mind

Posted on June 19th, 2019

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Studies show flowers helps patients recover!

Sending flowers to anyone you know that is sick or sad might be the go-to gift, but the sending of flowers is actually more helpful than you think. It might surprise you, but there are more to flowers than just the look and smell—they can have some really positive effects on your health as well.

Floral Studies

A few years ago the American Society for Horticulture Science performed a study seeing if plants have any influence on patients, and the results were outstanding. A group of patients was split into rooms with plants and flowers and the other half with no plants or flowers. The patients who had plants in their room had better results than those who did not have plants.

According to the study, those exposed to flowers and plants needed less pain medication, had lower blood pressure and heart rates, were less anxious and tired, and generally were in a more positive psychological state than patients in rooms without plants. The results of this research actually show that flowers should be offered to recovering patients.

Another study published in Contemporary Therapies in Medicine records that bouquets of flowers can also reduce our stress levels. The study gave women in college a fresh bouquet of roses for their dorm room. Results showed that each woman felt more relaxed and stress-free.

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Flowers and Plants in the Home

They say home is where the heart is, and you should feel good being at home. Like patients in recent studies, a room with plants or flowers help overall well being, so why not add flowers in your home?

Keep flowers in your bedroom, like gerbera daisies. Gerberas emit oxygen and absorb toxins and carbon monoxide at night instead of during the day like most flowers, and some say they sleep better.

Having flowers on a dining room table is a must. Studies have shown that people who have flowers on their tables while eating are in a better mood—as long as you don’t bring up politics!

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Plants & Flowers in the Office

Seem like you are in a rut and cannot focus at work? Why not add flowers and plants to your working space! Plants placed in a room help rejuvenate the oxygen in the room helping us think more clearly and keep the focus on the task at hand. Seeing green plants also helps with creativity as evidence has been shown in a case study by Shibata and Suzuki.

Flowers placed in the office not only helps our mood visually but also the smell of the flowers can help. Smelling floral scents seems to put us in a good mood and make us feel less anxious. Floral smells can help take the edge off during exams or before any major presentation you have before a group of people. So as they say, stop and smell the roses!

Floral Colors

Floral colors can also attribute to our well being and mental state. Flowers that are less saturated and brighter are generally more relaxing, while bold saturated colors will help energize you. Colors near each other on the color wheel will be more calming than those opposite on the color wheel.

Think of the meaning of colors for certain flowers, like red roses, which means love or romance. don’t be afraid to do some research.

So in conclusion, it’s always best to be surrounded by flowers and plants as its a great way to keep in a great state of mind and why not be surrounded by beauty?

 

Florists, what are your thoughts? Do you keep yourself surrounded by plants and flowers at home? Please share your comments below!

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3 thoughts on “The Flower State of Mind”

  1. Pandharinath Mhaske says:

    Yes since I opened retail florist shop ,(Sneh Florist Sneh is sanskrit word meaning affection)I fall into loving plant world also,my house garden is quite different,whatever people throw because of any reason I collect all cuttings,and reporting them and surprisingly I found nature’s treasure afterword.diffrent foliage & blooms of shape, colour,texture, smell,with little bit of biodiversity like ,4/5 typed of birds visiting my garden for bath in birdbath I provide them,few of them make their nests,few butterflies life chain I witnessed.Eggs on butterfly weed,catapillers,pupa and finally nature’s wonder Butterfly.Bird name scally breasted Minus nesting in my windowbox from last 4 years.one wild orchid veriety blooms from last three years in the month of May,but missing this may.I regularly put arrange few flower vases in different parts of my home.

  2. Very well written. Thanks for sharing this article.

  3. Harley Dodd says:

    Wow That’s a lot of tips. Thanks for wrangling them all!

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