An increasing number of companies and managers have started to see the benefits of taking an interest in the health and wellbeing of those working for them. Happy and healthy employees mean lower levels of absenteeism, greater productivity, and more staff retention. There are many practical ways in which they’re looking to make a positive impact on their employees life and workplace, and one such way is the rolling out of corporate gardening in office spaces.

Gardening is a good way to improve your mental, physical and emotional health, and gardening in the workplace has some clear benefits:

• Physical activity and gentle exercise. Office spaces tend to be strongly desk led, and time spent gardening can offset the negative effect of this relatively sedentary role. An inactive lifestyle increases health risks for many conditions to include obesity, heart and lung disease, diabetes, blood pressure issues, and even some forms of cancer. A lack of exercise can also negatively impact mental health, including feelings of anxiety and depression.Gardening at work can motivate employees to get some much needed but gentle exercise in a productive and fun way.
• Organising corporate gardening as a group will foster social interactions, create easy-going teamwork exercises, and build gaps between different departments and job roles.
• Corporate gardening can help to demonstrate a commitment to sustainability and having a positive impact on the environment. Flowers, plants, fruit and vegetables are good for pollinators such as bees and butterflies, they produce oxygen and reduce carbon dioxide.
• Free food! With the cost of food rising, choosing fruit and vegetables to grow means that one a weekly basis there could be small harvest boxes for anyone that wants them to take home for the weekend. Otherwise food can be donated to foodbanks and homeless shelters who are greatly in need at the moment.

Office spaces in Woking with outside space

If you’re looking for an office space in Woking with outside spaces and country views, get in touch with Tannery Studios for more information.