The plants@work Awards are back for 2025, and this is your chance to showcase your outstanding interior landscaping projects, celebrate your team’s expertise, and gain industry-wide recognition. With the entry deadline set for 30 April 2025, now is the time to prepare your submissions!

Biophilic design has gained significant traction over the last decade as a way to support well-being, enhance built environments, and even improve productivity. While many in the interior landscaping industry focus on plants as the core element, biophilic design extends far beyond greenery alone.

Today marks the start of Children’s Mental Health Week, organised by the charity Place2Be, with this year’s theme: "Know Yourself, Grow Yourself." The aim is to help children and young people across the UK embrace self-awareness, explore their strengths, and understand how personal growth can support their well-being and resilience.

In a fascinating study conducted by the University of South Australia, researchers uncovered the depth of emotional connection that people can have with their houseplants. The findings revealed that one in seven individuals views their houseplants as part of their family, demonstrating just how integral plants can be to our daily lives.

While we now know that "Blue Monday" is more of a marketing myth than a scientifically proven phenomenon, the feelings it evokes—low energy, lack of motivation, and post-holiday blues—are all too real for many of us in mid-January. The concept, coined by a travel company in 2005, dubbed the third Monday of January the "most depressing day of the year" due to factors like cold weather, dark days, and the financial aftermath of the holidays. Despite the questionable origins, it's true that winter can bring mood lows, often linked to Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), reduced sunlight, and the general dreariness of this time of year.