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Horticulture Companies in the UK: 1,873 Active Firms (2026)
Horticulture companies in the UK grow, propagate and supply plants, crops, trees and ornamentals under plant-health rules.
Retail, landscaping and food-chain buyers tend to set the shape of demand, with procurement, category, agronomy and operations teams all involved before plants or crops move. Most relationships are business-to-business rather than consumer-led: specialist nurseries supply garden-sector buyers, edible-crop growers serve processors and food chains, and larger wholesale suppliers manage logistics and cold-chain requirements. Engagements often run as seasonal wholesale lots, contract-growing programmes or repeat supply arrangements, where crop reliability, biosecurity paperwork and delivery timing matter as much as price.
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1,873 horticulture companies are actively trading in the UK, giving the sector a sizeable but fragmented base of specialist nurseries, growers and plant-supply firms. Reported headcount totals 4,472 among employers that disclose staff numbers. The commercial centre of gravity sits with employer businesses serving retailers, landscapers, food supply chains and garden-sector buyers, while many smaller firms remain tied to local growing conditions, seasonal demand and compliance overheads.
Plant-health compliance sits close to daily operations, not just import paperwork. Defra and the Animal and Plant Health Agency oversee controls on certain plants, seeds, soil, plant products, fruit, vegetables, cut flowers and foliage. Depending on activity, operators may need classification checks, phytosanitary certificates, plant passports and inspections. Importers of controlled material must register with the relevant competent authority, while exporters outside Great Britain must meet destination-country plant-health requirements. APHA authorisation is needed for operators issuing plant passports, and the Horticultural Trades Association is a relevant trade body for garden and ornamental growers.
Scale appears uneven, with specialist nurseries, propagation businesses and multi-site growers operating alongside many smaller, locally anchored firms. Demand tends to be shaped by retail ranging cycles, food-chain procurement, landscaping work and garden-sector confidence rather than any uniform buyer group. Compliance costs may favour operators that already run disciplined crop-management, biosecurity and logistics processes. Acquisitions and partnerships are likely to cluster around cold-chain capacity, protected growing and dependable wholesale supply, while recent entrants may find plant-health administration and buyer qualification a slower route to revenue than software-style growth models.
1,873
Active firms
2026
133
Above £5M turnover
Company count
305
Incorporated since 2022
Newer registrations
Key facts
About 7% of the trading cohort reports turnover above £5M (133 of 1,873 firms) — the rest sits below that revenue band.
16% of the cohort was incorporated since 2022 (305 firms), so a sizeable share is in its first few filing cycles.
Defra and the Animal and Plant Health Agency oversee plant-health controls covering imports and movement of certain plants, seeds, soil and plant products.
Plant passports are required for regulated plant material moved within Great Britain, and operators issuing them must be authorised by APHA.
Defra put UK home-produced vegetables at just over £2 billion in 2024, fruit at just under £1.1 billion and ornamentals at £1.7 billion.
Home production accounted for 53% of UK fresh vegetable supply and 15% of fresh fruit supply in 2024; imports were 2.2 million tonnes for vegetables and 3.3 million tonnes for fruit.
The UK Food Security Report 2024 describes the overall food balance as around 60:40 domestic production to trade, with a 62% production-to-supply ratio for all food and 75% for indigenous foods in 2023.
Top UK Horticulture companies
Flavourfresh Salads Limited
Trajectory
2y · 2023–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 2 filingsGrows and supplies glasshouse fruit and salad produce, specialising in tomatoes, strawberries and blackberries. Cultivates and trials new crop varieties, harvests and packs produce, and supplies…
Serves UK supermarket partners and fresh produce retail buyers, with end consumers reached through retail channels for tomatoes, strawberries and blackberries.
Financial Health
StrongStrong · -8% CAGR over 1y
Location
The Green House Growers Ltd
Trajectory
3y · 2022–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 3 filingsGrows tomatoes and cucumbers in greenhouse nurseries and supplies UK supermarkets. Activities include cultivation, harvesting and packing of fresh produce, using controlled‑environment growing…
Sells primarily to UK supermarket and grocery retail buyers, with fresh produce reaching household consumers through chains such as Sainsbury’s and Tesco.
