Plants can change your mood, so should offices have more of them around? Kali and Katie from The Glasshouse project join Kursty to discuss how plants can boost mental wellness, productivity, and creativity. They also chat about how having plants in the office can encourage staff to want to work from there rather than from home. Rediscover why you need more plants in your life throughout this episode.
The Glasshouse Project is a social enterprise in the UK that helps female inmates fin housing and employment by bringing nature into urbanized environments. They provide corporate gifting packages, plantscaping services, and workshops that simplify the process of caring for plants.
“They just grow, they’re just useful, how could you not want plants around you?”
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Timestamps
[00:29] Episode overview: Kali and Katie from The Glasshouse Project
[03:38] What is The Glasshouse Project?
[05:53] The secret is in the soil
[07:26] The mental benefits of keeping plants in the office
[13:08] How plantscaping can change your corporate culture
[17:21] Expanding The Glasshouse Project
[18:55] How Katie got involved in The Glasshouse Project
[20:12] Becoming a horticulturalist: a softer way of life
[24:12] The connection between creativity, productivity, and nature (what the studies show)
[31:39] How to get plants from The Glasshouse Project
[33:57] How The Glasshouse Project’s business model is changing
[35:11] Can you bring the Glasshouse Project to your country or city?
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Links
The Glasshouse Project: Website | Instagram | Facebook
Connect with Kali Hamerton-Stove: LinkedIn
Connect with Kursty Groves: LinkedIn | Twitter | Ask a question or pitch an idea: kursty@shapeworklife.com
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