Sustainability

Greenwood Plants is a landscape supply nursery which specialises in the new build property, commercial, and infrastructure sectors. With over 100 acres of production capacity, it produces around six million plants a year across its six nursery sites in the UK, and employs more than 120 people. Greenwood aims to become the best in the horticultural industry through the consistent delivery of an effortless client experience.

It is an award-winning sustainability leader, fully peat-free and working towards becoming net zero.. With a loyal and growing client base, Greenwood prides itself on its fast and flexible national deliveries, its client-first approach, and its international supply chain.

Greenwood’s culture is based on its ‘Every Plant Matters’ philosophy, which encourages excellence, teamwork, and transparency. The Company recognises that its employees (the ‘G Team’) are its most valuable asset, and places great importance on employee safety, training, engagement, and wellbeing.

Allensmore Nurseries is a family-owned grower supplier and trader of ornamental plants to supermarkets, DIY/Box stores, garden centre chains and independent garden centres in the UK.

With over 50 years of trading experience the business operates on 140 acres of Herefordshire land and has built an enviable reputation for exceptional product and service quality across a broad product range supplied to a diverse customer base. Business strategy is aligned to four Pillars of Growth, for environment, people, community and customers.

Sustainable production is at the heart of the everything the business undertakes. Not only reducing environmental impact but having a positive impact on the local environment and support for the local community is key to how the business operates.

Brookdale Treeland Nurseries is one of the largest and most respected growers of garden plants in Canada specializing in trees, flowering shrubs, evergreens, perennials and tropicals. They are also the largest provider of holiday greenery in Canada and one of the top 5 in North America.

Established in 1983 as a combined entity, Brookdale Kingsway dates back to the 1920’s while Treeland Nurseries was founded by Paul Olsen in 1977. The newly formed company grew by leaps and bounds throughout the 1980’s and 1990’s focused on Landscape Supply eventually turning focus to Retailers in the mid 90’s.

Today they operate from 5 locations in Canada with over 500 acres in production. They service over 2,400 retail stores throughout Canada and the US and peak at nearly 600 employees. They have a loyal, long serving team of professionals along with many new, young people learning the trade in our wonderful industry.

Anthura is a worldwide specialist in anthuriums and orchids. As a breeder and propagator, Anthura is constantly working to develop new techniques, stimulate entrepreneurship and make the chain more sustainable.

Anthura reached a unique milestone for horticulture when its research and development department sequenced and mapped the DNA of orchids and Anthriums. The company has since invested in infrastructure, technology and people to translate this breakthrough into a more sustainable production of anthuriums and orchids. Years of innovation and sustainable product development have resulted in an unlimited assortment of colourful varieties. Due to Anthura’s knowledge of genetics and its expert selection process, it offers customers strong plants in amazing colours with long flowering periods. Anthura stands for innovation, expertise, pragmatism and entrepreneurship which are encompassed in its motto: “Unlimited in Varieties, offering unlimited possibilities”

Inner Mongolia M•Grass Ecological Environment (Group) Co. is an innovative business working throughout the entire chain from plant production to application.

This ranges from domesticating wild plants to the propagation of domesticated plants, from seed/bulbs and young plants to finished plants and applying them in ecological restoration and urban greening projects. The company produces over 1 million lily bulbs, 10 million finished plants and trees and 1,000 tons of seeds a year to be used in their projects. The company was listed in 2012.