Financial Health
DistressedDistressed
Location
THE SUMMER BERRY COMPANY UK
Trajectory
3y · 2022–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 3 filingsCultivates and supplies strawberries, raspberries, blueberries and blackberries using glasshouses, polytunnels and outdoor farms. Activities include plant husbandry, harvesting, cooling, packing,…
Serves grocery retailers and fresh produce buyers in the UK and Republic of Ireland, with products ultimately aimed at consumers buying berries through retail channels.
Financial Health
WeakWeak · -18% CAGR over 2y
Location
Operates large-scale glasshouse facilities producing salad vegetables including tomatoes, cucumbers and peppers. Uses hydroponic growing systems, artificial lighting and controlled environments to…
Serves UK fresh-produce buyers, grocery retailers and supply-chain partners seeking commercial-scale British-grown salad vegetables, including tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers.
Location
Plant Raisers Limited
Trajectory
3y · 2023–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 3 filingsPropagates and supplies young vegetable plants for commercial horticulture, including grafted tomato plants and seedlings of cucumbers, peppers and aubergines. Provides plant propagation processes…
Serves professional horticultural growers and commercial nurseries in the UK and Europe, particularly businesses producing tomato, cucumber, pepper and aubergine crops.
Financial Health
StableStable · -8% CAGR over 2y
Location
Seven Oaks Salads Limited
Trajectory
3y · 2023–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 3 filingsCommercial grower of leafy salads and ornamental plants. Produces salad crops and seasonal bedding plants and supplies them to supermarkets, wholesalers, and plant nurseries, including contract…
Serves B2B customers in the British horticulture and fresh produce markets, including retail multiples, wholesalers and nurseries needing volume salads, bedding plants and seasonal plant ranges.
Financial Health
StableStable · 0% CAGR over 2y
Location
Yorkshire Grown Produce Limited
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsProduces speciality tomato varieties in controlled glasshouse environments. Cultivates, harvests and supplies fresh British tomatoes using renewable-heated greenhouses, rainwater irrigation and…
Sells B2B to fresh produce buyers, including retailers and supply-chain customers seeking British tomatoes with consistent quality, shelf life, food safety assurance and sustainability standards.
Financial Health
StableStable · -13% CAGR over 4y
Location
LOVANIA NURSERIES LIMITED
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsProduces and supplies ornamental plants for garden centres and retailers, including alpine plants, bedding plants, shrubs, perennials, potted bulbs and seasonal plants. Operates horticultural…
Sells to national retailers and independent garden centres across the UK, targeting trade buyers responsible for garden centre plant ranges and seasonal retail offers.
Financial Health
StableStable · -68% CAGR over 4y
Location
SEVEN OAKS NURSERIES LIMITED
Trajectory
4y · 2023–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 4 filingsCommercial grower of leafy salads, bedding plants and seasonal ornamental plants. Produces and supplies plants and salad crops to supermarkets, wholesalers and nurseries, and provides contract…
Serves B2B customers in the British horticulture and fresh produce markets, including retail multiples, wholesalers and nurseries needing volume salads, bedding plants and seasonal ranges.
Financial Health
HealthyHealthy · Hiring · 22% CAGR over 3y
Location
ROBINSONS NURSERIES LIMITED
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsGrows horticultural produce including speciality tomatoes and ornamental plants. Produces young plants and finished bedding plants at commercial scale, supplying retailers, wholesale markets and…
Serves B2B customers in horticulture and fresh produce, including multiple retailers, wholesale markets and trade buyers sourcing tomatoes, young plants and finished ornamental plants.
Financial Health
StrongStrong · Growing, Hiring · 32% CAGR over 4y
Location
Kernock Park Plants Limited
Trajectory
3y · 2022–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 3 filingsPropagates and supplies young ornamental plants, including plug plants and liners, to commercial growers. Produces annuals, perennials, grasses, shrubs and other nursery plants in trays or small pots…
Serves B2B horticultural customers, primarily wholesale growers needing young ornamental plants and liners to grow on for retail supply across the UK, Ireland and mainland Europe.
Financial Health
StableStable · -3% CAGR over 2y
Location
T & E FORSHAW LIMITED
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsOperates a glasshouse nursery growing seasonal bedding plants, micro leaves, salad crops and flowers. Packs and supplies fresh produce and plants to garden centres, wholesale markets and supermarkets.
