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Six Reasons Why Plants are More Than Just Pretty - National Garden Bureau

Six Reasons Why Plants are More Than Just Pretty

Garden Planning & Design, Planning and Design, PlantingJanuary 15, 2019diane

Plants can do all that?!

Plants are “givers” – to you, your family, your office, and your community by offering environmental, economic, mental, and physical benefits. Sure, flowers, shrubs, trees are beautiful, but they are so much more. Below are six reasons that show how plants are more than just pretty.

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Reason 1: The Ability to Transform Communities

Plants make a community more inviting, safer, healthier, and prosperous. Plants at town gateways are great “welcome mats,” greeting visitors, potential new residents, and employers. Strategically placed plants deter litter, graffiti, and crime, making neighborhoods and downtowns cleaner and safer, and reducing costs. Attractively landscaped areas shout the presence of people who care. Statistically, the more plants you have, the lower the crime rates. Interesting median plantings or borders along roads can help calm drivers, slow traffic, and even designate thoroughfares or parking areas.

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Reason 2: “Show Me the Money” with Curb Appeal

In addition to making your home look attractive, a well-kept landscape adds to your property value and helps to sell your house more quickly. Adding to your landscape is the only home improvement – inside or out – that will add a value GREATER than what you spend. That’s a lot of return on your investment.

Reason 3: Mother Earth Needs ‘Em

Plants assist in controlling stormwater runoff by mitigating water pollution, stabilizing soil (by reducing wind, water, and soil erosion) and reducing light pollution when used as a screen.

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Reason 4: Hug Your Trees

The old saying is: “The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time to plant a tree is today.” Statistics from the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) indicate that trees clean the air by removing pollution and fossil fuel emissions; help to clean our drinking water; lower surface and air temperatures through shading; provide beneficial wildlife habitat; offer privacy; reduce noise; and so much more.

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Reason 5: Bee Honest – We Need Those Pollinators

Vegetables blend with flowers and shrubs. You don’t need a dedicated “veggie” garden in the back corner of your yard to enjoy the fresh flavors of homegrown food. Flowers attract bees, butterflies, and other pollinators to your vegetables.

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Reason 6: Students Achieve More

More and more schools are discovering that gardens on the school grounds can enhance every part of the curriculum while engaging teachers and students in the joys of gardening. Studies show that being around plants helps students improve concentration, boost creativity, improve memory, enhance health, and improve grades.

Want to learn more about the benefits of flowers, plants, trees, and shrubs? Download America in Bloom’s “Discover the Surprising Side of Plants” brochure.

By: Laura Kunkle, Executive Director
America in Bloom

“This post is provided as an educational/inspirational service of the National Garden Bureau and our members. Please credit and link to National Garden Bureau and author member when using all or parts of this article.”
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