Houseplant studios

Move over the solitary, windowsill peace lily or money plant pot – the three exhibitors in this new category, on Ranelagh Gardens, are filling their mocked-up rooms with a dizzying array of houseplant options for different conditions and effects. The most immersive is The Green Room (shown), designed by Ian Drummond in collaboration with Malvern Garden Buildings. There’s just space for a macramé swinging seat; the rest of the room is a jungle-like profusion of unusual indoor plants including vanda lilies in dark purple and acid green trailing from the ceiling, mistletoe cacti in plant hangers and tree-dwelling species such as Medinilla magnifica displayed on tree trunks. Trailing plants, attached to wooden poles, also feature in Alice and Maddie Bailey’s FOREST, which shows how many houseplants grow naturally in the rainforest, and include epiphytic cacti, bromeliads, orchids and air plants. At ground level are shadeloving ferns, calatheas and creeping vines. Green Bathroom Retreat, by Conservatory Archives, is filled with tropical plants suitable for varying light conditions such as Alocasia and Begonia species, and the bathtub’s even planted up with aquatic plants.