Surrounding yourself with plants and flowers is the most natural and most gorgeous way to decorate your home. But did you know that flowers also have certain health benefits?

Yes, those beautiful blooms around your home are more powerful than you think. They're more than just pretty – they have all sorts of positive effects on your mental and physical health.

Flowers improve your mood.

Having a home filled with colorful flowers and soothing scents can significantly improve your mood and your emotional well-being. Most of us are living in chaotic, stressful lives, and coming home to a stunning, soothing and nurturing environment can truly make a difference. Our home should be our safe space and the place to relax and recharge our batteries. Flowers can be a great way to transform your home into a Zen garden.

Plus, there are numerous benefits of giving and receiving flowers as gifts. A flower is always a great idea for a present and it will instantly cheer up the person receiving it.

Flowers relieve stress.

Some flowers have serious healing powers and are commonly used to treat all kinds of conditions and diseases. Lavender, for example, is a great stress reliever, a rose is used to treat colds and coughs, whereas chamomile is famous for soothing anxiety and helping with insomnia.

These and many other flowers have been used for centuries to help people live healthier, happier lives. And although there are numerous ways these flowers are used for the medicinal purposes (teas, essential oils, body lotions, etc.), sometimes, just surrounding yourself with flowers will help you feel more relaxed.

Flowers sharpen your focus and boost productivity.

Did you know that the offices filled with flowers are more productive? Well, it's true and there's a good reason for that. Flowers are incredible productivity and creativity boosters. Natural flowers enrich the air with oxygen, which empowers our brain, sharpens our focus and improves our memory.

But it's not all about oxygen and nice scent, there's something about color as well. Just beautifying our living and working environment can do wonders for our creativity. So, if you're doing a creative job or need a concentration boost, just add some flowers to your workspace.

Flowers influence our emotions.

Maybe you've heard that different colors have certain psychological effects on people and we associate different emotions with different colors. For example, the color black symbolizes power and strength, the color red usually represents love, romance, and passion, while the color yellow is linked to happiness, warmth and optimism.

That's how the flowers we choose to have in our homes can significantly influence our emotions. But it's more important how you feel around certain colors and what you associate with them. So, next time you're choosing the flowers for yourself or your loved one, think about the color and what you want it to represent.

Flowers are amazing in all sorts of ways. They are so much more than beautiful decoration for our homes. They can brighten up our days, make us more relaxed and help us make the special people in our lives feel loved and appreciated.

Head to our shop to pick out your favorite Rosephoria preserved rose and enjoy all the wonderful health benefits of flowers.