Garden on the Wall^® Blog

Design and trends are ever-changing, but good, human-centered design is always universal.

At Garden on the Wall^®, our focus on the universal principles of great design inspired the creation of articles for our Greening Perspectives^® brochure in 2023. What began as a curated collection of insights soon evolved into a beautifully crafted publication that embodies one of our core company mottos. Following its release, we continued to expand on these ideas transforming them into blogs where design professionals can find valuable information.

Our blog explores biophilic design, sustainability, neuroaesthetics, mindful design, biomimicry, restorative and regenerative design, salutogenic design, neuro-inclusivity, trauma-informed design, neuroarchitecture, and more. We share how these principles can shape human-centric spaces that enhance well-being and productivity, offering inspiration to stay ahead of trends and create environments that promote health, connection, and happiness through moss walls, preserved gardens, green walls, vertical gardens, hanging plants, and planter inserts crafted with preserved foliage from Garden on the Wall^®.

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2/14/2025

Reduction of Triggers and Sense of Calm at Aviation: How Preserved Gardens Transform Airport Terminals

The inclusion of preserved gardens in airport design is redefining the travel experience. These installations blend biophilic design with practical solutions, reducing stress, improving wayfinding, and elevating terminal aesthetics. With low-maintenance, sustainable advantages, preserved gardens transform airports into calming, memorable destinations, prioritizing passenger well-being while meeting operational demands.

2/11/2025

The Intersection of Neuroaesthetics and Healthcare Design: How Preserved Gardens Transform Healing Spaces

Neuroaesthetics reveals that natural elements, like preserved gardens, can enhance healing in healthcare environments by reducing stress, improving mood, and supporting recovery. These low-maintenance installations create calming, hygienic spaces that benefit patients and staff, aligning aesthetics with functionality to transform sterile facilities into nurturing, therapeutic environments.

2/7/2025

The Art of Prospect and Refuge in Commercial Interior Design

Prospect and refuge theory emphasizes balancing openness and shelter in commercial spaces to enhance comfort and productivity. Preserved gardens and moss walls create dynamic, nature-inspired environments that reduce stress, boost focus, and foster collaboration. Strategic placement of these elements ensures adaptability and well-being, aligning with biophilic design and neuroarchitecture principles.

2/4/2025

Nature-Inspired Color Palettes: Creating Harmonious Commercial Spaces

Nature-inspired color palettes enhance commercial spaces by combining biophilic design and neuroaesthetics. Utilizing natural hues like greens, blues, and earth tones reduces stress, improves cognitive function, and fosters well-being. Thoughtful integration of preserved moss, foliage, and flowers creates visually rich, low-maintenance environments that support productivity and emotional balance.

1/31/2025

How Restorative Design Benefits the Occupant Well-being in Built Environments

Restorative design blends science and creativity to create environments that promote well-being and rejuvenation. By integrating elements like natural light, acoustic comfort, and preserved nature installations, this approach helps reduce stress, enhance mental clarity, and support overall health. Preserved gardens and moss walls offer sustainable, low-maintenance solutions that align with biophilic and restorative principles, enriching interiors with long-lasting benefits.

1/28/2025

Nature Inspired Healthcare Projects: Future of Healthcare

Nature-inspired healthcare design integrates preserved gardens and moss walls to promote healing, reduce stress, and enhance well-being. These biophilic solutions offer low-maintenance, sustainable, and infection-control-compliant options, creating calming, restorative environments for patients and staff alike. By combining aesthetics with functionality, preserved nature transforms healthcare spaces into holistic, sustainable healing environments.

1/24/2025

Vertical Gardens: Innovative Solutions for Space-Limited Interiors

Vertical gardens maximize space and bring biophilic benefits to urban interiors. Preserved moss and plants offer low-maintenance, sustainable, and versatile solutions, enhancing well-being and aesthetics without resource-intensive care. Ideal for various settings, these innovative installations redefine urban design, creating eco-friendly, human-centered spaces that connect people with nature.

1/21/2025

What to Know About Moss Walls and Preserved Gardens

Moss walls and preserved gardens blend art and sustainability, enhancing interiors with natural beauty and wellness benefits. Offering durability, low maintenance, and sound absorption, they transform spaces while reducing stress. Choosing a trusted provider ensures quality, longevity, and sustainability, making Garden on the Wall® the benchmark for biophilic excellence.

1/17/2025

Designing for Client, and Designing for Climate

Balancing client satisfaction with climate responsibility requires innovative, sustainable solutions. Preserved gardens and moss walls offer natural aesthetics without resource demands, contributing to climate-responsive interiors. These installations enhance energy efficiency, reduce maintenance, and align with eco-conscious design principles, creating enduring, visually stunning spaces that promote sustainability and environmental performance across diverse climates.

