Mary Meisenzahl
The redesigned Apple store on 5th Ave has a living wall.
- Tech companies are increasingly installing greenery, particularly living walls, in offices and retail spaces.
- $4 became one of the latest adopters of this trend with two living walls in its $4.
- These installations are primarily driven by $4 propensity for plants and wellness.
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Tech companies and VC firms are increasingly incorporating plants into corporate offices and retail spaces.
There are a few reasons why this green design movement is taking off, and they have to do with millennials' preferences as they move up in the workforce, according to Stacy Colman of $4
Millenials love plants. Amazon now carries live houseplants, and other direct-to-consumer $4 like $4, $4, and $4, are appearing, offering services like monthly subscriptions and $4 - plant starter kits sold as a theme, like "pet-friendly" or "hard to kill."
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Serene Buckley of $4, another company that does living wall installations, also noted the positive psychological effects that plants can have on $4
Millennial's love of plants and wellness, along with businesses' incentives to make offices and stores comfortable so people stay longer, have made the perfect environment for plant walls to flourish.