Why buy flowers for your home?

Brightening up your home for the summer can be done wonderfully easily with a vase of flowers.

In the long summer days where sunlight pours through the windows most of the time, it’s always handy to have a beautiful vase of flowers to perfect that warm glow of sunshine in the living room. The flowers, accompanied by their heavenly scent, provide an excellent relaxed atmosphere for the family.

Flowers have long been associated with human emotions and science has proven the positive effect they have on human beings.  Scientists in Rutger University examined the possibility that flowers improve emotional health.

Research Findings

This team of researchers explored the link between flowers and life satisfaction in a 10-month study of participants’ behavioral and emotional responses to receiving flowers. The results show that flowers are a natural and healthful moderator of moods. They concluded:

1. Flowers have an immediate impact on happiness. All study participants expressed “true” or “excited” smiles upon receiving flowers, demonstrating extraordinary delight and gratitude. This reaction was universal, occurring in all age groups.
2. Flowers have a long-term positive effect on moods. Specifically, study participants reported feeling less depressed, anxious and agitated after receiving flowers, and demonstrated a higher sense of enjoyment and life satisfaction.
3. Flowers make intimate connections. The presence of flowers led to increased contact with family and friends.

“Common sense tells us that flowers make us happy,” Dr. Haviland-Jones said. “Now, science shows that not only do flowers make us happier than we know, they have strong positive effects on our emotional well being.”

So flowers in your home will not only improve the aesthetic environment but also your family’s mood!

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