Bringing Your Desk to (Plant) Life

November 18, 2009 - 12:10 pm

Let your home office bloom with creativity and sow the seeds of success at your work desk with the help of some plant life to eliminate stress and keep the air fresh. We have foraged for some funky foliage to keep the green-fingered worker content.

To get a slice of the good life in your office you must choose a plant to suit your personality and then some suitably cool hi-tech kit to impress colleagues.

A venus fly trap could be just the plant to command respect and show workers who’s boss. While some colleagues may consider you snappy and liable to bite somebody’s head off, this infamous fauna will definitely get tongues wagging.

A four leaf clover could be just the ticket for the daydreaming employee down on his luck, while a pretty perennial could brighten someone’s day. Miniature fruit trees are a great way to win friends and satisfy the constant snacker.

Chilli plants can spice up office life, while tea and coffee plants are an innovative twist on an office staple and perfect way to kick-start the morning’s meeting.

Every impressive plant needs an imposing pot. A trendy teacup planter is the height of kitchen kitsch. Give your tea plant a cuppa or perk up your pansies but hold the sugar- this one’s sweet enough.

Solar powered plant pots are ideal for recycling junkies and those for whom green is not just a colour but a state of mind. An internal battery, solar panel and LEDs lets your plant grow and glow- the perfect companion for long winter nights when you are in the office alone slaving over the next day’s presentation plans.

Power Plant Growing Machines are revolutionising the natural world. For those who would rather clean fingers to green fingers this gadget takes the soiling out of soil and is a mean, green, growing machine. Simply stick some seeds in a sponge, add water and nutrients, bung on a lid and neglect for a couple of days. In no time at all your machine is bursting with berries, flooding with flowers with no toiling in the fields required. It’s like having your own Alan Titchmarsh in a spacesuit.

The Flip Flap was designed for even lazier gardeners. When watering is just too much effort, why not consider a plastic plant? Not one of those naff ones with synthetic silk petals your granny had, but a shiny solar powered flip flap from Tomy. Available in different shapes and sizes as well as floral versions, the Flip Flap bobs merrily with the help of any light source and has three different movements to keep you amused.

Rock n’ Flowers were 90s essentials and the perfect accompaniment to the latest Spice Girls CD. Just like Victoria, this favourite flora has undergone a drastic makeover and is now an MP3 accessory with built in speaker with different illumination modes and colour combinations to flash along with your music- a must for the office Christmas party.

The internet has spawned many horticultural treats if you have no more room on your workstation for any more desk candy. Get hooked on Farmville, one of Facebook’s most popular games where you build a farming empire and nurture plants to earn money and unlock new levels. If you prefer logic games, try Bloomin’ Gardens – a little bit like Bejewelled but with flower power and the ultimate in low-maintenance plant life!

Go on, get gardening and let your job grow more interesting every day.