01 / Design
Planting & Installations
New planting schemes for commercial interiors; planned around the room, the brief and the people who will use it.
Architectura Botanica
Est. Glasgow
Est. Glasgow
Design-led planting for commercial interiors
Index / 2026
Index / 2026
Where botanical science meets architectural design.
01 Services / What
Interior planting schemes for commercial workplaces, hospitality, retail and shared interiors; from first installation to recovery and aftercare.
From new installations to the audit and remediation of underperforming environments.
02 / Care
Maintenance & Aftercare
Needs-based care for interior planting schemes; keeping plants healthy, coherent and presentable over time.
03 / Rescue
Diagnostics & Remediation
Assessment and correction of underperforming planting; identifying the cause and the route back to performance.
02 Method / How
We align species, setting, and purpose from the outset.
Our method is technical before it is aesthetic. Each scheme begins with the conditions of the room; light, temperature, airflow, occupancy, and how the space is actually used; and species are selected in response to those readings, not to the moodboard.
Care is designed alongside the planting and written into the specification from day one. We commission the scheme ourselves, hand it over with documented conditions, and remain involved long enough to know whether the alignment holds.
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Conditions first; light, heat, airflow, use; before species.
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Specification matched to the room’s conditions, not the brief alone.
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Care planning written into the scheme on day one.
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Replacement treated as feedback on the spec, never as a routine line-item.
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Founder-led from survey through to year-two review.
03 Impact / Why
Good interior planting is felt before it is noticed; rooms feel composed, settled and easier to be in.
We don’t just deliver plants; we design living systems that feel calmer and more coherent.
01 / In effect
Composed, Not Planted
Rooms that read as resolved; where the planting belongs to the architecture, rather than sitting against it.
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Supportive, Quietly
Spaces that feel calmer to work in, easier to return to, and more legible at the edges of attention.
03 / In effect
Designed to Mature
Living systems that settle into the room over years; environments that feel more cared-for the longer they’re occupied.
04 Clients
Serious specifiers; and teams who live with the result.
01 / Specifiers
Architects & Designers
We support architects, interior designers and specifiers with planting strategy, species selection, installation and aftercare planning; schemes that are design-sensitive, environmentally credible, and dependable after handover.
02 / Occupiers
Owners & Occupiers
We help occupiers, operators and workplace teams who need interior planting to stay healthy, present well, and continue delivering the experience it was meant to create; not just on launch day, but month after month.
Statkraft
HFD Group
Civic Engineers
Graven
Arran Aromatics
Land Use Consultants
Axis Mason
Construction Scotland (BE:ST)
Mental Health Foundation
No Rules Wallpaper
Lush
05 Case Studies / Proof
Selected work across new schemes, audits and rescues; showing how planting performs when it is specified, installed and cared for properly.
A few recent schemes, audits, and rescues.
01 / New fit-out
Interior planting installation, The Garment Factory, Glasgow.
Planting specification and installation within Graven’s BCO Award-winning fit-out for Europe’s largest renewable energy producer.
02 / Retail rescue
Retail planting remediation, Buchanan Street, Glasgow.
A failing retail scheme specified by others; incompatible species in shared troughs, light-starved palms and obvious constraint issues.
03 / Remediation
Low-light planting remediation, Baltic Chambers, Glasgow.
Three integrated troughs in a listed red sandstone building, adjacent to active heat and chosen for the reality of the space.
06 Studio / Founders
A founder-led studio; one trained on space, the other on species.
A hands-in-the-dirt studio with a clear point of view.
Andy brings together spatial design, environmental psychology and commercial insight. His work focuses on how planting shapes space, supports function, and improves the experience of interior environments over time.
Emma brings scientific rigour, ecological sensitivity and botanical judgement to every scheme. She leads plant selection and botanical composition, with a particular interest in the more immersive and experiential side of biophilic design.
07 Journal / Thinking
Writing on specification, longevity, and what we see go wrong.
Featured essay · Essay 01
Beyond Aesthetics: why most interior planting fails.
Key takeaway: most interior planting fails when species are chosen for appearance before the space has been understood. Light, heat, airflow, access, use patterns and maintenance frequency determine whether a scheme matures or declines.
Read the essay →Essay 02 · 6 min read
The First-Day Photography Trap.
How first-day photography distorts planting specifications; and the expensive tail it leaves behind.
PublishedEssay 03 · Forthcoming
On handover.
Why handover is where many commercial planting schemes quietly begin to drift.
ForthcomingEssay 04 · Forthcoming
Reading the room.
The site conditions that decide whether an interior planting scheme will ever settle.
Forthcoming08 FAQ / Practicalities
A few practical answers, before we begin.
A short note for specifiers, occupiers and the lightly curious. For anything else, let’s talk.
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Do you work outside Glasgow?
Yes. We are based in Glasgow and work across Edinburgh and Scotland’s Central Belt.
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Do you only install new planting schemes?
No. We also audit and remediate underperforming interior planting, including schemes affected by light, airflow, access, maintenance planning or species selection.
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Do you work with architects and interior designers?
Yes. We support architects, interior designers and specifiers with planting strategy, species selection, installation and aftercare planning.
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Do you provide commercial plant maintenance?
Yes. We provide needs-based plant maintenance and aftercare for commercial planting schemes.
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Do you install living walls?
Yes, where the site conditions, access and maintenance plan support a viable long-term installation. We can also advise where preserved moss, botanical art or planted displays would be more appropriate.
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What size of project do you usually take on?
Most of our commercial projects sit between small strategic interventions and full workplace or hospitality planting schemes. If the brief needs judgement rather than simply supply, it is probably worth a conversation.
09 Contact / Let’s talk
Whether you’re planning a new interior planting scheme, specifying a commercial project, or dealing with an installation that is no longer performing, start with a few lines.
Send the brief, a floor plan, or a photograph of the space. We read everything ourselves and usually reply within two working days.