15 indoor garden ideas for your home and office

Plants in the home are a sight for sore eyes but these colorful little fellas are not only pretty and decorative they are also good for you and promote healthy living! Studies have shown that having indoor plants help boost mood, productivity, concentration and creativity.

Indoor plant are know to help reduce stress, fatigue, sore throats and colds.

Indoor plants are great air purifiers because they adsorb carbon dioxide and release fresh clean oxygen.

We spend most of our time indoor breathing stuffy recycled air, having plant inside your home of office is a great way to bring a little bit of outside in.

NASA did a study on clean air using plants

“The NASA Clean Air Study was a project led by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in association with the Associated Landscape Contractors of America (ALCA) to research ways to clean the air in space stations. Its results suggested that, in addition to absorbing carbon dioxide and releasing oxygen through photosynthesis, certain common indoor plants may also provide a natural way of removing volatile organic pollutants (benzene, formaldehyde, and trichloroethylene were tested).^[1]

The study further suggested that efficient air cleaning is accomplished with at least one plant per 100 square feet (9.3 m²) of space, but was conducted under sealed space station conditions and research conducted since has shown mixed results in the home or office”

This is an exert from Wikipedia

Now knowing all the awesome things indoor plants can do for you Here are 15 indoor garden ideas to get you started building your indoor air purifying haven!