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• NEC Interior Show 2012

  31 January 2012 by Keith Kirkham

  Another huge success for Ascott Designs at this years Interiors Show at the NEC, Birmingham. I would like to thank everybody for all their hard work! The stand looked brilliant with all the new designs. Well Done!

      

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• PHS Greenleaf continue its Royal Appointment Warrant

  17 January 2012 by Keith Kirkham

  

   

  "By appointment to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II Installers and Maintainers of Plant Displays PHS Greenleaf. " I am delighted to announce that our Warrant to The Queen has been extended for a further three year period. On behalf of everyone at PHS Greenleaf including myself we feel very honoured to be able to continue providing our service at such a prestigious level.

   

   

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• PHS Greenleaf "deck the halls" of London residences

  12 December 2011 by Keith Kirkham

  This week one of our London Design teams brought Christmas to a private residence in Park Lane. Prestigious residential designs have boomed this year for PHS Greenleaf including interior planting, fresh flowers and of course festive pre-decorated Christmas trees.

  Another lovely design by the team, Well Done!

   

  

   

   

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• Christmas comes to Great Ormond Street Hospital

  06 December 2011 by Keith Kirkham

  Christmas has well and truly arrived at Great Ormond Street Hospital this year thanks to our dedicated new sales executive Neil Saunders. At such a busy time for PHS Greenleaf Neil even assisted with the deliveries at Birmingham. Since the hospitals formation in 1852, the hospital has been dedicated to children's healthcare and to finding new and better ways to treat childhood illnesses. Each year there are over 192,000 patient visits to the hospital. A fantastic display was created by the Greenleaf team which looks to have been enjoyed already by the patients at this wonderful hospital.

  Many thanks Neil and Well Done!

                        

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• The Sky's the limit!

  29 November 2011 by Keith Kirkham

  The Grape & Olive, Swansea has just had it's first Christmas Install on the 28th Floor of Meridian Tower (the tallest building in Wales!)

  Well done to Marc Davies on organising this. I hear the tree looks magnificent!

   

  http://swansea.grapeandolive.co.uk/

   

  

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• Greenleaf catch up with Treescapes International

  22 November 2011 by Keith Kirkham

  This week I had lunch with Dennis Gabrick, CEO of Treescapes International. He was in the UK as part of a world trip meeting clients and checking on some of his installations in the UK. Greenleaf has worked with Dennis on the prestigious Trafford centre and O2 arena projects in the UK.

  Treescapes international are looking to export to the UK many varieties of replica trees.

  It was good to see Dennis looking so well.  

  www.treescapes.com

   

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• Brightening the borough

  15 November 2011 by Keith Kirkham

  I recently visited some of the planting at our Epsom and Ewell contract to find a wonderful combination of yellow and purple displays. All the planting was grown by Mark Isles in our nurseries. We have received great feedback from members of the public who are delighted to have a bright and attractive scheme for the borough.

    

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• Old Customs House Fabulous New Planting

  09 November 2011 by Keith Kirkham

  Julie Westfoot our young sales manager in the south has just won the fabulous planting contract at old customs house in gun wharf keys Portsmouth. Well done to Julie anybody in the area will know of this famous building, the planting is being grown at our nurseries and installed in October. This client has also ordered a large Christmas tree which will look stunning at a very busy time for our customer.

  　

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• An escape from Christmas for our Marketing Exec

  03 November 2011 by Keith Kirkham

  I managed to catch up with our Greenleaf Marketing Exec Kate earlier today, she told me how she managed to escape Christmas yesterday with a trip to the

  Nottingham Races on behalf of the PHS Group."It was a great day out and the weather held up, luckily. Just a shame I wasn't as lucky with my bets."

   

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• Delightful new winter planting

  27 October 2011 by Keith Kirkham

  Recently I was around and about in London and delighted to see our new winter planting looking so good at one of our prestigious riverside developments in wandsworth.Feature box balls were used with flowering red cyclamen all grown at our nurseries in west London .You will see our outstanding winter schemes all over central London. Thanks go to Byron Hickman and his team another delighted Greenleaf customer.

  

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• A happy customer for Clarissa

  21 October 2011 by Keith Kirkham

  Greenleaf have had another high profile install for ebay. Clarissa James signed the new contract and personally attented the installation to ensure everything went smoothly.

  Thanks also to Barbara Bilkus who maintains the site.

  Once again another great site and great name to add to our list.

  Well done Clarissa and Barbara.

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• Another Major Project Complete

  14 October 2011 by Keith Kirkham

  Cramlington Learning Centre has recently been transformed by Ruth and the team from our Glasgow depot. It was a complete new design created by Jack Elliot on his first big project for Greenleaf. The client is delighted with the installation which included our feature trees, cinnamomum camphor, flowering hibiscus, giant golden bamboo and imported Italian olive trees.

