.Every two years EILO – the European Interior Landscaping Organisation – organises its Best Projects Competition. EILO’s aim is to connect interior landscaping professionals to share knowledge, expertise and inspiration. With this competition we want to celebrate and generate public attention for the creativity, innovative potential and craftsmanship of the interior landscaping sector.
45 projects from 12 countries show great quality and creativity
The competition was open to EILO members and non-members alike. Projects were submitted from Australia, Belgium, France, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom and United States of America.
This year, 45 projects were nominated to compete in four categories:
- Large Indoor Greenery bringing Nature into Architecture
- Living Green Walls
- Small but Mighty Green Interiors
- Complexity, sustainability and long term maintenance.
The 45 nominated projects were all judged by an expert, independent jury. Furthermore, the public was invited to vote for their favourite by engaging on social media.
The projects offered a great insight into the outstanding quality and creativity the interior landscaping sector has to offer, as well as its vital contribution to beautiful, pleasant and healthy indoor spaces.
The awards were presented September 26, during the bi-annual EILO conference in Madrid.
Category large green interior
With no exception this is the category that generates most attention and entries. We nominated 17 projects, each of high quality.
Gold: Creaplant, Switzerland with ‘The Green Lane’
How to bring the outside in and mimic it by by using completely different greenery, minimising on pots and reusing materials as much as possible. This project was so original, that the jury was instantly unanimous to award it the Gold.
Silver: Biosyncora, Lithuania with ‘Lush and Linear’
One of the judges said: I usually hate metal pots but this time I kept coming back to this project. And then another said, I keep looking at the very original planting. This relatively small project actually had everything to make it the Silver candidate: great design, fabulous greenery, and originality without shouting it from the rooftops
Bronze Leaf: Plantart, Hungary with ‘Dorothea Hotel’
Perfection is the number one quality of a top class hotel. And, perfection is visible here. Participants of our 2023 excursion to Hungary may well recognise the place and will certainly agree. But it is not only perfection. This project also shows great design, great plant treatment and a beautiful integration in the architecture of the whole space.
category living green walls
Green walls can certainly elevate a space, both inside and out, as we have seenon several occasions in Madrid. They speak to the imagination and are a wonderful way to use a great number of plants on sometimes relatively small surfaces. We nominated 7 entries.
Gold: Element Green & Green Fortune, Germany with ‘The Living Tree Project’
Two companies who both executed part of the whole. Green Fortune signed for the vertical part and Element Green delivered the base of the tree. Another very interesting aspect of this project is that it is built on the remains of a broken aquarium, thus re-using material that would otherwise be destroyed.
Silver: Zuidkoop, The Netherlands with ‘A Natural State of Mind – meeting room at the Burgy’
This project with the long name is situated in a very small room, so Zuidkoop first considered entering the project in the category Small but Mighty. But this project is in fact completely composed of very cleverly constructed green walls, which even ‘stand’ at an angle! Very original and very well crafted. A deserved winner of the Silver Award.
Bronze: Innogreen, Finland with ‘Moss and Meadow’
This project is made partly with moss, preserved green, but here it served an artistic goal. The contrast between the Moss and the Meadow part very beautiful and well executed. A deserved winner, but the jury does wonder how this project will look in a couple of years.
category small but mighty green interiors
As the name suggests, small projects can be very beautiful and truly enhance a space. This category proved to be nearly as popular as the one with large indoor greenery. We nominated 14 projects.
Gold: PLNT, The Netherlands with ‘Bar Botanique Amsterdam’
This space seems like a big space but it is in fact very small. The plants are stacked in the room in such a clever way that it makes the place feel bigger while at the same time taking the guests into a complete jungle-like world. On top of that, the quality of the plants looks very good so this made PLNT, again, a Gold Award winner
Silver: The Plantman, UK with ‘Residents Lounge – White City Living’
For this category too, the jury consistently asked the question: what would the space look like without plants? In this case the answer was very clear: much, much worse. We loved the vertical green that even went into a ceiling and the quality of the planting. A very well deserved Silver Award.
