Bishop Ranch – Award-Winning Biophilic Greenery Design Project

An award-winning biophilic workplace that brings nature, calm, and connection into a contemporary corporate environment.

Award-winning

Client
Bishop Ranch
Location
San Ramon, California
Collaborators
Workshape
Awards
International Plantscape Awards - Gold

A lush indoor garden

The Branch Hub at Bishop Ranch transforms a once hard-edged corporate social space into a lush indoor garden inspired by the Californian landscape. Designed as a place for people to meet, pause and connect, the interior planting introduces organic form, layered greenery and natural colour to create an environment that feels both energising and restorative. Sculptural freestanding planters define circulation, frame social zones and establish a rhythm of movement and stillness.

People meeting beside fiddle leaf figs at the Branch Hub, Bishop Ranch — biophilic planting woven throughout the workspace.

A tall rubber tree in a white curved planter beside the Branch Hub bar counter, framed by cherry blossom trees outside.

Fiddle leaf fig and mixed planting in a white curved planter beside the Branch Hub bar counter at Bishop Ranch, San Ramon.

Crafted for longevity

A family of bespoke freestanding containers, designed as both functional furniture and sculptural elements, sits at the heart of the project. Fabricated in New Zealand with complex double-curved geometry, the lightweight aluminium planters integrate seating, planting and safety detailing within a refined, furniture-grade finish. Their flowing curves echo the contours of the landscape, creating intimate alcoves for pause and conversation.

Advanced digital modelling informed planter form, species selection and grow-light placement, ensuring long-term plant health, acoustic comfort and ease of maintenance. The flexible system allows the planters to be reorganised over time, enabling the space to evolve with the needs of the workplace.

‍

Case Study: Bishop Ranch

San Ramon, California

Dense low planting with rubber trees rising above at the Branch Hub, Bishop Ranch — greenery immersing the entire workspace.

Close up detail of planting in white planter at the Branch, Bishop Ranch

White planter with rubber tree and richly coloured understorey plants in a sunlit corner at the Branch Hub, Bishop Ranch.

Planting detail from the Branch Hub at Bishop Ranch — bespoke planters and tropical foliage by Outside In.

No items found.

"We can functionally change how a space works based on how we reorganise and re-orientate these planters. It’s a flexible system that allows the space to adapt over time. That doesn’t really exist in any other product I’ve seen."

Brett Hautop

Founding partner of Workshape