Yorkshire horticultural nursery Johnsons of Whixley is celebrating another strong period of sales, after supplying major new projects nationwide.
The business recently reported one of its best ever financial years, while chairman John Richardson, who celebrated his 80th birthday last month, was recently named one of the inaugural recipients of a Rural Excellence Lifetime Achievement Award from The Yorkshire Post.
The firm’s wholesale commercial team has also been working hard to ensure that their recent momentum continues, with three significant new contract wins, worth a total of more than £300,000.
Johnsons supplied plants totalling £13,000 to a new garden built in the grounds of Maggie’s Centre, across the Pennines, in Oldham.
Maggie’s Centre offers practical, emotional and social support for those with cancer, along with their family and friends.
The garden will provide a peaceful and beautiful setting for people with cancer, friends and family members to relax and reflect.
Meanwhile, tens of thousands of plants supplied by Johnsons of Whixley Wholesale Commercial to the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire are now full established, having bloomed during the summer.
A total of 38,000 plants were supplied to the Arboretum, on the edge of the National Forest in Staffordshire, which is home to more than 300 memorials commemorating fallen soldiers, members of the emergency services and civilian organisations.
The business has also been making inroads into the caravan and static home park industry.
As part of a contract worth in excess of £10,000, the business supplied hardy plants ‘for all seasons’ to Easington Beach Holiday and Leisure Park and Sandy Beaches Holiday Park, which are both located in East Yorkshire.
Johnsons of Whixley group managing director, Graham Richardson, said: “Following an excellent performance during our last financial year, it’s pleasing that we have been able to maintain our momentum in recent months.
“There’s a real variety to the work we do in the commercial sector, and it’s always fantastic to see our products and services making a such a visible difference to beautiful settings throughout the country.”
Based equidistant between York and Harrogate, Johnsons of Whixley is one of the largest commercial nursery businesses in Europe, and a trusted supplier of plants and trees to the amenity sector in the UK.
