Urban Planters

Urban Planters: commercial planting and landscaping across the UK

Urban Planters works on the design, sourcing, installation and maintenance of indoor and outdoor plants for commercial settings. The company describes its activity as a comprehensive approach to interior and exterior landscaping, combining office plant displays with grounds maintenance, design work and a set of plant-related products. Its stated aim is to integrate planting into the architecture of a building rather than simply adding plants to a room.

The business presents itself as a national operator with local delivery, organised through a network of branches spread across the UK. It traces its origins to 1965, when it began as a specialist nursery, and has since moved into interior landscaping for commercial premises.

Plant displays and interior schemes

The core service is the supply and placement of office plants. According to the company, specimens are selected and positioned in relation to a building's architecture to create visual pathways, define areas and contribute to employee wellbeing. Interior landscaping schemes are designed with a mix of foliage textures, heights and statement plants, with the intention of turning commercial interiors into more productive environments.

Beyond living plants, the catalogue includes replica trees and cut flowers, which allows schemes to combine natural and artificial elements. The company's own case material cites the Birmingham office of the law firm Shoosmiths, a three-floor installation mixing live and replica plants, tabletop displays and specimens over two metres high; that project was named Project of the Year 2024 in the company's case studies.

Green walls, moss and biophilic art

Urban Planters lists living walls and moss walls among its specialist products, alongside plant art and moss table tops. The company states that it was an early adopter of complex living walls and exterior urban greening during the 2010s. These formats are presented as alternatives for spaces where conventional floor planters are not the chosen solution.

Design, landscaping and grounds maintenance

The company offers a full landscape design service and grounds maintenance for exterior areas, aimed at keeping outdoor spaces healthy and presentable for clients and visitors throughout the year. Urban farming also appears in its service list. Exterior work is described as ranging from a handful of indoor plants to sweeping landscaping schemes, and the company's case studies include an outdoor project titled Concrete to Coastal, which argues that corporate outdoor areas are often undervalued as mere transitional zones.

Christmas displays for offices and commercial buildings

Seasonal installation is a distinct line of work: Urban Planters installs Christmas decorations for offices and commercial buildings, covering real and artificial trees, garlands, wreaths and smaller ornaments. At the time of writing this profile, the website displayed a countdown to Christmas 2026 alongside this service.

Branch network and regional coverage

The company describes a network of ten branches across the UK, presented as a way to combine national resources with local response times. The regional hubs it names are London and the South East, the North West and Leeds, Scotland from a Livingston base, the South West and Wales rooted in its Somerset heritage, and the Midlands. A separate branch listing on the site names further locations, including Rooksbridge, Atherston, Brentwood, Chester, Hounslow, Ivybridge, Leeds, Leicester, Livingston, Matlock and Alfreton, Reading, Rudgwick and Selby.

Heritage and recognition

Founded in 1965 as a specialist nursery, the company dates its move into interior landscaping to the 1980s, the launch of its branch network to the 1990s and its work with living walls and urban greening to the 2010s. It marked its sixtieth anniversary in 2025/26. In 2026 it made its first appearance at an RHS show, at Badminton in South Gloucestershire, with a pocket garden designed by Charlotte Connelly that received a Silver Gilt Award. The company also identifies itself as a Gold Sponsor of Neuroplaces: The Inclusive Design Show, held at Protein Studios in Shoreditch from 15 to 17 September 2026 as part of the London Design Festival and Shoreditch Design Week.

Urban Planters is part of Rentokil Initial plc, as indicated by the copyright notice on its site.