MONTH IN REVIEW
ADMINISTRATION
GREEN MOON PLANTS APPOINTS BDO AS ADMINISTRATORS
Green Moon Plants has appointed accountancy and business advisory firm BDO as administrators after it announced it was to close last month .
BDO business restructuring partners Eddie Kerr and Martha Thompson have been appointed joint administrators of Green Moon Plants .
The company , based in Bedfordshire which had David White and Karen Gill as directors , was a plant trading business that specialised in seed processing for propagation .
Chessum Plants , where White and Gill are also directors , is now dealing directly with retailers rather than via Green Moon . The administration has no effect on another related company , garden retailer Home & Garden .
Green Moon Plants ceased to trade prior to the appointment of administrators . The company had no employees upon appointment and there have been no redundancies in the administration .
Eddie Kerr , BDO business restructuring partner , said : “ Unfortunately the economic climate and difficult trading conditions significantly affected the business . The joint administrators are taking all necessary steps to mitigate losses to customers and , going forward , will seek to maximise recoveries for the benefit of all creditors .”
The new upgrades – though simple in their implementation - mean we can increase the product range we keep on the shelf , as well as creating a safer and more welcoming work environment for our staff .”
Michael Wooldridge , managing director , Woodlodge
AWARDS
RHS ANNOUNCES VICTORIA MEDAL OF HONOUR IN HORTICULTURE WINNERS
The Royal Horticultural Society ( RHS ), has announced the recipients of its 2018 RHS Annual Awards event .
The highest accolade the RHS can award is The Victoria Medal of Honour in Horticulture , which has been given to British horticulturists Charles Williams , Carol Klein and Peter Catt .
Williams , a senior partner of Burncoose Nurseries , has contributed to raising the profile of gardening , the horticultural industry and employment opportunities in Cornwall through his work with the nursery and as owner of Caerhays Castle Garden .
Klein worked to promote and encourage the practice of horticulture as a nursery woman , horticultural designer , author , journalist and broadcaster .
Catt , director of Liss Forest Nursery and chairman of the RHS Woody Plant Trials sub-committee , president of Liss Horticultural Society and vice president of Liphook and Bramshot Horticultural Society is a highly skilled plant propagator . He has also made a significant contribution to amateur gardening and his nursery provides a training for horticultural students .
ENVIRONMENT
HTA INTRODUCES RECYCLING SCHEME FOR MEMBERS
The Horticultural Trades Association ( HTA ) has launched a recycling scheme for its members enabling businesses of all sizes to responsibly recycle their plastic and other waste and enhance their green credentials .
The group has partnered with with specialist waste recycling firm Ecogen , based in Winchester , which already works with a number of garden centres and wholesale nurseries across the country .
Martin Simmons , HTA director of operations , said : “ Plastics and recycling have become even higher on the national agenda since the coverage on Blue Planet II showing how waste plastic impacts our natural world . Within the garden industry we do have a responsibility to recycle what we currently use , as well as develop innovative alternative solutions .”
He added : “ This is an issue that we take very seriously as do our members and their customers . Whilst plastic recycling has been more economical for our larger members this is the first time that we have been able to offer a national recycling solution for members of all sizes .”
12 Landscape Insight | April 2018