Beeston BID – Hanging Baskets

Beeston is a thriving and busy town in Nottinghamshire which is well known for being the home of Nottingham University and Boots Pharmaceuticals. Plantscape was contacted by Beeston BID at the end of 2011 to help improve the impact of Beeston’s arterial roads and High Street retail areas.

Due to the tram route expansion through the town and the disruption and demolition created by the works, Beeston was slowly being spoilt visually so Plantscape was given the remit to draw attention away from the potential eyesores and make Beeston a more welcoming place to visit and shop.

Plantscape supplied Beeston BID with 40 Holestar units and 140 hanging baskets with brackets to be planted to their exact specification, using a Jubilee colour theme as well as providing the required watering and maintenance for all the supplied displays. The benefits of using Plantscape products lies in their low maintenance features and due to the 7 day water reservoir system, which allows them to go for days without the need to be watered, thus allowing us to provide fantastic displays for Beeston with minimal fuss and disturbance.

A representative from Beeston BID said “Our first ever hanging basket and lamp post scheme was a huge success. Beeston BID paid for 180 hanging baskets and lamp posts throughout the town to add a bit of colour to the shopping environment. The colour theme for 2012 was Jubilee to follow the celebration of all things British for this year. Many businesses have said that customers were really impressed with the baskets and that they really added something to the street scene.

We are hoping to expand the number of baskets next year so more businesses feel the benefit of the scheme. We would like to thank Beeston BID for allowing us to work with them over the last 12 months and we are already working with them to expand on the 2012 displays to bring even more colour and beauty to Beeston Town Centre for years to come.