Make your office more leafy
Interior plants have many benefits from reducing pollutants and carbon dioxide levels to enhancing well-being. They can also be an excellent talking point and a way to make friends.
2 March 2020
Many staff across °×С½ãÂÛ̳ have introduced interior plants into their departments or made outdoor gardens. There are a number of ways to approach this:
- Find out from senior management if there is a pot of funding for sustainability or well-being initiatives to buy plants.Â
- If you have funding,  is on °×С½ãÂÛ̳'s procurement list.
- If there is no funding many departments have held plant growing competitions. You can often buy seeds very cheaply or for free via organisations such as  or via the . Previously staff have competed to grow chillis, tomatoes, or the common spider plant.
- Other options would be to take cuttings from plants across °×С½ãÂÛ̳ via theÂ
- Please consider your use of plastic when planting.Â
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