One of her employees’ favorite benefits of working at Twisted Limb is their vegetable and herb garden.

“I learned that an organic T-shirt company in North Carolina had a company garden and thought it was a great idea,” Woodhouse-Keese says. “My own garden just outside our studio was getting too big for me to handle, and I approached the employees about sharing the garden and making it part of the benefits.”

How does it work? Each employee contributes 30 minutes a week to the upkeep, and they all share in the fruits of their labor.

Here are a few outside-of-the-box ideas for perks to offer your own employees:

• Allow employees to work from home one day a month.
• Offer lunch-and-learn events on topics of interest to your employees.
• Bring in a nutritionist to analyze eating habits once a year.
• Hire a yoga instructor for an hour-long class every month.
• Close up shop and take everyone to a matinee.
• Install a pool table in the break room.
• Surprise employees with a sundae bar on the first day of summer.
• Have pizza delivered for lunch when a deadline looms.
• Give employees a paid day off on their birthday.

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