Biophilia

What Biophilia does

Biophilia is a Sri Lanka-based biophilic design and landscape architecture firm founded in 2015, operating with approximately 15 employees across offices in Ragama and Rajagiriya (Sri Lanka) and Glostrup, Copenhagen (Denmark). The company delivers an integrated portfolio of professional services — consultation, landscape design and construction, tree doctor (plant healthcare) services, green interior design, and maintenance — targeting hotels, apartments, public spaces, industrial spaces, and residencies, alongside residential homeowners and property managers. Its underlying capability rests on a multidisciplinary team spanning architecture, landscape architecture, interior architecture, quantity surveying, plant science, product design, engineering, and curation, supported by certified green building consultancy expertise and an owned plant nursery that enables end-to-end garden construction including in-built and vertical gardens.

Biophilia operates two distribution surfaces: a direct professional services channel (sales-led, project-based engagement from initial site visit through project handover) and an e-commerce platform at shop.biophilia.lk that retails plants, seeds, fertilizers, pots, pebbles, tools, furniture, art and sculptures, lifestyle accessories, and organic foods to consumers and businesses. Pricing is not publicly disclosed; revenue derives from professional services fees for project work and transactional e-commerce sales. The company also maintains the Sri Lanka Plant Database at worldplants.info (also operated under the Trees.lk CSR initiative), described as the first comprehensive plant database for Sri Lanka covering genus, location, uses, and maintenance. Adjacent service lines include Carbon Credit Solutions and online lectures on landscape architecture and green building consultancy. The company is privately held, founder-owned, and bootstrapped, with no disclosed external funding or institutional investors.

Name

Biophilia

Legal name

Biophilia (Pvt) Ltd.

Website

https://biophilia.lk

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Biophilia is a Sri Lanka-based biophilic design and landscape architecture firm offering consultancy, landscape design, tree healthcare, and green interior services to hospitality, commercial, and residential clients, supplemented by an e-commerce shop and the first comprehensive Sri Lanka plant database.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Landscape Architecture & Biophilic Design

NAICS

Nursery and Floriculture Production (11142), Nursery, Garden Center, and Farm Supply Retailers (444240)

SIC

Agricultural Services (700), Retail-Building Materials, Hardware, Garden Supply (5200)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYAFAGAHAM

Landscape Plant & Nursery Stock Wholesalers (Grower-Wholesalers)

Agriculture & Food Production/Crop Farming/Greenhouse, Nursery & Floriculture Production (Protected Crops, Ornamentals, Seedlings)

SECONDARYCRAIAIAB

Plants, Seeds & Nursery Retail (Garden Centers)

Consumer Products & Retail/Home & Furniture Retail/Gardening & Outdoor Living Retail (Patio, Grills, Lawn & Garden)

SECONDARYHSAIAGAG

Tree & Shrub Fertilization & Plant Health Care (PHC)

Home & Personal Services/Landscaping, Lawn Care & Outdoor Maintenance/Fertilization, Weed Control & Lawn Treatments

Keywords

• Biophilic design services
• Landscape architecture
• Green building consultancy
• Indoor plant retail
• Sustainable garden construction

Headquarters

HQ city

Ragama

HQ country

Sri Lanka

HQ region

Asia

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Consultancy Services: Professional consultancy for designing hotels, apartments, public spaces, industrial spaces, and residencies with interior and landscape design
2. Landscape Design & Construction: Creating living gardens and garden construction including in-built gardens and vertical gardens using own plant nursery
3. Tree Doctor Services: Health assessment, treatment and management of trees and shrubs through visual inspection and corrective measures
4. Plant Sales: Retail sales of plants including kokedama, indoor plants, root ball plants, fruit plants, vegetable plants, herbs, flowering plants through e-commerce platform
5. Green Products & Lifestyle: Sales of pots, fertilizers, tools, furniture, sculptures, lifestyle accessories, and organic food products
6. Green Interior Services: Indoor environmental quality improvement services including design and implementation

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Biophilia provides biophilic design consultancy, landscape architecture, tree healthcare, garden construction and maintenance, and green interior services for hotels, apartments, public spaces, industrial spaces, and residences. The company also operates its own plant nursery enabling end-to-end garden and vertical garden construction, and runs an e-commerce shop (shop.biophilia.lk) selling plants, pots, fertilizers, furniture, lifestyle accessories, and organic food products.

