LANDSCAPING SERVICES
Q&A WITH THE
UK’S LEADING SUPPLIER
OF LANDSCAPE & GARDEN PLANTS
With the end of 2019 vastly
approaching what have you
noticed in the trends this year
regarding orders and popular
products?
A combination of tried & tested
functional old favourites and
inspirational high profile lines aimed
at the retail market.
What would say have been your
most popular product of this
year and would you have said
it would be this product at the
start of the year?
For sheer numbers the obvious
answer is native broadleaf hedging
– Hawthorn, Blackthorn, Field Maple
and Holly etc in a variety of 1 and
2 year sizes. Lavenders remain an
inspirational winner – our supply
topping 110,000 this year. Texture,
form and colour continues to
inspire and our sale of Herbaceous
Perennials is becoming dominant
without our portfolio – 20 years ago
demand was practically zero!
Have you undertaken any large
case studies this year you would
like to draw attention to?
The Event Complex Aberdeen
We recently teamed up with p1
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Contractors Ltd to supply over
£150,000 worth of plants for a multi-
million-pound Scottish conference/
exhibition centre and largest new
entertainment complex in Europe.
Replacing the Aberdeen Exhibition
& Conference Centre (AECC), The
Event Complex Aberdeen (TECA)
is a £330 million development that
opened in August 2019; it includes a
new arena, conference halls, a multi-
purpose space, hotels and more.
The new arena will host acts such
as Rod Stewart, Michael Buble,
Lewis Capaldi and Elton John in the
coming months; it is set to attract
an additional 4.5 million visitors
bringing £113m of extra spend to the
Scottish economy.
Our supply included nearly 40,000
shrubs, 170 three-metre-wide hedera
screens, over 30,000 bare-root
transplants and more than 400 trees.
Linlithgow-based p1 was responsible
for all the soft landscaping on the
project, soiling all areas around the
complex along with seeding works
and tree, shrub and woodland
planting around the site.
Ronnie Blair Contracts Manager
for the project on behalf of p1
Contractors Ltd, added: “Having
a company such as Johnsons of
Whixley working with us on such
a large-scale project has been
very reassuring, Iain has taken the
time to come up to Scotland and
walk the site offering information
on the planting to help me with
the contract. With the opening of
the new complex on the horizon,
I am excited about the prospect
of returning in a few years to see
what it looks like with a bit of
maturity something which should
be in keeping with the ambitious
company we are.”
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