Aside from being incredibly beautiful and extremely diverse, there are so many benefits to having fresh flowers in the home.
Researchers at Rutgers University conducted a study on the emotional impact of flowers and they found that fresh flowers have an immediate impact on happiness.
Fresh flowers were also found to ease depression, anxiety and agitation.
For students and individuals working from home, fresh cut flowers have been shown to promote concentration and spark creativity.
While all of these are great benefits, let’s not overlook the main effect flowers have on the home: they smell great and greatly improve the look of a room.
Choosing flowers and bouquets from days gone by are a pleasant way to bring back the sights and sounds of treasured memories.
Want to incorporate fresh flowers into your home, but don’t necessarily have a green thumb? Not to worry.
Here are some tips to help maintain and arrange fresh flowers:
- If you’re not going to cut the flowers and create the arrangement immediately, place the flowers into tepid water with preservatives as soon as you return home.
- Even if the flowers seem to be the perfect height for your planned arrangement (which they seldom are), trim about an inch off the bottom of the stems. This will help the flowers better absorb water.
- If a bouquet you’ve received still has some tightly closed heads, warm water will help them to open fully.
- Use ‘florist foam’ to keep the flowers from moving around (in opaque planters). Pre-soak the foam for 15 minutes and re-water it every couple of days.