We like to think we are pretty good listeners. It is one of the core values of The Fat Plant Society–and we love that our listening skills play a role in not only understanding client “pain points” but also, product development. Our clients are our weathervanes for our work and strategic planning–we feel listening and asking for feedback really is …
3 Hot Tips for Caring for Your Plants While You’re Away: And During High Heat of Summer
We wanted to share three, simple but hot tips *snort* for caring for your plants while you are away for vacation and during the high heat of summer. You’ve made both a financial and time investment in your plants and it is awfully sad to return home from vacation and find your “babies” have died or are so sickly, they no …
Why Choosing the Right Plants for Indoor Spaces Makes a More than a Design Statement
This is a tough time of year for plant experts and novices alike as the decisions we have to make about what to bring inside and what to sacrifice to the cold are really tough decisions. Many of us have learned the hard way that no matter how much you love the plant, you can’t love it enough to enable …
Succulents and Moss: The Sustainable Cost Saving Solutions for Green Design
It is not exactly “breaking news” to make the statement that environment has a direct bearing on creativity, productivity, and mood. There are oodles of articles on office design and how to design an office to the benefit or detriment to creativity. In fact, I bet you can quickly rattle off the top five things that create stress in a given environment. High …
Why Moss Installations Can Save Businesses up to $3K Annually (and Inspire Creativity)
Living walls and other green accoutrements have come to the forefront of office and retail design for a number of reasons. Firstly, plants and greenery of all types are beautiful and make every environment more welcoming and attractive. Secondly, we all remember elementary school biology that taught us that plants eat CO2 and provide O2. However, not all businesses have …