Serves garden centres, wholesale markets, wholesalers and supermarkets, primarily as a B2B supplier with a local Lancashire supply emphasis.
Financial Health
StableStable · -69% CAGR over 4y
Location
TODDINGTON NURSERIES LIMITED
Trajectory
3y · 2022–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 3 filingsOperates a commercial plant nursery producing chrysanthemum mother stock, cut flowers, shrubs, and other nursery plants. Grows and propagates plants in glasshouses and polytunnels for supply to…
Financial Health
WeakWeak · -12% CAGR over 2y
Location
Woodland Wholesale Ltd
Trajectory
3y · 2022–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 3 filingsOperates an ornamental plant nursery growing and wholesaling bedding plants, pot plants, hanging baskets and seasonal varieties such as poinsettia and cyclamen. Propagates plants in controlled…
Sells B2B to large national garden centre chains, independent garden centres and retail channels such as QVC, with nationwide distribution across the UK.
Financial Health
HealthyHealthy · Hiring · 20% CAGR over 2y
Location
BONINGALE LIMITED
Trajectory
5y · 2020–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsOperates horticultural nurseries that grow, source, and supply shrubs and other plants for landscaping and large-scale industry projects. Produces plants across multiple production sites and…
Serves B2B customers in the horticulture and landscape sectors, particularly organisations delivering large-scale industry projects and landscape market buyers needing plant supply.
Financial Health
StableStable · -10% CAGR over 4y
Location
Tamar Nurseries Limited
Trajectory
5y · 2020–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsOperates a plant nursery growing and supplying shrubs, herbaceous plants, perennials, trees, and hedging. Propagates and pots plants and distributes them to landscapers, local authorities, designers,…
Serves local authorities and commercial landscaping buyers, including landscapers, landscape designers and estate managers needing nursery-grown plants, trees, shrubs and hedging.
Financial Health
HealthyHealthy · Hiring · 7% CAGR over 5y
Location
JOHNSONS NURSERIES (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsOperates a wholesale plant nursery growing and supplying trees, shrubs and ornamental plants. Provides contract growing and large-scale plant supply to landscape contractors, garden centres and trade…
Serves B2B horticultural customers across the UK, including landscape contractors on public and private schemes, independent garden centres, retail chains, and trade professionals such as garden…
Financial Health
StrongStrong
Location
Les Halman Nurseries Ltd
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsPropagates and grows garden plants for wholesale supply to the horticultural trade. Produces bedding and basket plants, contract-grown plants for landscaping and local authority projects, and…
Serves trade-only wholesale customers, including garden centres across the UK, plus local authorities and landscaping companies needing contract-grown plant material.
Financial Health
StableStable · -9% CAGR over 4y
Location
Deepdale Trees Holdings Ltd
Trajectory
4y · 2022–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 4 filingsOperates a tree nursery growing and supplying semi‑mature trees, shrubs and hedging plants. Wholesales over 300 plant varieties to professional customers such as landscapers, garden designers and…
Serves B2B professional trade customers across the UK and Europe, including landscapers, landscape architects, garden designers and major construction firms working on planting and landscape projects.
Financial Health
WeakWeak
Location
FOUR CROSSES NURSERY LTD
Trajectory
4y · 2022–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 4 filingsGrows and supplies container‑grown shrubs and perennial plants for the wholesale horticulture market. Produces large volumes of nursery stock for garden centres, landscapers, and plant distributors,…
Serves wholesale horticulture customers across the UK and EU, including trade buyers needing nursery stock for garden retail, landscaping, and related plant supply markets.
Financial Health
StrongStrong · Hiring · 20% CAGR over 3y
Location
Poplar Farm Flowers Limited
Trajectory
3y · 2022–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 3 filingsGrows and supplies cut flowers for the retail market, specialising in forced tulips. Produces tulips and other flowers including peonies, gladioli, lilies and sunflowers using glasshouse cultivation…
Serves major UK supermarket chains and grocery retailers that source British-grown cut flowers for retail sale.
