With Christmas only 10 weeks away, we'd like to showcase some of our members award-winning Christmas installations - just to get you in the mood. Many businesses will have already booked their Christmas make-over but if you haven't done so yet, there is still just time ... For inspiration, take a look at the case studies we'll be publishing and go to members' websites for more details. This case study features Snow and Ice scenes created by Plant Designs Ltd.

With Christmas exactly two months away, we are continuing to showcase some of our members award-winning Christmas installations - just to get you in the mood. Many businesses will have already booked their Christmas make-over but if you haven't done so yet, there is still just time ... For inspiration, take a look at the case studies we'll be publishing and go to members' websites for more details.

This case study is the award-winning installation by Urban Planters Oxford for the SAS Institute.

Last week in the heart of Amsterdam Mooiwatplantendoen.nl opened the Netherlands’ first Plant Bathing Studio, where visitors were able to literally immerse themselves and recharge with the power of plants.

New plant campaign from the Flower Council of Holland 
Green energy, cosiness, improved air, beauty: there are many reasons to thank plants for what they do. And that is the angle for this new campaign.

We were in great company on Wednesday at the Workplace Trends Conference 2018 with a range of speakers on workplace related topics. The morning session was chaired by Nigel Oseland of Workplace Unlimited and the afternoon session by Mark Catchlove of Herman Miller Insight Group. And while the speakers presented and attendees listened, Neil Usher (@workessence) wrote on ongoing blog of the day's events. He ended his live blog with:

The '(That) balance extends to much of what we have heard today: science and art, digital and analogue, inside and outside, built and natural, concentration and leaving your mind to wander, activity and rest, light and shade. I shall never tire of advancing this, but hearing talks that somehow have managed to emerge without considering the power and grace of balance is exhausting. It’s what everyone today has told you, without telling you. Hopefully I’ve helped.'