When people walk into well-maintained grounds, they pause, at least for a moment. They don’t necessarily say anything and might not deliberately be thinking about the grounds themselves. But something shifts. A tension releases. The person becomes more present and less preoccupied with whatever issue has been bothering them. It’s a feeling seen in clients of every type: in corporate grounds, in school grounds, in hospital grounds and in grounds at care homes.
It’s been studied in the field of environmental psychology and is part of why well-maintained grounds are so important for organisations. The idea that natural environments affect the way we feel is nothing new but more recent research has shown that there are very real physical benefits. Well-maintained grounds can actually increase your production and improve your mood. In fact, research has shown that we feel less anxious and less stressed when we’re around natural environments than when we’re in a built environment. And while you might feel like the area outside your office has nothing to do with the office itself, the reality is that the grounds and the interior of your building are inextricably linked. For Landscapers Gloucester, contact phoenixgardenersgloucester.co.uk/services/landscaping/
A neglected space not only reflects poorly on your organisation, it actually affects the way your staff and visitors feel. This might seem counterintuitive but the effect that neglected grounds can have on your organisation is very real. When you visit someone’s home, you may judge them on what you see outside. It might take some time before you even enter the house. But you might notice what’s in the garden, the paint on the door, the type of car in the drive. You might have an automatic idea of the type of person who lives there based on that and that judgement might be a very important one. If that judgement is bad, you might decide not to visit at all and if it is good, you might decide to accept a meal invitation.
