What happens when you put a group of biophilic designers and interior landscaping experts in a room? You get a refreshingly honest conversation about why so many modern workplaces still feel like “plantations” rather than living environments—and why, somewhat surprisingly, the future of plants might involve data centres.

International Women’s Day invites us to look again at the landscapes around us — not just the gardens, parks and interiors filled with plants, but the histories rooted beneath them. Landscaping and horticulture have often been framed as male-dominated professions, particularly at institutional and leadership levels. Yet the story of our green spaces is incomplete without recognising the women who shaped them — often while navigating structural barriers to education, travel, pay and professional recognition.

On Friday, 27 February 2026, at the historic 25th Anniversary meeting held at Provender Nurseries, plants@work officially announced the launch of the plants@work Pride Network. This initiative marks a significant milestone in the association’s history, reinforcing its commitment to fostering an inclusive, diverse, and supportive environment for the LGBTQ+ community within the interior landscaping sectors.

The members of plants@work, the interior landscaping association, gathered at Provender Nurseries to mark a quarter-century of growth, innovation, and advocacy. The plants@work 25th Anniversary Day of Celebrations served as both a retrospective of the association’s humble beginnings and a bold look toward a biophilic future.

plants@work, the UK’s association for interior landscaping, is proud to reveal its official 25th-anniversary logo. This commemorative brand identity marks a quarter-century of industry leadership, tracing the association’s evolution from its origins as efig in 2001 to its current role as the vanguard of workplace place and biophilic design.