The Horticultural Trades Association ( HTA ) is captivated to announce that Brett Avery , Managing Director of Farplants , is to join the HTA Board as Vice - President .
Originally from New Zealand , Brett was the carbon monoxide gas - founder and Managing Director of Avery Robinson Ltd , a company distributing Dyson mathematical product , for 17 years . Brett then prompt to the UK and worked for Savortex Ltd , an IoT ( cyberspace of thing ) hand - hygiene technology society , before moving on to Farplants as the Managing Director where he has been for over 4 years . This background and experience with other consumer sectors will make Brett a worthful accession to the HTA Board . Brett is also the Chair of the Retail Suppliers Group , be the group on the Ornamental Management Committee , and sit on the Commercial Committee .
comment on the fitting Boyd Douglas - Davies , HTA President , said :
“ We are enthralled to announce Brett ’s fitting to the HTA Board as Vice - President . Brett has a rather unequaled position in our diligence in that he represents a grouping of grower . His strong understanding of their motive , as well as the customers they dish , means he has extensive and valuable commercial brainwave . This along with his consumer background signal will turn out a real asset and plus to the HTA Board . ”
The Farplants Group is a wholesale supplier of out-of-door plants to garden centres and garden heart chains in the UK . Based on the West Sussex coast near Chichester , the co - operative group has four penis nurseries , each specialising in different range . The group now produce over 11 million plants a class on 70 hectares ( 170 acres ) of assorted facilities with a retail value of over £ 50 million . Up to 500 faculty are employed during the peak gardening menstruation through the spring and former summertime .
Brett ’s assignment follow the late news about Jane Lawler , Lawler Associates ; Vicky Nuttall , The Garden Industry Manufacturer ’s Association ( GIMA ) ; and Ken White , Frosts Landscape Construction , who joined the HTA Board in June .
Appointments will be ratify at the forthcoming HTA AGM which will take place on 16 September .
The HTA Board lie in of:-
Boyd Douglas - Davies – British Garden Centres – PresidentBrett Avery – Farplants Group – Vice - PresidentJames Barnes - HTA ChairmanAlex Vick – HTA Senior Executive and Finance DirectorAdam Taylor – Taylors Bulbs – Immediate Past PresidentMatthew Bent – Bents Garden & Home - non - executive directorBrian Fraser – Oakover Nurseries - non - executive directorSimon Fraser – Ben Reid Garden Centre - non - executive directorBob Hewitt – Klondyke Garden Centres – non - executive directorJane Lawler - Lawler Associates - non - executive directorVicky Nuttall - The Garden Industry Manufacturer ’s Association(GIMA ) - non - executive directorSandy Shepherd – Ball Colegrave - non - executive directorKen White - hoar Landscape Construction - non - executive film director
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