Bronze: P2 Objekt Grün, Germany with ‘Hanging Gardens’
At first glance this project looks very – almost too – small. But then you see the originality of not working with pots, but truly integrating the green in the design of the workspace without crowding it at all. It actually looks like the greenery is an integral part of the work done in that office. A sure winner of the Bronze Award in this category.
category complexity, sustainability and long-term maintenance
We received 6 eligible projects in this category and – true to its rather complicated name – entering and judging this category proved to be fairly complicated too. Only one company provided us with images of the start of their project up to the current situation. Most just sent in either old or current images. So, we decided to ask for what we so dearly missed: the possibility to compare the old with the new and thankfully all of them were able to provide us with the missing information.
Let this be a tip: we would like to continue with this category because an important aspect of sustainability is: that projects survive in time and even grow more beautiful. So keep photographing your projects with a certain regularity during its evolution. It is also very interesting for educational purposes.
Gold: Aplantis & Sumser Raumbegrünung, Switzerland with ‘Spiral Hanging Garden’
This project is very unique; it contains of a single spiral. It already won silver in the Small project category back in 2021 and now it wins Gold because it looks even better now. This shows that originality can very well go hand in hand with longevity and sustainability.
Silver: Plant Designs, Uinted Kingdom with ‘One Bank Street’
This huge project from 2019 hosts approximately 10.000 plants spread over 8 floors and, after seeing the pictures taken in 2025, they are not still the same, but most look alive and kicking. Time told which plants were sustainable and which not and they were gradually replaced but the four big trees have survived from the beginning of the project. This makes this project the top candidate for the Silver Award.
Bronze: Creaplant, Switzerland with ‘Inside-Out 1881’
This project showed two green walls which were planted in 2018 and in 2025. Plants that were big in the beginning had receded and plants that were small back then had become the heroes of the very nicely maintained green wall. A great example of a sustainable project and the obvious winner of the Bronze Award.
the public awards
For this award the general audience is the jury. Or even better, the audience that is involved in the interior landscaping sector. And that is its great quality. A company participating in this competition that is active on social media throughout the year, has a good chance of winning a public award. If they are not active, it is impossible to build up the audience in such a short time. The signal we want to give with this award is that we want to encourage you to be structurally active. This will not only attract clients, but also employees. And it will generate more general knowledge of the vital importance of the sector for green and healthy indoor environments.
We asked the public to vote for their favourites and they certainly delivered! We saw several projects in all four categories gather hundreds of votes, up until the very last day. It was an extremely close call between the three winners and there was serious competition from a worthy runner-up. This year, most votes went to projects in the Large Green Interior category.
Gold: John Mini Distinctive Landscapes, USA with ‘Journey of the Palms’
Situated in the heart of Downtown New York City stand sixteen 37-foot tall Washingtonia Robusta trees. They are the architectural feature of a 120-foot-tall glass atrium and anchor point of the World Financial Center that was rebuilt and replanted after the 9/11 attacks. A symbol of resilience, this project spoke to many, gathering over 1000 votes!
Silver: Advance Plants, Australia with ‘Queen’s Wharf Brisbane’
Queen’s Wharf in the heart of Brisbane, features luxury hotels, residences, restaurants, and entertainment venues. It sets a new benchmark in luxury and biophilic design. This lush installation, spanning 20 floors and feauturing 1,614 live plants, complements the architectural grandeur and reflects Queensland’s tropical character. This project was snapping at the heels of the Gold winner, with votes being just a few dozen behind!
Bronze: Plant Designs, United Kingdom with ‘Uncommon Holborn’
A very ambitious project. Uncommon’s newest Holborn location reimagines the co-working experience by blending creativity, functionality and well-being. Guided by biophilic design principles, the space connects people with nature – from being surrounded by plants and natural scents to immersive soundscapes. This project was a close Bronze winner.
A large number of other companies in all categories were able to have the public rally and gather hundreds of votes. An honourable mention goes to Levande Interiors, Sweden with ‘Photosynthesis meet Horsepower’ in the category Living Green Walls who took a very worthy fourth place!
Congratulations to all winners! Many thanks to all who entered their projects, who voted and of course to our fabulous jury – David Grace, Susanne Wannags , Cees Podt, Alicja Kuczera and Nana Diallo Zerner.
A heartfelt thanks, too, to Nieuwkoop Europe, who generously sponsored this year’s awards.
See more about all other nominees here.