Financial Health
StrongStrong · Profitable, Growing · 2% CAGR over 2y
Location
GROWUP FARMS LIMITED
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsOperates vertical farms producing salad leaves and leafy greens grown indoors without pesticides using controlled light and nutrients. Supplies packaged salad products, including baby leaf mixes, to…
Sells to grocery retailers and reaches consumers shopping through UK supermarkets and online grocers, including Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Ocado, Co-op, Booths, Morrisons, Spar and Iceland.
Financial Health
DistressedDistressed · -30% CAGR over 4y
Location
M G Webber West Country Grown Limited
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsOperates a wholesale plant nursery growing and supplying seasonal bedding plants, patio plants, hanging baskets, cyclamen, violas and hardy perennials. Provides plant stock, product catalogue and…
Serves B2B horticultural trade buyers, including garden centres, plant retailers, landscapers and other wholesale nursery customers seeking seasonal plant stock and branded labels.
Financial Health
StrongStrong · Growing, Hiring · 9% CAGR over 4y
Location
Gedney Bulb Company Ltd
Trajectory
3y · 2023–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 3 filingsProvides wholesale growing and supply of alpine, herbaceous and bulb plants, including potted and open‑ground varieties. Produces millions of plants annually and distributes to garden centres,…
Serves B2B horticulture buyers, including garden centres, nurseries, growers, local authorities and landscape contractors needing wholesale plant supply.
Financial Health
StrongStrong · Growing, Hiring · 17% CAGR over 2y
Location
R W WALPOLE LIMITED
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsPropagates and grows soft fruit plants for commercial growers, nurseries and garden centres. Supplies strawberry, raspberry, blackberry, blueberry and currant plants, as well as gooseberry, rhubarb…
Serves B2B horticulture and soft fruit customers, including large and small commercial growers, nurseries, PYO operators and garden centres, in the UK, Europe and further afield.
Financial Health
WeakWeak · -29% CAGR over 4y
Location
BEAVER PLANTS LIMITED
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsGrower and wholesale supplier of aquatic and garden plants for garden centres, nurseries and landscaping projects. Cultivates marginals, waterlilies and oxygenators alongside cannas, ferns, hostas,…
Serves garden centres, plant nurseries and landscape project buyers across the UK, including retail stock buyers and contractors needing direct-to-site planting orders.
Financial Health
HealthyHealthy · Hiring · 3% CAGR over 4y
Location
COLLISON CUT FLOWERS LIMITED
Trajectory
3y · 2023–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 3 filingsGrows and supplies cut flowers for wholesale and bouquet production. Cultivates seasonal varieties including tulips, stocks, lilies, Japanese asters, eryngium and ornamental brassicas, producing…
Sells to trade buyers in the UK cut-flower supply chain, including bouquet makers and straight-line flower sales customers sourcing seasonal stems from commercial growers.
Financial Health
StableStable · -90% CAGR over 2y
Location
R Fountain & Son
Trajectory
2y · 2023–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 2 filingsPropagates and supplies brassica vegetable seedlings and plant modules for commercial growers and farmers. Operates a horticultural nursery producing large volumes of young plants from seed using…
Serves B2B commercial vegetable growers and farmers across the UK, particularly brassica crop producers growing conventional or organic crops and seeking young plant modules for field-scale planting.
Financial Health
WeakWeak · -3% CAGR over 1y
Location
BELL BROTHERS NURSERIES LIMITED
Trajectory
3y · 2023–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 3 filingsOperates a wholesale horticultural nursery producing and supplying pot plants and bedding plants for home and garden retail. Handles crop production from plant propagation through transplanting and…
Sells primarily to trade and wholesale buyers in horticulture and garden retail needing pot and bedding plants, with some direct sales to home gardeners through its nursery outlet.
Financial Health
HealthyHealthy · Hiring · 26% CAGR over 2y
Location
IVAN AMBROSE AND COMPANY LIMITED
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsGrows and supplies bedding plants for retailers and garden centres. Produces pack bedding plants in multiple varieties, along with hanging baskets, planted containers, and flowering potted plants…
Sells B2B to UK retail multiples and garden centres, serving buyers sourcing bedding plants, hanging baskets, planted containers and flowering pot plants for consumer resale.
