The Dinkum Files

I took my seven year old daughter and her friend to see The Lorax this weekend. We started out disappointed over the initial sell-out of the 10 am showing we wanted to attend but got our tickets for the 3 pm show instead. It was crowded. It was a little noisy. It was a great movie! Aside from the usual enjoyable adult comedy tossed into kids’ movies, there was a great message that inspired me to write this article.

The setting is a town called “Thneedville,” made entirely of plastic and artificial buildings and trees, along with bottled water and air. One of the main characters tells the story of how he was responsible for the complete devastation of all the trees in the land. Through his ambition to make it big, he cut down all the trees to make his product, the “thneed.” Only after he exhausted all living plant life did he realize his wrong doing.

This character has one final seed that he gives to a boy to plant in the middle of town. Of course, the mayor of town, who has made it rich off of selling the bottled air and water, doesn’t like this idea. The movie culminates in the town of “Thneedville” having to make a decision of whether or not to plant the seed. There is an impassioned speech about why we need trees and plants to clean our air. This speech leads to a rousing song about “Let it Grow.”

“Let it grow, let it grow, you can’t reap what you don’t sow,

Plant a seed inside the earth, just one way to know its worth,

Let’s celebrate the world’s rebirth, we say let it grow.

Let it grow, let it grow, like it did so long ago,

Maybe it’s just one tiny seed, but it’s all we really need,

It’s time to change the life we lead, time to let it grow.”

–Dr. Seuss, The Lorax

They were right in the movie….we need plant life. Not only do plants and trees provide us with oxygen and clean the air of toxins, they have several other benefits as well, particularly for businesses.

Plants can:

• Convey cleanliness and freshness
• Create relaxing environments and enhance sterile environments
• Boost confidence in business well-being
• Deaden sounds and eliminate empty echoes
• Project an image of success
• Be affordable “living art” sculptures
• Hide unsightly building features or soften hard architectural lines
• Create ambiance and coziness
• Enhance customer care and client experiences
• Boost employee morale by letting staff choose the plants for their space
• Provide a warm welcome to a space and make urban streets safer

Hoffman Design Group creates environments that focus energy and unlock human potential.  Using materials like plants, trees, and flowers is one way we do this. Experts have found that people are inspired by nature. We are happier and more productive when surrounded by beautiful, natural elements. And who doesn’t want more happiness and productivity?

About Hoffman Design Group

Hoffman Design Group, Inc, is located in Folcroft, PA, and specializes in creating beautiful interiorscapes, corporate floral arrangements and living wall designs in Philadelphia and the surrounding suburbs, Delaware, and New Jersey. Its designs have won many awards and they take pride in their elegant, environmentally friendly seasonal and holiday decorating, corporate interior plantscapes and urban exterior landscaping. For more information, visit http://www.hoffmandesigngroup.com

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