  We will be constructing a case study with all the details to be viewed at www.phsgreenleaf.co.uk/interior-plants/major-landscaping-projects/case-studies.aspx

  Our thanks go to all the team involved in this major project.

  

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

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• Christmas comes early to Ammanford!

  03 October 2011 by Keith Kirkham

  An early delivery of this year's Christmas Trees has arrived in Ammanford to ensure everyone gets into the spirit of things. The team say it already looks like a Santa's Grotto in the office.

  Apparantly they've gone down a treat with the other tele-appointing teams too...who are already picking their favourite for around the site in December.

  Pictured amongst the Christmas trees are the Greenleaf team - Lucy Price, Jackie Jones, Jenna Geary, Jess Lewis, Kayleigh Hetherington & Kevin Brown.

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• New recruit from Waterlogic

  26 September 2011 by Keith Kirkham

  I would like to make a warm welcome to our latest recruit, Neil Saunders to Greenleaf.

  Neil has joined us from PHS Waterlogic in Hampshire and Surrey. Neil's background has been in Sales within the Vending Industry since moving to Hampshire 14 years ago from the Midlands with his wife and step-daughter. When not at work Neil can be found out and about on his motor bike or outdoors enjoying family life.

  Looking forward to the new challenges ahead within Greenleaf, Neil describes his new role as "a very exciting opportunity and so far I have met some wonderful people within the division".

   

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• Christmas Brochure Photoshoot

  14 September 2011 by Keith Kirkham

  Last week Marketing were busy doing the Christmas shoot for next years brochure at the Britannia Royal Court Hotel in Coventry www.britanniaroyalcourthotel.co.uk. It was Kate’s (our new Marketing Exec) first shoot for the division and it looks like some good shots were taken.

  I caught up with Kate after the two days: "I really enjoyed myself on the shoot, even if it does seem a bit strange to be talking about Christmas so soon. We managed to get lots of varied photos with all the new trees and i’m amazed in the amount of work that goes into the trees looking just so!"

  This years Christmas tree hire brochure is available to download now.

   

   

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• Movement for Mark

  05 September 2011 by Keith Kirkham

  Since March 2011 Mark has been working in PHS Greenleaf as a manual irrigation technician and has recently moved into the world of Grounds maintenance. Previously a site manager in the construction industry Mark brings experience in Health & Safety and managing programmed works as well as strong people management skills. I am told he is relishing is new task and will be attending college to further his skills. When not out and about with PHS Greenleaf Mark is a keen golfer and is partial to a game of outdoor bowls.

  

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• Investors In People

  31 August 2011 by Keith Kirkham

  PHS does it again!

  

   

  I am delighted to announce that PHS has once again been recognised as an Investor in People. Within PHS we believe that “Our people make the difference”, specialising in making your workplace better. Not just with great products but with great services delivered by great people.

  The external review involved scheduling over 150 interviews for our three IiP assessors, who visited every one of our divisions, including our very own PHS Greenleaf.

   

   

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• Out and About in Windsor

  23 August 2011 by Keith Kirkham

   

  Looking "Bloomin’ fabulous" The Royal Oak pub has recently been transformed by our vibrant, eye-catching hanging baskets. Even on a cloudy day, the flowers make the pub look really cheerful and inviting I must say.

   

   

   

   

  

  River House Restaurant and Bar are also out to impress this year, showcasing some beautiful baskets upon this lovely riverfront dining area. A perfect place to stop for atleast a drink and appetizer whilst soaking in the scenery. (if I do say so myself).

   

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• Out and About in Banbury

  10 August 2011 by Keith Kirkham

  

  I can't believe it's a year since we last attended Ball Colegrave's Open Day in Banbury - time doesn't half fly when you're busy!  Greenleaf has had one of the busiest seasons I can remember for exterior hanging baskets and exterior landscaping generally so it was great to take some time out and look at ideas for next year.

  We particularly liked the wall flower arrangements and colourful bedding plant options,so plenty of food for thought for our product range next year.   

  I think it's a great idea for our sales staff to be hands on when it comes to exterior plant ideas and they certainly enjoyed the day. 

  (I have to point out though that the photo above was taken at our recent Holland/Belgium soiree in case you're trying to work out where on the Ball Colegrave site this image was taken!)

   

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• Boxing Clever at Cheltenham

  29 July 2011 by Keith Kirkham

  Whilst out and about in Cheltenham last week, I spotted an installation of Boxwood Hedging that Greenleaf has recently carried out.  Popular bar Copa, has certainly had its exterior uplifted by the new boxwood installation, and I’m sure you’d agree that the hedging has added a modern touch to the building, whilst complementing the white and green colour scheme. A big thanks to the installation team who carried out this job for us, the finish looks perfect.
  
  

  

   

     

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