Taking care of plants is wonderful, but of course, it is not the same as a person telling you that you experience it for yourself. Therefore, if you have doubts about whether to start buying some of them or whether it is time to design a garden, I will tell you 7 benefits of caring for plants.
After reading the article, you will tell me if you dare to have some other flowerpot 🙂.
They act as the best anti-stress remedy
The plants, their color, their shape, the delicacy of their flowers, even the sound the leaves make when the wind blows, they help us a lot to disconnect. By doing so, we begin to feel much better, more animated and relaxed, which allows us to enjoy life more.
They clean the air we breathe
We usually take for granted that there will always be oxygen available so that we can breathe, but the truth is that without plants no animal (not even human) would be here. They expel oxygen and absorb carbon dioxide. Also in summer they cool the environment and in winter they produce heat.
They help us focus
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Both at work and in studies. By reducing stress, our performance and efficiency increases; so if we have a plant nearby, the production level will be higher than we could have if we didn't have any.
Improve self-esteem
Having a healthy plant requires a series of care that must be provided on a daily basis. Seeing that it is growing and developing correctly is very satisfying, which certainly increases self-esteem.
They favor teamwork
If you have no idea what to do on a weekend with your family, you can always suggest that they work with you in the garden. There is too much to do! Watering, planting, transplanting, pruning, ... Maintaining a garden is easier -and fun, by the way- when you take care of it together.
Keep nails strong
This is a "side effect" of working calcareous soil. I didn't really expect it, but yes. Calcareous earth, having calcium, helps nails grow strong and with amazing speed: it has ever happened to me that they have grown 0,5cm in fifteen to twenty days.
Makes you want to learn more
The first plants you buy you usually do because you like them a lot, but as the months go by, what usually happens to all of us may happen to you, and that is that you want to learn more about them: their names, the specific cares, the pests that can affect them, ... This it will help you keep boredom away, spirited and eager to learn.
Do you know of other benefits of caring for plants?