Plants relieve you stress in many different ways. You don't have to have a full time landscaper in your payroll, to have a peaceful patio or a plant filled relaxed home.
1- Low cost or no cost: Usually plants can be purchased at a very low cost, in most cases under $5.00. The best places to look for plants is your local home center. They will have plants that are right for your area's climate and will give you ideas on how to nurture your plants. One of the best way I get a supply of house plants is from friends. When I visit a friend's home I usually go home with a cutting or a few stems from their plants to root and re-pot.
2- Low maintenance or no maintenance at all: When your on a budget maintenance of any thing can be a problem. Your plants don't have to stress you or your wallet. The plants you get from the home center will come with watering instructions and sunlight tips.
For the plants that you inherit from your friends, just as for their advise. They will be very happy to share your excitement in getting a calmer home.3- Cultivating a calmer lifestyle: Use your own imagination when it comes to where to put your plants. If you feel you need more calming in your living room, then make a few plants a part of the décor. Patio plants are usually the most effective for both beauty and their relaxing effects. Try a few terra cotta pots on the ground around your patio furniture, this gives garden effect to your patio, which is very relaxing.
Lifestyle Stress - 3 Top Tips on How to Use Plants While on a Budget For a Stress Free Lifestyle