While offices make teamwork easier, they can be seen as restrictive and unhealthy. To boost well-being, Amazon has built three biodomes in its headquarters. These vast, natural spaces aim to help employees de-stress by providing them with a break from the urban grind.

Gen Y is embracing gardening, with growing plants and herbs indoors becoming a popular pastime for urban dwellers. Whether to boost wellbeing, bring a sense of calm to urban spaces or simply for its ease of maintenance, gardening is brushing off the soil of its previously stuffy image.

Apartment living is on the rise, as more young Australians are choosing lifestyle and location over housing affordability. The growth of shared spaces, such as community gardens, in apartment complexes is helping residents develop social relationships in traditionally isolated urban environments.

While more Germans are now leaving cities than moving to them, not everybody is ready to exchange urban bustle for country life. For city-dwellers seeking a compromise, an allotment offers the perfect balance. But who are these green-fingered folk and why do they want their own patch of soil?