Indoor Gardens R4U

There are many advantages to bringing live plants into your home.  For one, you can expect better air quality, but I must ask you to be careful when choosing your plants, as I will explain in the Cons section of this article.

Having an indoor garden also offers aesthetic value to your home making it more attractive and lively.  Especially during the winter months when the view outside is dreary and colorless.  Indoor plants also allow serious gardeners an opportunity to enjoy their hobby thus giving them continued relaxation and pleasure throughout the year.

Indoor Plants are a source for interior design flare with the varied types of plants, flowers, herbs and trees as well as fountains, terrariums and a wide selection of planters from which to choose.  Even some of your outdoor plants currently in your garden may actually be brought indoors, but need a period of adjustment first to keep them healthy and happy.

There is a proven psychological factor to consider.  Studies show that indoor plants may have a significant contribution to your physical well-being by reducing stress, lowering blood pressure, cleaning the air to promote good health and even better productivity in your home workplace.

However, there are a few major considerations to bring to mind when contemplating an indoor garden.  The first being the many poisonous varieties of plants and flowers that could have a devastating affect on young children and pets if they should ingest the leaves, bark, roots and even coming in contact with the skin.

There are also surprisingly gruesome aspects to the plant world, like the carnivorous ones that can also be helpful in ridding the house of pests like flies.  There are wide varieties of exotic plants that can be both beautiful and dangerous.

Lastly, I want to point out for those of us who have existing health issues that living plants must be properly maintained in order to eliminate the possibility of mold or insect problems within the home.

Like all living things, there is a natural balance in the world, and everything has both pros and cons.  Plants are not exempt and most are as susceptible to some problem or another, be it insects, high humidity, mold or danger to our young children or pets.

One must use care in choosing the right plant for your home by doing the proper research in advance of any purchases but the rewards far outweigh the disadvantages. 

Happy Gardening…