Green-fingered retirees were once the archetypal gardeners but now urban Gen Yers and Zers are waking up to the many benefits of tending plants, whether they’re in an allotment, window box, or the home. But how do these garden gurus differ from their parents and grandparents?

Parsley Health in NYC is has taken it upon itself to revamp the stuffy doctor's office, designing it with more holistic, natural biophilic elements in mind. Parsley is tapping a trend that sees people reconnect with nature – a trend that is postively impacting upon people's productivity.

Britons are having a love affair with plants. From terrariums and cacti to Living Walls and hanging baskets, they want to tap into their affinity with nature. With urbanisation making the natural world more difficult to access, biophilic design is reconnecting people to nature in built environments.

Swale is a public 'food forest' that floats along the Bronx River on a barge. Re-connecting urbanites with nature and local produce, it invites city-dwellers to forage and pick a selection of fresh produce for free, demonstrating how the sharing economy can be effective in its truest form.