Clearly plants improve the look of any space but did you know that they can also have a significant, positive psychological effect on people? Studies have shown that plants raise levels of happiness and improve people's sense of wellbeing. Sadly many homes and workplaces have areas which do not lend themselves to natural plants, perhaps because of inadequate lighting and ventilation. In these cases artificial foliage is a fabulous alternative and had been shown to improve people's mood in the same way as real plants.

Artificial plants are also a great choice when time constraints make caring for real plant difficult. Artificial foliage and greenery requires little maintenance. Just a quick dust and wipe over every so often is all that is required.

It is undesirable to have plant matter and soil adjacent to food. If this is the case in your kitchen or in a restaurant then artificial foliage is the perfect choice and is much more hygienic. Artificial plants are much easier to keep clean and maintained and also attract less insects too.

Another great use for artificial foliage is for decorating weddings, its quick easy and more stable to install for your big day. Not need to worry about greenery wilting or being too delicate to secure in place, this artificial alternative looks just as realistic but much easier to use. How about ivy for a wedding arch or leaves to decorate the centrepieces or chairs?

In short, artificial foliage can be life enhancing but simple to maintain. If you are looking for some great foliage then we have some excellent choices here at Inspirations. Our affordable collection features leaves, grasses, bamboos and ivy which can be used for a wide variety of applications and which will add valuable colour, texture and contrast to your arrangements.

We also offer an excellent range of artificial grass and artificial boxwood hedging as a low maintenance solution to garden borders and divisions or for use indoors for exhibition displays and dressing commercial spaces. Also brilliant for decorating unusual office spaces.

We are sure that you will find plenty to please in our artificial foliage collection and we hope that we have inspired your creative juices!