Plants@work has joined the likes of the HTA (Horticultural Trade Association) and BALI (British Association of Landscape Industries) in sending a letter to the government requesting consideration for a rescue package.

The letter is asking for additional funds to be put aside by the UK government for an interior landscaping plants scrappage scheme.

Plants@work Chair, Madeleine Evans of Tivoli Services, explained: “Some of our members have expressed concern about the probable loss of plants following the lock down especially as there is no specified time for this situation. With many members not having access to client’s buildings to maintain installations, the biggest fear is that the cost of replacing plants could put their companies at considerable risk of discontinuing to trade.”

Plants@work has written to Rishi Sunak, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Elizabeth Truss, Minister for Industry, Trade and Investment and Robert Jenrick, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and has also sent a letter to Nicholas Saphir who has just been appointed as Chair of the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB).