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We provide and maintain amazing office planting for corporate offices

Ever since the Benholm Group was established in 1993, we have been creating and maintaining beautiful planted office environments for our customers using the principles of Biophilic Design.  Our services include the provision of interior and exterior plant displays for the corporate offices of many different organisations throughout Scotland and the UK.

Businesses come to us for a creative and innovative approach to their interior landscaping and for a high quality maintenance service which includes free replacement plants. 

We have a very experienced and well trained team at Benholm to ensure you receive the best planting designs, carefully selected plants, and a consistant world-class maintenance service. 

Our head office in Falkirk, Central Scotland is ideally located to serve Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen and we have maintenance technicians providing high quality maintenance throughout the UK.

Why do you need plants in your office?

Office planting can help in many ways; Here are a few examples:

1. Reduce Costs – Creating a healthy working environment will help reduce absenteeism, increase morale and improve productivity.  You can find out more about how plants improve the working environment here. 
2. Visual impact – Plants can create a really prestigious effect in an office reception area for making a good impression on your visitors.  Also, a visually attractive office space or breakout area can dramatically improve staff satisfaction.  We work with many Interior Designers to create stunning office spaces.
3. Biophilic Design – Research shows that we all have an inbuilt connection with nature.  Bringing natural elements such as plants into the office space can have a significant effect on your staff and the people who use the space.

Ready for a FREE site assessment and no-obligation planting proposal?

We supply a wide range of plantscaping services specifically for today’s office environments:  Indoor live plant displays (including specimen plants, cabinet-top planters, atrium trees, built-in displays, etc.), artificial plants & trees, outdoor planters & landscaping, hanging baskets & window boxes, fresh flower arrangements, and lots more.

Discover our peat-free Enviroculture planting system and find out how your organisation can achieve Environmental Excellence.

“May I take this opportunity to say we are delighted with the service we are receiving from you.  The Technician who looks after our plants for us is always very friendly and courteous.  The plants are looking great and we receive good comments from people coming into the office, from other offices and external.”

Using plants is one of the most natural ways to improve workplace wellness

• The information in this article below has been collated into a handy, downloadable PDF guide.  Packed with full-colour images, research-based tips and advice specifically for the 2020 workplace environment, this will give you down-to-earth advice that is easy to take away and put into action. 

This guide aims to provide helpful insights into how to identify and plan for a workplace wellness campaign with a specific focus on using plants and natural elements.  The advice given is general in nature and is based on publicly availalbe research.

• This guide will help you to:
• Identify wellness needs and plan a workplace wellness campaign for 2020
• Use plants and greenery to improve the working environment for the good of your workforce and your company
• Increase revenue and profitability

What is included in this workplace wellness guide?

1. What is wellness?
2. Wellness in the workplace 
3. How can I boost my wellness?
4. Lifestyle 
5. Plants 
6. Amazing plants
7. Plants Maintenance Service
8. Green walls
9. Benefits of plants in offices
10. Workplaces with feel good factor
11. Nature is the key
12. Special Offers 

What is wellness?

wellness /ˈwɛlnəs/ noun
noun: wellness  

The state of being in good health, especially as an actively pursued goal.

Wellness is an active process of becoming aware of, and making choices towards, a healthy and fulfilling life. Wellness is more than being free from illness, it is a dynamic process of change and growth.

Why is wellness at work so important?

Wellness crosses over many aspects. How we feel about our lives, jobs, and relationships.

We spend around a third of our lives at work, so your workplace itself can have a huge impact on overall wellness. Our feelings of wellbeing at work are influenced by day to day experiences, how purposeful we feel and the work that we do. Employers can have a major influence on an individual sense of wellbeing, which can have a multitude of benefits for the organisation itself.

Why wellness matters

Maintaining an optimal level of wellness is crucial to live a higher quality life. Wellness matters because everything we do and every emotion we feel relates to our well-being. In turn, our well-being directly affects our actions and emotions. It’s an ongoing cycle.

The Dutch Flower Market – where we source our fresh blooms for our office flowers.

Nothing beats an office full of hard working, happy people. One thing that helps keep everyone smiling and in high spirits – freshly cut flowers!

Our love for all things green has seen Benholm recently welcome a brand new Head Florist Elaine Cherry to the stable.

Read our interview with her…

‘I understand just how important it is for businesses to make the very best first impression, and flowers are a fantastic way to do this. Reinforcing brand values, colours and ethos. I’m not only looking forward to expanding our weekly corporate deliveries, I’m also bursting with ideas for floral installations, real and artificial, for corporate and hospitality clients too.

Here are just 4 great reasons for bringing fresh flowers into your workplace:’

1. An easy way to redecorate or switch colour scheme

If you’re a fan of switching things up every now and again, flowers and plants are your friends. A cost effective way of making bright  bold changes in your work place that don’t involve time or effort – and can adapt as the seasons change.

A huge bouquet of colourful flowers can make an otherwise neutral room look bright and cheerful. They can also create a welcoming entrance, or make a for stunning centrepiece in conference rooms.

2. They can boost workplace productivity

Of course flowers look and smell amazing, but there’s more! Studies and scientific evidence have shown that having flowers in the workplace can increase our ability to work more efficiently.

An American study  conducted over an eight month period, found that employees performed better in terms of innovative thinking, generating good ideas and problem solving in a workplace decorated with fresh plants and flowers. It concluded that men were able to generate around 30% more ideas in an office with flowers than in an undecorated spaces.

3. They make your staff happy

Who doesn’t enjoy the smell of fresh flowers on a dreary Monday morning? Flowers in the office great for cheering everyone up, including clients attending meetings at your office.

Enjoying bright flowers instead of colourless office walls provides a happier workspace – therefore creating better work. A happy workforce is a productive workforce!

4. They can improve memory and concentration

Various studies have shown that flowers can improve a  memory and concentration in the workplace.

People believe that the presence and influence of nature can help people improve memory and their attention span by up to 20%. They increase employees abilities to focus on the task at hand and complete it to a higher quality. Brilliant!

Studies have also shown nature in the workplace has the ability to stimulate the senses and mind,  improving mental cognition and performance.

If you’re looking for fresh, bright and beautiful flowers to decorate your work space – We’d be delighted to help.

The Benholm Team are passionate about plants and flowers and have a brilliant selection of corporate flowers that we guarantee will have your office looking and smelling great with the very best seasonal blooms. If you would like to talk all things floral, or have any questions, please don’t hesitate to get in touch.