Why education centres are turning to artificial greenery to nurture minds and beautify their spaces.
, by Alicia Woods, 7 min reading time
Improving the aesthetic appeal of childcare centres, kindergartens, and schools with artificial plants also provides a valuable opportunity for learning, sensory exploration and imaginative play.
Green Photinia Artificial Bamboo Hedge Expanding Trellis: 180cm x 90cm
Create a welcoming foyer or feature wall within an educational space by recreating a real-life green wall with artificial plants, eliminating the need for watering and ongoing maintenance.
Utilising artificial plants and green walls in educational environments enables caregivers and educators the opportunity to create engaging spaces that inspire young minds to appreciate and enjoy nature.
As specialists in providing life-like artificial plants, trees and green walls to commercial properties across Australia, when we talk to education centres, we have five top reasons to consider artificial greenery over the real-life variety:
Nurturing young minds with easy-to-care-for plants.
Nature provides a calming environment wherever it is used. Calmness promotes focus and creativity and can help nurture students' overall well-being.
Artificial Hedge - Winter Creeper - 50cm x 50cm
Common areas and intimate classrooms can be enhanced using artificial varieties of plants of all sizes. Using the inspiration seen here, HGDCO can help you create a green space that will not only look amazing but will require almost no maintenance.
This calmness and focus can positively impact the mental health and cognitive function of individuals and may enhance the learning experience for children as a whole in a classroom situation.
Overall, a natural environment could enhance the learning and calmness of a classroom. When enhancing space for educational purposes, artificial plants can be an effective, cost-efficient investment.
Effective allocation of budgets - cost savings with artificial plants.
The ongoing costs associated with real-life gardens, such as watering, fertilising, tidying, trimming, and replacing damaged or wilted plants can be hard to control, and they can quickly add up.
By eliminating these factors, schools, kindergartens, and childcare centres can more effectively allocate their budgets to other essential resources and educational programs.
Using real-life plants in play areas as inspiration, choose faux plant varieties that inspire creativity while reducing the time spent maintaining plants and gardens. Faux plants give schools, kindergartens and childcare centres the opportunity to enjoy nature while nurturing tight budgets.
Investing in artificial plants or expandable trellis to create a beautiful, natural learning space can enable business managers and school councils to make purchasing decisions with a clear and measurable budget.
No-maintenance artificial plants and greenery can reduce maintenance costs overall.
Real-life plants require regular maintenance, including watering, pruning, and removal of fallen leaves and green waste. Faux plants reduce the costs of these maintenance items by reducing the time it takes for regular maintenance.
Indoor artificial plants require a light dusting when needed only and UV-treated outdoor artificial plants can stay looking their best with an occasional light hosing.
Save on water, save on time, save on mess!
Artificial plants can withstand the elements, improving durability and longevity.
High-quality artificial plants are designed to withstand the elements of a busy commercial or educational environment. Resistant to fading, wilting, and insects, their durability allows the enjoyment of the greenery without the worry of losing them to frost, wind, rain or the harsh Australian sun.
Creativity is unlimited with artificial gardens and green walls.
Beautifying an educational space with artificial plants offers endless design possibilities. Each childcare centre or school can produce customised garden spaces that reflect their own natural environment or choose exotic varieties virtually impossible to recreate effectively with real-life plants.
Creating a lush indoor or outdoor greenwall with artificial greenery can quickly and cost-effectively enhance the ambience of a facility, creating a welcoming environment for both staff and students.
Artificial plants offer practical cost savings and design opportunities. They can also create inspiring spaces that support a holistic learning experience for students and a more relaxing environment for all.
Being surrounded by nature can have enormous benefits for mental health for adults and children, and artificial plants can provide those benefits by enhancing spaces with green, leafy foliage and flowers. Although they may not be real, they have the added benefits of being pest-free and allergy-free, removing the possibility of coming into contact with fertiliser, dust, lost leaves, and wilted flowers.
Our team have listed five inspirational ways to use artificial plants, artificial hedge tiles and green walls to enhance learning spaces with a touch of nature.
- Themed learning areas
Create immersive environments that complement the learning curriculum for students. Utilise plants that would normally grow in varying ecosystems or build a themed garden and add animal figurines or other learning tools to enhance your learning area.
2. Seasonal decor
Common areas and classrooms can easily be updated for new seasons or to celebrate a specific holiday period on the calendar. With artificial greenery that can be easily stored carefully for future use, the investment in artificial plants can benefit an educational centre with years of repeated use.
3. Outdoor play spaces
Enchanting spaces can differentiate play zones, provide extra shade, and create inviting nooks for exploration. Artificial gardens can be created with UV-treated plants and trees of all sizes to create a totally faux, no-maintenance garden or to enhance an already established real-life garden.
Artificial Fiddle Leaf Fig Tree 90cm
With outdoor trees in heights of up to 1.8m your garden area is limited only by your imagination. Mimic nature with artificial trees that remain as beautiful as the day you placed them in the garden for years to come with no maintenance required.
4. Sensory gardens
By incorporating tactile elements into a garden, education centres can create a stimulating space for all children to enjoy. Use different textures by adding soft moss, long grass plants, succulents, and artificial flowers to create a life-like garden that will withstand constant attention from children as they enjoy their space.
5. Educational green walls
Simulate different plant species using artificial green wall hedge tiles and expandable trellis to help children understand the importance of biodiversity in a hands-on way. By labelling the foliage and plant types within a green wall, you can create an educational, beautiful feature in any room or outdoor area.
With artificial plants, educational institutions can create inspiring spaces that support children's holistic development while optimising operational efficiency and budget management.
Faux plants have come a long way, and so education centres have the opportunity to use their creativity to create budget-friendly gardens, green walls, and educational spaces with cost-effective, impactful greenery.
Our team is knowledgeable in helping education centres, landscapers, and interior stylists make the most of their allocated budgets to beautify and enhance spaces both indoors and out. Ask us more when you enquire via our education-focused website page.
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