Johnsons of Whixley has supplied a range of trees and shrubs totalling £20,000 to a recently-completed residential development on a historic & iconic site in York. The North Yorkshire-based horticultural nursey, which recently celebrated its best ever financial year, has supplied plants as part of the conversion of the Grade
The founder of The Landscape Agency Patrick James, who created it as far back as 1998, has passed the baton of Managing Director to Alex Robinson. The Agency is reportedly very satisfied with this and are confident that the move will secure the long-running success of the company and ensure
BDC 319 : Aug 2024
Johnsons of Whixley has supplied a range of trees and shrubs totalling £20,000 to a recently-completed residential development on a historic & iconic site in York. The North Yorkshire-based horticultural nursey, which recently celebrated its best ever financial year, has supplied plants as part of the conversion of the Grade 11 listed Terry’s Factory. Johnsons has supplied 40 mature trees and 2,000 shrubs as part of the wider development, equating to the majority of the plants on site. The art deco building, which will be known as The Residence, first opened in 1926 and was the home of famous brands including Terry’s Chocolate Orange and All Gold Chocolates. The factory closed in 2005 and it fell into serious disrepair in the years that followed, which resulted in the building being officially declared ‘at-risk’ by English Heritage The building has since been purchased by Henry Boot Developments, who have converted it into 170 apartments across five floors. Johnsons of Whixley amenity sales manager, Andrew Barker, said: “The new development at The Terry’s Factory looks fantastic, and it’s been a pleasure to work alongside developers Henry Boot and David Wilson, alongside Bob Gascoyne Landscape Seeding, on the project. “We have an excellent track record in the house building and residential development sector, and take particular pride in the quality of our products, the level of service and our ability to meet tight deadlines.” The luxury apartments and penthouses at The Terry’s Factory range in price from £194,950 to £649,950, and the building features landscaped boulevard, boutique-style lobby and concierge desk. The total cost of the development is £38m. 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.
The founder of The Landscape Agency Patrick James, who created it as far back as 1998, has passed the baton of Managing Director to Alex Robinson. The Agency is reportedly very satisfied with this and are confident that the move will secure the long-running success of the company and ensure the future is forever bright at The Landscape Agency. Mister Robinson’s background is not that of a new outsider: he has been with the company for the last seven years as a Senior Landscape Architect and seems to be fully at home within his new position. Commenting on his new appointment, Mister Robinson expressed his unadulterated passion for landscaping architecture. It is clear that when Robinson looks at a large tract of space, what he does not see is a mere plot of land but a goldmine of various different possibilities, a Pandora’s Box of architectural landscaping potential. As for the founder Patrick James, he will still oversee the future of TLA but in a less managerial position, acting instead in the more stately role as its Director and Founder. Mister James is pleased by this sequence of events, and sees the appointment of a new managing director to his company as a way to celebrate its upcoming 20th birthday with the style and panache that it so blatantly deserves. Based in York, The Landscape Agency has worked with numerous leading architects and concerns itself with subjects in the field as diverse as land regeneration to country houses and stately homes. Their rapport with environmentalists and concern for the ecosystem has also ensured that The Landscape Agency maintains good relations and an equable balance between modern 21st Century development and preserving the wonderful natural landscapes and vistas that the British public hold with such pride and high regard. And with a new enthusiastic Managing Director at its helm with experience from within the company itself, it seems that things can only get better for The Landscape Agency.