1/14/2025

Cities of Future Will Require Abundance of Nature Inside or Outside: How Preserved Gardens Transform Indoor Spaces

Urbanization and rising non-communicable diseases (NCDs) demand innovative solutions. Preserved gardens and moss walls provide sustainable, maintenance-free ways to bring nature indoors, reducing stress, improving health, and enhancing well-being. These versatile installations create healthier environments in offices, healthcare, and public spaces, fostering a vital connection to nature for urban populations.

1/8/2025

Circadian Rhythm-Friendly Interiors: Designing for Human Biology

Discover how circadian rhythm-friendly design can transform indoor spaces into environments that support health, well-being, and productivity. By aligning lighting, temperature, and spatial layouts with natural biological cycles, designers can create spaces that resonate with our innate rhythms. Incorporating preserved nature elements like moss walls and gardens adds a constant, biophilic connection, enhancing comfort, reducing stress, and fostering focus.

1/6/2025

The Psychology of Shapes in Nature-Inspired Interior Design

Explore the profound impact of biomorphic forms and patterns in interior design. By integrating curves, fractals, symmetry, and asymmetry inspired by nature, designers can craft spaces that enhance well-being and cognitive function. Preserved nature elements like moss walls and gardens provide sustainable, maintenance-free solutions that resonate with our innate biophilia. These installations not only bring visual appeal but also create multisensory experiences that support relaxation, creativity, and connection to nature.

1/3/2025

Multisensory Design: Engaging All Five Senses in Commercial Spaces

Delve into the transformative potential of multisensory design in commercial spaces. By integrating preserved moss, gardens, and natural foliage into environments, you create rich experiences that engage all five senses. From visual and tactile appeal to acoustic comfort and subtle scents, this approach resonates with human psychology and biophilic principles. Discover how preserved nature installations offer a low-maintenance solution for crafting spaces that inspire, calm, and support holistic well-being.

12/30/2024

Biophilic Design in Healthcare: Beyond Aesthetics to Healing

Explore how biophilic design transforms healthcare spaces by integrating nature-inspired elements to enhance healing, reduce stress, and improve cognitive function. Discover the role of preserved moss walls and gardens in creating restorative environments for patients, staff, and families. Combining nature’s therapeutic benefits with advanced technology, this approach supports wellness, sustainability, and holistic healing while overcoming traditional challenges of maintaining living plants in medical settings.

12/27/2024

The Future of Office Design: Nature-Inspired Collaborative Workplace Environments

Explore how biophilic design transforms modern workplaces by blending nature-inspired elements with cutting-edge technology. From preserved moss walls to adaptable, sustainable layouts, these designs enhance collaboration, creativity, and well-being. Discover the role of biomimicry, acoustic comfort, and eco-friendly solutions in shaping offices into vibrant ecosystems that foster productivity and connection while aligning with corporate sustainability goals.

12/24/2024

Biophilic Design for Aging in Place: Creating Nurturing Environments for Seniors

Designing spaces for aging populations with biophilic principles promotes physical, cognitive, and emotional well-being. Nature-inspired elements enhance cognitive health, support mobility, and foster emotional balance. Preserved gardens and moss walls offer practical, low-maintenance solutions that reduce stress, encourage social interaction, and provide sensory stimulation. Thoughtful integration ensures safety, accessibility, and restorative benefits, creating environments where seniors can age in place with dignity and vitality while staying connected to nature.

12/20/2024

The Mental Health Benefits of Sustainable Indoor Nature

Integrating preserved gardens and biophilic design into indoor spaces enhances mental well-being, reduces stress, and improves cognitive function. Research highlights their role in fostering mindfulness, creativity, and emotional regulation. With sustainable, low-maintenance installations, these natural elements transform urban environments into restorative spaces that support psychological health, productivity, and overall environmental quality.

12/17/2024

Transforming Workspaces with Maintenance-Free Wall Gardens: Restorative Guide for Commercial Spaces

Incorporating biophilic design into modern workspaces reduces stress, boosts productivity, and enhances well-being. Maintenance-free preserved gardens and moss walls provide the benefits of nature without upkeep. With innovative, customizable designs like leaf wall art, businesses can create sustainable, inspiring environments that elevate aesthetics, improve employee morale, and align with eco-conscious values.

12/13/2024

What is Biomimetics and How Does it Relate to Biophilic Design?

