Bloom And Grow Radio

How Office Gardens Are Boosting Employee Wellness, One Plant at a Time

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With the push to get people back into offices, there’s a glaring question floating around the corporate world: how do we make the office a place people actually want to come back to? As someone who believes in the impact of plants not just on spaces but on people, this question has me wishing of a world where every office has its own green vegetable garden out back.Does it sound too good to be true? Well, it’s already happening. In this episode, I sat down with Josh and Troy, the founders of StartOrganic, a company that helps employers give that opportunity to their employees. They’ve created office gardens for companies like PayPal, eBay, Intuit, and Apple, and what they’re doing is so much more than planting tomatoes.In this episode, we learn:[03:35] How StartOrganic started[06:54] How did they end up designing gardens for PayPal?[10:31] Scaling up with corporate programs[12:05] What are the first steps in consulting with businesses on garden installation projects?[14:00] What's the most unique place they’v