Financial Health
StableStable · -65% CAGR over 4y
Location
Poplar Nurseries (Wholesale) Ltd
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsWholesale plant nursery growing and supplying bareroot nursery stock for the trade, including roses, fruit trees, ornamental trees and shrubs, hedging, conifers, and soft fruit plants for garden…
Serves trade buyers in horticulture, including garden centres, landscapers and plant retailers seeking wholesale nursery stock across the UK.
Financial Health
StableStable · 0% CAGR over 4y
Location
J.A. Jones & Sons (Churchtown) Limited
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsOperates a wholesale plant nursery growing and supplying trees, shrubs, hedging and other nursery stock, including field-grown and container plants. Provides cash-and-carry sales, plant delivery,…
Serves trade and wholesale horticulture buyers sourcing trees, hedging, shrubs and nursery stock for landscaping, planting schemes, resale or contract growing, with UK and international customers…
Financial Health
StrongStrong
Location
NORTH HILL NURSERIES LIMITED
Trajectory
3y · 2023–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 3 filingsOperates a wholesale plant nursery supplying bamboos, climbers, ferns, fruit plants, grasses, hedging, herbs, shrubs, trees and topiary. Grows and distributes containerised plants to trade customers…
Serves trade customers in the UK landscape and horticulture sectors, including nurseries, landscapers, garden designers and country estates.
Financial Health
StrongStrong · Hiring · 8% CAGR over 2y
Location
North Western Plants Limited
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsOperates a wholesale plant nursery producing and supplying container-grown plants to trade customers. Grows and distributes hedging plants, shrubs, groundcover and specimen plants in various pot…
Serves trade-only horticultural buyers, primarily wholesale nurseries and cash-and-carry operators nationwide, plus landscapers working on housing-sector projects.
Financial Health
HealthyHealthy · Hiring · 7% CAGR over 4y
Location
JOHNSONS NURSERIES LIMITED
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsOperates a wholesale plant nursery growing and supplying plants, shrubs and trees. Provides contract growing and bulk plant supply for landscape projects, and distributes horticultural stock to…
Serves the UK landscape trade, independent garden centres, retail chains and public/private sector landscape schemes, plus horticultural professionals including landscape gardeners, designers, tree…
Financial Health
WeakWeak · -69% CAGR over 4y
Location
Joseph Rochford Gardens Limited
Trajectory
3y · 2022–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 3 filingsOperates a trade horticultural nursery growing and supplying trees, hedging plants, shrubs, herbaceous perennials and topiary. Provides plant sourcing, cash‑and‑carry sales, sundries and delivery…
Serves trade-only horticultural customers across the UK, including trade nurseries, garden designers, landscapers, local authorities, housing developers, growers, and domestic or commercial grounds…
Financial Health
HealthyHealthy · 1% CAGR over 2y
Location
Fresh Acres Nurseries Limited
Trajectory
3y · 2022–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 3 filingsOperates a commercial plant nursery producing young plants, plugs and rooted cuttings for horticultural supply. Propagates plants, grows liner trays and 2–3 litre evergreen stock, and provides…
Serves business customers in horticulture and landscaping, especially buyers sourcing young plants, plug plants, liner trays and evergreens for planting projects.
Financial Health
WeakWeak · -12% CAGR over 2y
Location
Prenplants Sussex Limited
Trajectory
5y · 2022–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsPropagates and grows container‑grown, peat‑free plants at a wholesale nursery, including herbaceous perennials, grasses, bulbs, shrubs, ferns and climbers. Supplies plant varieties to garden centres,…
Serves trade buyers including garden and plant centres, garden designers, landscape gardeners and local authorities, alongside retail customers and group visit/event visitors in the Sussex/Surrey…
Financial Health
HealthyHealthy · Hiring · 3% CAGR over 4y
Location
Trade Only Plant Sales Limited
Trajectory
3y · 2023–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 3 filingsProduces and supplies young plug plants for horticultural growers and retailers. Offers seed‑raised and cutting‑raised plants including herbs, shrubs and perennials, sold wholesale through an online…
Sells trade-only to grower-retailers, parks, estate gardens and similar horticultural buyers, supplying wholesale young plants and plug plants. Targets business customers rather than consumers, with…
Financial Health
StableStable · Hiring · 5% CAGR over 2y
Location
JAMES COLES & SONS (NURSERIES) LIMITED
Trajectory
3y · 2022–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 3 filingsOperates a wholesale plant nursery growing and supplying trees, shrubs, hedging, grasses, conifers and herbaceous perennials. Provides plants and stock lists to landscaping contractors, developers…
Serves trade landscaping professionals, commercial developers, estate managers and local authorities across the UK, supplying customers involved in amenity, housing, business park, private estate and…
Financial Health
StableStable · Profitable, Hiring · 7% CAGR over 2y
Location
GREENFINGERS NURSERIES LTD
Trajectory
4y · 2023–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 4 filingsOperates a wholesale plant nursery supplying shrubs, trees, flowers and other plant stock to trade customers. Grows and sources plant material, provides stock lists, and offers pick‑up and delivery…
Sells trade-only to businesses buying plants and trees, including customers in hospitality, events, retail and industrial sectors, from small orders to large-volume project buyers.