Explore the intersection of biomimetics and biophilic design, highlighting how nature's patterns inspire sustainable solutions in architecture. Learn how innovative designs, from termite mound cooling systems to green walls, enhance both human well-being and environmental harmony. Discover real-world applications and the future of nature-inspired design.

12/10/2024

Preserved Gardens / Moss Walls and Heart Rate Variability: The Science of Natural Wellness

Preserved gardens and moss walls enhance well-being by aligning with our innate connection to nature. They boost heart rate variability (HRV), reduce stress, and stimulate beneficial neurochemicals like oxytocin and serotonin. Authentic and sustainable, these biophilic elements bridge aesthetics and health, creating restorative environments that promote human flourishing.

12/6/2024

How Safe is your Moss Wall / Preserved Garden?

Third-party testing and compliance are essential in the preserved garden and moss wall market, ensuring safety, sustainability, and indoor environmental quality. Certifications like HPD, ASTM E84, and VOC compliance verify fire safety, transparency, and air quality, safeguarding occupant health. Standards such as LEED, WELL, and the 3E Exchange Passport further emphasize sustainability. By prioritizing rigorously certified products, designers create spaces that align with biophilic design principles while ensuring long-term health and environmental responsibility.

12/3/2024

Nature-Inspired Wayfinding: Intuitive Navigation in Complex Spaces

Nature-inspired wayfinding utilizes preserved gardens, moss walls, and plant inserts to create intuitive, non-overwhelming navigation systems. This approach leverages biophilic design principles to reduce stress, improve accessibility, and enhance user experience while blending natural elements with technology for effective, memorable orientation in complex spaces.

11/29/2024

The Role of Biophilia in Creating Restorative Break Spaces

Biophilic design in break spaces, featuring preserved gardens, moss walls, and planter inserts, promotes well-being by reducing stress, enhancing creativity, and improving productivity. These nature-inspired elements create restorative environments that support mental health and foster positive workplace culture, making them essential for modern work and healthcare settings.

11/26/2024

Designing With Curiosity in Mind: Biophilic Design at its Best

Curiosity drives human innovation and survival. Biophilic design, using elements like moss walls and preserved gardens, taps into natural instincts to reduce stress, boost creativity, and enhance well-being. These nature-inspired features create engaging, productive spaces that support both physical and psychological health, transforming built environments into dynamic, restorative experiences.

11/22/2024

Nature Inspired Aviation Projects - Human Centered Airport Terminals and Airport Lounges via Neuroarchitecture & Neuroinclusivity

Aviation design now integrates neuroarchitecture, creating inclusive, stress-reducing spaces. Features like quiet zones, preserved nature, and regenerative designs enhance well-being and wayfinding. Pioneering projects, like BNA Airport’s preserved green walls, showcase the impact of human-centered, science-backed architecture.

11/19/2024

The Economics of Biophilic Design: ROI and Long-Term Benefits

Biophilic design, incorporating preserved nature elements like moss walls, boosts productivity, creativity, and well-being, reducing absenteeism and healthcare costs. It enhances customer experiences, increases sales, and improves property value. These designs lower energy costs by enhancing thermal comfort and offer long-term cost savings with minimal maintenance. Overall, biophilic design provides a sustainable, cost-effective solution that improves business performance, employee satisfaction, and real estate value, making it a smart investment for the future.

11/15/2024

Designing for Neurodiversity: Biophilia's Role in Creating Inclusive Spaces

Inclusive design for neurodiversity focuses on creating spaces that support individuals with neurological differences like autism, ADHD, and sensory processing disorders. By integrating biophilic design principles, such as natural elements and adaptable features, environments can reduce stress and enhance well-being. Preserved nature elements, like moss walls, offer a sustainable and consistent sensory experience, while neuroaesthetic and neuroarchitecture principles promote emotional and cognitive support. Prioritizing human-centric design fosters environments that empower neurodiverse individuals, supporting both wellness and sustainability.

11/12/2024

Revolutionizing Space Planning with Nature-Inspired Organizational Systems

Biomimicry in interior design draws inspiration from nature’s proven solutions to create sustainable, functional, and human-centered spaces. By applying principles like adaptive flexibility, interconnectedness, and efficient resource use, designers create environments that foster well-being and productivity. Incorporating preserved natural elements, such as moss walls and garden dividers, enhances biophilic qualities, improving aesthetics and psychological health. This nature-inspired approach leads to spaces that are intuitive, efficient, and deeply connected to human needs and the natural world.

11/8/2024

How Does Wholesome Design Enhance Well-being?

Discover practical insights, expert tips, and creative ideas designed to help you navigate a variety of topics with ease. Whether you're seeking inspiration, advice, or in-depth analysis, this space offers valuable content that caters to a wide range of interests, helping you make informed decisions and stay ahead of the curve.

