Who we are
Plant Up CIC was officially formed in February 2025 by Kate Drummond and Mary Redmond, both established artists and gardeners with strong community development skills and a shared commitment to, and experience of, creating open-access equitable biodiverse green spaces.
Kate Drummond
Kate works with design, people and nature in community settings. She is an experienced practitioner in place-based design and creative community development, with a strong track
record of delivering inclusive, imaginative, and meaningful work in the public realm across the UK.
In 2025 Kate undertook a Masters Architectural Studies at Glasgow School of Art - passing with distinction, and winning both the GSA Sustainability Prize and The Chairs Medal for the Mackintosh School of Architecture.
Website: www.kate-and.co
We believe:
Mary Redmond
Copy to be written.
Public green space should be open, generous and free to access.
Communities deserve a say in how surroundings are shaped.
Climate-resilient design should be practical, creative and joyful.
Doing the work matters as much as talking about it.
Care Not Capital
In 2025, Mary & Kate were the only Scottish participants selected for the inaugural cohort of John Little & Susannah Grant’s Care Not Capital ‘Modern Gardener’ training; a pioneering programme in sustainable public horticulture focusing on specialist skills in climate-resilient planting, habitat creation, SuDS/rain garden design, and ecological approaches to post-industrial landscape design.
Care Not Capital was developed in response to a persistent imbalance in urban development, where significant investment is directed towards the design and construction of green infrastructure, but little is reserved for the long-term care of these spaces or the people who maintain them.
Care Not Capital proposes a bottom-up, care-led model of green space management, challenging conventional top-down approaches that prioritise fabrication, materials and ‘things’ over ongoing care, stewardship - and people.
Partners and Funders
Plant Up is supported by a strong and growing network of delivery partners and clients across the housing, public, and commercial sectors. Current partners include Partick Housing Association, Peel Waters, Glasgow City Council and Glasgow Life.
Our work to date has been supported by a wide range of national, regional, and local funders, reflecting strong external confidence in our approach and impact. These include Creative Scotland, The National Lottery – Together for Our Planet Fund, Climate Action Fund, Glasgow Wellbeing Fund, LandSec Futures, Glasgow University’s GRID Programme, Glasgow City Council’s River Activation Programme, Action Earth, and local Area Partnership Funds (Anderston; City & Yorkhill; Partick & Thornwood). Additional support has come from community and charitable funders including The Incorporation of Gardeners, The Anderston Weavers, Arnold Clark Communities Fund, and ASDA Community Fund.