Financial Health
StableStable · -78% CAGR over 3y
Location
Lucksbridge Horticulture Limited
Trajectory
3y · 2023–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 3 filingsOperates a horticultural nursery growing cold‑grown plants and ornamental varieties. Supplies plants grown on-site and sourced from other growers to wholesalers, intermediaries, garden centres, and…
Sells to horticultural wholesalers and intermediaries, plus garden centres and other businesses supplying the retail plant sector. Targets trade buyers rather than direct consumers.
Financial Health
StableStable · -13% CAGR over 2y
Location
FENLAND PLANTS LIMITED
Trajectory
4y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 4 filingsProduces and supplies potted shrubs, perennial plants and lavenders for retail garden centres and amenity landscaping markets. Operates a commercial nursery growing large volumes of container plants…
Sells to UK retail and amenity-sector buyers, including garden centres, plant retailers, landscapers and grounds-maintenance organisations seeking wholesale nursery supply partnerships.
Financial Health
HealthyHealthy · Hiring · 49% CAGR over 3y
Location
ROBIN TACCHI PLANTS LIMITED
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsOperates a wholesale plant nursery supplying trees, shrubs and other plants for landscaping projects. Provides contract growing, plant sourcing and delivery, and offers horticultural advice, project…
Sells to businesses in the landscape and horticulture sectors, particularly designers, property developers and contractors delivering major projects. Serves commercial buyers needing wholesale…
Financial Health
WeakWeak · -67% CAGR over 4y
Location
HILL BROTHERS (CHICHESTER) LIMITED
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsGrows and supplies indoor houseplants and seasonal outdoor plants for wholesale distribution. Produces peat‑free plants using commercial horticulture methods and supplies retailers and trade…
Serves wholesale plant buyers across the UK, supplying businesses that retail houseplants and seasonal outdoor plants to end consumers, including trade customers and plant retailers.
Financial Health
StableStable · -68% CAGR over 4y
Location
Woodbeare Nurseries Limited
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsGrows flowers and ornamental plants at a commercial nursery and supplies them to garden centres, offering wholesale orders and delivery using its own fleet of lorries.
Serves garden centres within a 100-mile radius, selling B2B to retail horticulture businesses that stock nursery-grown flowers and plants.
Financial Health
WeakWeak · 0% CAGR over 4y
Location
Deepdale Trees Limited
Trajectory
4y · 2022–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 4 filingsOperates a trade tree nursery growing and wholesaling semi-mature trees, shrubs and hedging. Produces Air-Pot container and field-grown stock and supplies landscapers, landscape architects, garden…
Sells to the professional trade market, including landscapers, landscape architects, garden designers and major construction firms needing semi-mature trees, shrubs and hedging.
Financial Health
StrongStrong · Growing, Hiring · 13% CAGR over 3y
Location
Gro-For-It Limited
Trajectory
5y · 2022–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsProduces and supplies hardy nursery stock for the wholesale market, including shrubs, herbaceous perennials, climbers, hedging plants, conifers, grasses and trees. Serves trade customers such as…
Serves trade customers in the horticulture sector, including garden designers, landscapers, garden centres and nurseries, with delivery focused on the Midlands and beyond.