11/5/2024

What Makes a Design Human-Centric?

Human-centric design focuses on creating spaces that prioritize user needs, emotions, and behaviors. By integrating empathy, accessibility, and intuitive functionality, it enhances the user experience. Elements like biophilic design—incorporating preserved gardens and moss walls—reduce stress and improve mood while promoting productivity.

11/1/2024

Commercial Real Estate Trends: Comprehensive Amenitization Strategies for Modern Workplaces

Discover how commercial and corporate real estate is evolving to meet the demands of modern workplaces. Explore the power of strategic amenitization, including wellness-focused designs, flexible spaces, advanced technology, and preserved nature elements like moss walls and gardens. These features not only enhance tenant appeal but also foster productivity, collaboration, and well-being. Learn about the importance of quality standards, sustainability, and innovative solutions that help create dynamic, tenant-friendly environments that stand out in today’s competitive market.

10/29/2024

Authentic Sustainable Design Practices for Commercial Interiors

True sustainability in commercial interior design is more than a trend; it’s a necessity for addressing climate challenges. This guide explores essential practices for evaluating sustainable design solutions, focusing on authenticity and effectiveness. Key factors include comprehensive lifecycle considerations, verified sustainability credentials, and the integration of innovative concepts like Biophilic Design and Neuroaesthetics.

10/25/2024

Beyond the Green: Understanding Premium Preserved Garden Walls in Modern Design

Preserved gardens and moss walls elevate commercial spaces with natural elegance, but not all providers deliver equal quality. This guide highlights key factors for evaluating biophilic solutions: from longevity and aesthetic excellence to material safety and comprehensive services. Design flexibility, sustainability credentials, and building code compliance also matter. Choose a provider with documented durability, verified safety standards, and a proven track record. Remember, the right choice isn’t about initial costs—focus on long-term value, design integrity, and superior craftsmanship. Learn how Garden on the Wall® leads the industry in excellence, safety, and enduring design.

10/22/2024

7 Neuroaesthetics Principles to Transform Corporate Environments

Neuroaesthetics applies brain science to design workspaces that enhance creativity, productivity, and well-being. By incorporating elements like preserved gardens, moss walls, natural light, and color psychology, we can create environments that resonate with our cognitive and emotional needs. These designs tap into our innate connection with nature, reduce stress, and promote mental clarity. Preserved plant installations offer authentic, low-maintenance greenery that nurtures the mind. From strategic lighting and spatial layouts to thoughtful textures and personalized art, every detail shapes a harmonious, inspiring workplace. Embrace these principles to unlock the full potential of your team.

10/18/2024

Oases of Calm: Transforming Travel Hubs with Biophilic Design

Biophilic design is reshaping travel hubs by creating calm, nature-inspired spaces in high-stress environments like airports and train stations. Preserved gardens offer an ideal solution, providing the visual and psychological benefits of live plants without the maintenance challenges or artificiality of faux greenery. With successful installations in places like Nashville and Seattle airports, these preserved gardens reduce stress, improve air quality perception, and enhance aesthetics. By embracing preserved greenery, travel hubs can foster a more relaxing experience for travelers, promoting well-being and sustainability in busy transit spaces.

10/15/2024

The Psychology of Nature Views: Designing Windows and Vistas for Well-being

Explore how biophilic design leverages our innate connection to nature by incorporating windows, preserved gardens, and moss walls. Research shows that natural views reduce stress, improve mood, boost creativity, and enhance cognitive function. For windowless spaces, preserved gardens offer customizable, low-maintenance greenery that mimics outdoor views. Moss walls provide visual calm and sound absorption. Designers are encouraged to prioritize nature views and embrace innovative solutions to create immersive, restorative environments that positively impact mental and emotional well-being.

10/11/2024

Unlocking the Mind: How Biophilic Design Boosts Cognition and Sparks Creativity

Biophilic design integrates nature into indoor spaces, enhancing creativity, cognitive function, and well-being. This blog explores how natural elements like preserved gardens and green walls reduce stress, improve focus, and inspire creativity. By incorporating nature into our built environments, we create spaces that promote health, productivity, and mental clarity.

10/8/2024

The Material Attributes when Specifying/Suggesting an Interior Product for a Commercial Project

When specifying interior products, durability, aesthetics, sustainability, and lead times are key considerations. Trusted products like Garden on the Wall®’s preserved gardens offer unmatched reliability, beauty, and longevity. Their custom designs, minimal maintenance, and industry-leading sustainability credentials make them an ideal choice for meeting both practical and environmental goals.

