G Team: New starters and updates

Potting has begun at Fresh Acres

As Spring fast approaches, the potting season is well underway for Greenwood Plants. Already, the teams up and down the country have achieved a whopping 250,000 plants potted, and they’re only just getting started. Well done team!

Greenwood gets Plant Healthy certification

We’re pleased to announce that we have been awarded ‘Plant Healthy’ certification, following an audit of our nursery sites. The Plant Healthy Certification Scheme was created by The Plant Health Alliance, which is a collective of British horticultural organisations with a united goal of promoting and enhancing plant health and biosecurity measures. The scheme is aimed at protecting plants and trees from destructive pests and diseases.
“We are delighted to have been certified Plant Healthy, and actively demonstrate our commitment to protecting our environment“ says Managing Director, Melanie Asker.
“The UK horticulture industry is an important part of UK’s trading landscape, and ensuring we grow the sector responsibly and sustainability by proactively managing biosecurity, is essential to our future growth potential.”

Greenwood Annual Kick-off Meeting

On 31st January, we held our annual ‘kick off’ strategy meeting at the Arundel Wetland centre, with all managers and supervisors present to discuss the plans for the year ahead. During the meeting, the team developed the strategy together, as well as agreed key targets to drive the business forward. The meeting included a productive collaborative session, which encouraged creativity and innovation from the team. It was a positive meeting, and really helped to ensure that everyone is onboard and working to the same goals. We also launched our brand new Greenwood Employee Handbook, which by now you should have all received. It contains information about working at Greenwood, being a part of the G team, as well as valuable plant knowledge. Here’s to a positive 2024 for the whole G team!

Greenwood wins AIPH International Grower of the Year:

We were absolutely delighted to have picked up not one, but three awards at the AIPH 2024 International Grower of the Year ceremony! Not only did we win in the ‘Finished Plants and Trees’ and ‘Sustainability’ categories, but we were also awarded the coveted ‘Golden Rose’ as the overall winners. Managing Director Melanie Asker, Commercial Director Alastair Fairbairn, and Greenwood Holland Director Jaap Huisman were there to collect the awards. “We are delighted to have won this award, which is testament to the hard work of our G team”, said Melanie. The International Grower of the Year award was established in 2009 to celebrate industry best practice and recognises the world’s top ornamentals producers.

Employee Focus: Daniel Wozniak

Daniel is the Crop Maintenance Leader, and is responsible for ensuring that our plants are healthy and disease free. He begun working at Greenwood in 2019 as a nursery operative, and has since progressed to his current role, which has been instrumental in our recent success in attaining ‘Plant Healthy’ certification.