Financial Health
WeakWeak · -3% CAGR over 4y
Location
OLD HALL NURSERIES LIMITED
Trajectory
4y · 2022–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 4 filingsOperates a wholesale plant nursery supplying landscapers, garden designers and property developers with trees, shrubs, herbaceous perennials, grasses, seedlings and specimen plants, including…
Serves trade and wholesale customers across the UK, including landscapers, landscape gardeners, garden designers, property developers and architects working on landscape, amenity and show-home…
Financial Health
WeakWeak · 0% CAGR over 3y
Location
Ardkinglas Estate Nurseries Ltd.
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsOperates a plant nursery growing and supplying container‑grown trees and shrubs, from native species to rare varieties. Provides wholesale plants to garden centres, retailers, and landscape…
Serves garden centres, retail plant shops, landscape gardeners and other horticultural trade buyers, plus suitable organisations and individuals seeking nursery stock.
Financial Health
HealthyHealthy · Hiring · 6% CAGR over 4y
Location
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How UK Horticulture companies work and how to sell to them
What they do
Revenue usually comes from wholesale supply of living plants, edible crops, propagation material, cut flowers, foliage and related growing services. Pricing tends to be unit-based by pot, tray, tree, stem, kilo or tonne, with seasonal availability and grade affecting margin. Larger operators may add value through growing-on, grading, packing, labelling, chilled distribution and compliance documentation, while contract-growing arrangements can shift some demand risk onto the buyer. The product is still a physical, perishable item, but the commercial model often behaves like managed supply: customers pay for reliability, crop planning and delivery windows, not just the plant or crop itself.
Who they sell to
Most sellers deal with trade buyers rather than households. Garden-sector retailers, commercial landscapers, food processors, food-service distributors, public-realm contractors and fresh-produce buyers all appear in the addressable customer base, though each buys on a different calendar. Category managers, procurement leads, technical managers, agronomists, operations directors and finance teams tend to be involved before a supplier is approved. Smaller orders may be handled through direct relationships and repeat seasonal replenishment, while larger retail, food-chain and public-sector work often involves supplier onboarding, audits, tender documents, trial crops and agreed delivery schedules before regular supply starts.
What they buy
Most horticulture firms tend to spend on inputs and systems that protect crop quality, reduce waste and keep labour-heavy operations moving. Relevant categories include crop-management software, nursery stock control, traceability, compliance tools, finance systems, workforce scheduling, payroll, health and safety, CRM for trade accounts and demand forecasting. On the physical side, sellers often find fit around glasshouse equipment, irrigation, growing media, biological controls, packaging, labelling, refrigeration, vehicles and cold-chain services. Advisory services can also be credible where they help with plant-health paperwork, certification, agronomy, energy use, recruitment, accounting, insurance or preparation for buyer audits.
Why and how to sell to them
Horticulture buyers tend to evaluate suppliers when a new customer contract, site expansion, crop change or compliance requirement exposes gaps in process. Pain points are practical: seasonal labour, energy costs, pest and disease pressure, perishable stock, missed delivery windows, rejected batches and plant-health administration. Outbound works better when it links to a named operational risk, such as reducing wastage before peak dispatch, evidencing traceability for retail buyers, or shortening the time spent preparing inspection and audit paperwork. New senior hires, fresh procurement roles, greenhouse upgrades and movement into chilled or wholesale distribution can all indicate a buying window.
How this list is built
Data sources
This list is built from UK Companies House filings, XBRL accounts data, and semantic analysis of each company's public website. Revenue and headcount figures come from the most recent filed accounts; where the company has not filed, values are estimated using a model trained on filed history and peer benchmarks and are labelled as estimates.
Classification
Rather than relying solely on SIC codes, Firmbase classifies each company semantically: the company's website is crawled, an AI model reads what the company actually sells, and the company is placed into the relevant industry and subsectors. SIC codes are used as one signal but not the only one. This means a company that registered under a generic SIC code but pivoted into (for example) fintech is correctly identified as fintech, not as its original SIC category.
Freshness
The underlying company data is refreshed from Companies House continuously; filings appear in the list within days of submission. The curated list ordering is regenerated when the underlying data moves meaningfully (company count changes by more than 5%, a new company enters the top-ranked segment, or the filed-revenue numbers for the top firms change). You can see the last-updated timestamp near the top of the page.
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