10/4/2024

Planter Inserts crafted with Preserved Foliage: Perfect Example of Biophilia in Designed Space

The integration of nature into interior design has evolved from a trend to a well-being necessity. Planter inserts with preserved foliage offer a sustainable, low-maintenance solution that brings biophilic design into commercial spaces. These elements reduce stress, boost productivity, and create a calming, aesthetically consistent environment for all occupants.

10/1/2024

What Role Do Neuroaesthetics Play in Interior Design?

Neuroaesthetics explores how our brains perceive beauty and how it impacts well-being. By understanding the brain’s response to design elements like color, symmetry, and biophilic features, interior designers can create spaces that promote mental health, reduce stress, and boost productivity. This approach merges science with aesthetics for healthier, more balanced environments

9/27/2024

Biophilic Design and Biomimicry: Natural Solutions for Healthier Interiors

Biophilic design and biomimicry integrate nature's principles into architecture and interiors, enhancing sustainability and well-being. Biophilia taps into our natural affinity for nature, while biomimicry emulates nature's strategies, from improving air quality to acoustic comfort. Together, these approaches create healthier, efficient spaces, blending beauty with functional design and environmental responsibility.

9/24/2024

What Is Mindful Design?

Mindful design focuses on creating thoughtful, user-centric environments that enhance well-being. By considering emotional, physical, and environmental impacts, it integrates principles like sustainability, simplicity, and functionality. Whether applied to physical spaces or digital interfaces, mindful design fosters positive experiences, reduces stress, and improves user satisfaction through purposeful, holistic solutions.

9/20/2024

Why Evidence-Based Design Matters in Modern Interiors

Evidence-based design (EBD) transforms interior spaces by prioritizing functionality and well-being through research and data. By integrating principles like natural light, biophilic elements, and ergonomic layouts, EBD enhances aesthetics while promoting health and productivity. This approach fosters environments that support both mental and physical well-being, creating harmonious living spaces.

9/17/2024

Nature-Inspired Spatial Planning: Optimizing Flow & Function

Biomimicry in spatial design draws inspiration from nature's efficient organization, enhancing interior functionality and comfort. By implementing organic flow, biophilic zoning, and preserved nature elements like moss walls, designers create adaptable environments that cater to diverse needs, promote well-being, and foster a harmonious connection with the natural world.

9/13/2024

Neuro-Inclusive Design: Creating Spaces for Neurodiversity

Neurodiversity challenges traditional design norms, emphasizing the need for environments that accommodate various cognitive differences. Neuro-inclusive design, which overlaps with biophilic principles, creates calming spaces using elements like preserved moss walls. These installations enhance sensory comfort, promote well-being, and foster connection to nature for all users, supporting a more inclusive future.

9/10/2024

Creating Mindful Spaces: The Role of Biophilic Design & Sustainability

In our fast-paced world, cultivating mindful spaces is crucial for well-being. Biophilic design enhances our connection to nature, creating serene environments that promote tranquility and mindfulness. By integrating sustainable elements, such as preserved greenery and natural light, we transform workplaces and living spaces into restorative havens that improve health and happiness.

9/6/2024

Sustainability and Biophilic Design Connection

Discover how biophilic design and sustainability work together to create eco-friendly, stress-reducing interiors. By integrating preserved greenery and natural elements, spaces become healthier, visually calming, and environmentally responsible, enhancing well-being while promoting sustainable living.

9/3/2024

Designing for Stress Reduction: Calming Interiors in High-Pressure Environments

In high-pressure environments like offices and hospitals, stress can thrive. This blog explores how incorporating biophilic design through preserved gardens, moss walls, and foliage inserts can create calming spaces. These low-maintenance elements not only enhance aesthetics but also promote well-being, reduce stress, and improve cognitive function, nurturing tranquility in chaos.

8/30/2024

Transforming Interiors with Custom, Sustainable Preserved Green Wall Installations

Custom preserved green wall installations blend art and nature, transforming interiors into calming sanctuaries. These dynamic designs not only enhance aesthetics but also promote mental well-being through principles of biophilia and neuroaesthetics. With minimal maintenance, they create restorative environments, fostering creativity and reducing stress while reconnecting us to nature.

8/27/2024

Regenerative Design in Adaptive Reuse Projects: Breathing New Life into Old Structures

Regenerative design transforms adaptive reuse by enhancing ecological and social systems, creating vibrant spaces that improve environmental quality and human well-being. Incorporating biophilic elements like preserved moss walls allows for sustainable aesthetics without maintenance challenges, bridging the past with a regenerative future and fostering resilient, adaptive environments.

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