Scientific research has proven that plants have a favourable impact on their local environment as well as human well-being. We’ve all heard that plants help filter the air, due to a well-known NASA research from 1989. We also know that plants provide a slew of other advantages that are directly tied to our health.
Higher productivity, being more relaxed, getting a better night’s sleep, and being able to deal with life better are some of the wellbeing benefits. That’s because the core brain developed in nature, so when we’re in touch with it, we’re more relaxed and able to do higher functions like creativity and intuition.
But after knowing so many benefits, we really don’t know how many plants exactly do we need in our house. Don’t worry there is plenty of research done on this riddle and we are here going to share all that information with you.
Here are a few insights about how many plants you need in your house to achieve maximum benefits.
1.The NASA Study Recommends
The NASA scientist who did this study, Bill Wolverton, gave some insight on the number of plants you’d need per room to assist filter indoor air. Although it’s impossible to say how many plants are required to filter interior air, Wolverton suggests at least two large plants for every 100 square feet (about 9.3 square metres) of indoor area. The larger and more leafy the plant, the better. This is because the amount of surface area of leaves present affects air purification.
2. The Plant Life Balance Research
Horticultural initiative Plant Life Balance collaborated with scientists at RMIT University in Melbourne to examine past and current research on the benefits of plants and how that information applies to our modern living conditions in order to provide a better understanding of how many plants one needs in their home. New research has found the exact number of plants you should have in your house for optimal health and happiness.
Plants, of course, have two main benefits: improved air quality and increased well-being. In fact, one plant can clean the air in an ordinary four by five metre space by 25%, while five plants can clean the air by up to 75%.