Product overview

Biophilia is a biophilic design and sustainability company offering an integrated portfolio of services and products. Its core service offerings include Consultation, Landscape Design, Tree Doctor, Construction and Maintenance, Green Interior, and Green Products — all centered on creating nature-integrated living and working environments. The company operates the Biophilia Shop (shop.biophilia.lk) as its e-commerce platform, which retails a wide range of plant-related products organized into sub-categories: Plants (kokedama, indoor, root ball, desktop, fruit, vegetable, herbs, flowering, ground covering, palm species, creeper), Seeds, Fertilizers, Pots, Pebbles & Paving, Tools and Equipment, Furniture, Art & Sculptures, Lifestyle products, Organic Foods & Beverages, and Publications. Supporting these offerings is the Plant Database at worldplants.info / Trees.lk, a CSR-driven knowledge platform. The company also provides Carbon Credit Solutions and online lectures on landscape architecture and green building consultancy.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Trees.lk: CSR initiative focused on promoting the importance of growing trees and creating Sri Lanka's first comprehensive plant database.

Products and services

• Consultation Services Expert consultancy services in designing hotels, apartments, public spaces, industrial spaces, and residencies, covering interior and landscape design as well as production of green accessories that enhance green building concepts.
• Landscape Services Creation of living gardens tailored to climate conditions and space use cases including personal, industrial, retail, recreational, and hospitality applications.
• Tree Doctor Services Health and wellbeing assessment for plants and trees in gardens, including visual inspection, health problem detection, treatment, and corrective measure recommendations for trees and shrubs.
• Construction and Maintenance Services Garden construction from scratch using the company's own plant nursery with diverse plant species, including in-built gardens and vertical gardens.
• Green Interior Services Improving indoor air, thermal, lighting, sound, and aesthetic qualities while reducing the impact of built structures on the indoor environment, spanning from initial site visit through to project handover.
• Green Products Eco-friendly lifestyle products including biophilic innovative products, lifestyle accessories, and organic food products.
• Plant Database (worldplants.info / Trees.lk) A comprehensive database of trees and plants providing information on genus, location, uses, and maintenance; Sri Lanka's first such comprehensive plant database.
• Carbon Credit Solutions Sustainability solutions focused on carbon credit generation and preservation of nature-harmonizing environments, bridging modern urban living with the natural world.
• Online Lectures Online consultations and lecturing sessions on landscape architecture, green building consultancy, and environmental design, delivered by certified professionals.
• Biophilia Online Shop (Plants, Seeds, Pots, Tools, Furniture, Lifestyle, Organic Foods) E-commerce storefront at shop.biophilia.lk offering a wide range of plants (kokedama, indoor, fruit, vegetable, herbs, flowering, palm, creeper), seeds, fertilizers, pots, pebbles & paving, tools and equipment, furniture, art and sculptures, lifestyle products, organic foods and beverages, and publications.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Trees.lkcoreOthersCSR initiative focused on promoting the importance of growing trees and replacing disappearing forests while adding quality to lifestyle. Biophilia spearheads this initiative as a signature CSR project.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• OLIN: US landscape architecture and urban design practice integrating ecology and biophilic design into public and commercial spaces. Closest professional-services peer to Biophilia's landscape architecture and biophilic consultancy.
• Bloomscape: US direct-to-consumer online plant retailer with pre-potted plants, design content and care support — overlapping Biophilia's plant retail, design guidance and care/Tree Doctor service offering.
• Plant Circle: Germany-based online plants and pots retailer with strong content/community presence across Europe. Comparable in online plant commerce + content moat (similar role to Biophilia's plant database).
• The Sill: US-based online plant retailer that bundles plants with design/styling advice and subscription plant care. Closely mirrors Biophilia's combination of e-commerce plant sales with biophilic interior advisory services.
• Patch Plants: UK online plant retailer offering curated indoor plants, pots and planters with design-led content and subscription care. Comparable to Biophilia's shop.biophilia.lk + biophilic design positioning for urban consumers.

Broad incumbents

• Costa Farms: One of the largest US growers of indoor and outdoor plants, supplying big-box retailers. Relevant incumbent comparable to Biophilia's nursery operations and plant retail supply chain.
• Ball Horticultural Company: Global horticultural breeder, grower and distributor serving ornamental and landscape markets. Relevant incumbent for nursery stock and propagation know-how underpinning Biophilia's plant nursery.
• White Flower Farm: Established US catalog/online retailer of plants, bulbs and garden products with horticultural content. Comparable incumbent to Biophilia's e-commerce garden retail and content-driven marketing.

Emerging players

• Gardenuity: US-based garden kit and consultancy platform pairing plants with design guidance and ongoing support. Comparable to Biophilia's bundled product + advisory offering for residential and hospitality clients.

Regional players

• Hilverda De Boer: European wholesale nursery and floriculture supplier focused on outdoor and indoor plants for landscape and retail customers. Comparable nursery-wholesale peer to Biophilia's landscape plant nursery in a different geography.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/biophilialandscape

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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