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Read about notable projects Agrumi have taken on recently.

Introducing Agrumi’s Charity of the Year – The Enham Trust

December 19, 2018 By Agrumi

We first heard about the Enham Trust through a topiary commission (see photo). As we got to understand more about them and the wonderful work they do we realised there was no way we could charge them for the project – we simply had to make it a donation!

Bespoke Topiary Art Letters donated to Enham Trust

This case study is a great opportunity to bring a fantastic charity to the attention of our other clients and potential customers so they can think about donating too.

Over almost 100 years the Trust has facilitated opportunities for hundreds of thousands of disabled, elderly and vulnerable people to live the lives they choose, as independently as possible.

At present the Trust is supporting over 6500 individuals – children and adults – across three core services:

  • Care – including care at home
  • Housing – including sheltered accommodation and care homes
  • Employment – including jobs and skills training

The range of assistance offered is phenomenal from personal care (including help with personal hygiene such as bathing and showering, medications and food and drink preparation) to social support (such as shopping trips, domestic care, social activities, welfare checks and financial management and administration).

Based in Hampshire but with a much wider reach the Trust’s full care model enables them to provide a ‘wrap around service’ that is personalised and tailored to individuals.

Without the Trust’s know-how and support the lives of many people would be much the poorer physically and emotionally.

This Christmas and beyond if you’re looking for a deserving charity to support you should look no further that the Enham Trust.

Follow this link to the Trust’s website: https://www.enhamtrust.org.uk/

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Who’s looking at you? Well Mickey obviously!!

November 22, 2018 By Agrumi

Disney Mickey Mouse Topiary Sculpture

Following our recent commissions for Disney to celebrate Mickey’s 90th more work has followed including this witty installation for Disney via the PR company 2Heads.

Everyone here in the creative team at Agrumi had a blast putting this piece together:

  • From our hardworking, courteous office staff who provide Agrumi’s backbone and dealt with the new commission through the initial phone call to the legal, administrative and financiald etails;
  • To the inspired and inspiring design and fabrication department who made the figure;
  • To our wonderful delivery guys that carefully packaged and expertly delivered Mickey to our expectant customer.
  • The feedback about the pieces we made for Disney and 2 Heads have been overwhelmingly positive:

    “Many thanks for what you produced, they met the brief perfectly and added that little extra to a successful event."
    Punch Wilson, Production Manager, 2Heads

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Is there a mouse in the house?

October 12, 2018 By Agrumi

Topiary Mickey Heads in Disneyland CaliforniaAs previous case studies have shown, Agrumi’s client base is extending and now incorporates the US.

After the success of other commissions there, we got a call from the Disneyland Resort in California. The idea was to make various Mickey and Minnie Mouse items in artificial box topiary for display in shops and at other merchandising outlets.

Topiary Mickey Heads in Disneyland California

We were only too pleased to help and worked closely with the Disney team to design and make a variety of items that would perfectly encapsulate the spirit of the Mouse and the company’s fun ethos.

The photos show our success and the Disney people were thrilled with the results. Project supervisor Cameryn Chan said:

“Thank you so much for everything your team did for us and with such short notice and lead time. We really appreciate it and it was a pleasure working with you”.

If you run a shop or amusement park then you might also want some topiary sculptures. Contact us today for a free quote!

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Summer in the English countryside – with an elephant?

September 12, 2018 By Agrumi

Giant artificial boxwood topiary elephantProject Ink is an event management and design consultancy with a rota of high profile clients looking to enhance and promote their profile, services and image.

Working on a project with Kuoni, the luxury travel company famous for their safari holidays, Project Ink commissioned us to fabricate a 2.5m high, 2.4m long and 1.4m wide elephant in artificial grass. This big beast was to be the focal point for a Kuoni sponsored event at BBC ‘Countryfile Live’ that took place at beautiful Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire in August.

Artificial Boxwood Elephant with Luigi

Pictured here with Luigi, Agrumi’s Head topiarist, our elephant is safari ready!

Over 4 gloriously sunny days at the event our elephant wowed the public and presenters alike and gave Kuoni fabulous publicity for their expertly curated holiday packages. The reaction on social media was glowing – as these posts show.

From Social Media

A giant topiary elephant has arrived! We’re nearly ready on site here for #countryfilelive

— BBC Countryfile Live (@Countryfilelive) August 1, 2018

Yesterday’s delivery of the elephant to our @KuoniTravelUK stand @Countryfilelive #countryfilelive #safari pic.twitter.com/gfLL6TSmpw

— Kuoni Winchester (@KuoniWinchester) August 2, 2018

 

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Not something you see everyday #elephant #elephantonatrailer

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Just another normal day. Shrink wrapped topiary 3m elephant arrives on site 🐘🍃 #Kuoni #countryfilelive #eventdesign #openingtoday #topiary #elephant #kuonitravel #projectink #onsite #safari #safaritheme #luxurytravel #elephantonatrailer #elephantonthemotorway #designagency #farringdon #london #involveddesign

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⁦⁦@BBCCountryfile⁩ Team Kuoni and the Kuoni Elephant with the lovely Matt Baker ⁦@KuoniTravelUK⁩ pic.twitter.com/vbwr0q9l40

— Katie Lane (@Snowden_12lane) August 2, 2018

 

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#toperie #elephant #countryfilelive #blenheimpalace @bbccountryfilelive

A post shared by smiffysmith🐶💀😷🐾 (@smiffysmith) on Aug 2, 2018 at 9:51am PDT

We are loving the talks by the Countryfile presenters at the Great Barn and the spectacle of the Kuoni travel elephant 🐘 here @Countryfilelive Don’t forget we’re in the @countrylivinguk Pavilion on stand 19! #countryfilelive #countryfile @BlenheimPalace #oxfordshire #whatson pic.twitter.com/v0rKBnT1B1

— Sophie Morrell (@_sophiemorrell) August 4, 2018

 

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Spot the small boy hiding behind our giant topiary elephant #countryfilelive #bleneimpalace #kuoni #elephants #southafrica

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Loving the @KuoniTravelUK topiary elephant at #countryfilelive pic.twitter.com/h5JIyD4wgP

— Lucy Upton (@mslucyupton) August 5, 2018

Found an elephant in Oxfordshire at #countryfilelive 👍👍👍 pic.twitter.com/jAJu7tK76M

— Kate Sutton (@Kateannasutton) August 4, 2018

The kids loving the elephant @KuoniTravelUK @KuoniWinchester @Degsycom! How much do you want for it…the deal must include delivery @Countryfilelive #countryfilelive #Cruise #Travel pic.twitter.com/BKAbisziIe

— Robbie White (@Robbie_White_1) August 4, 2018

A giant topiary elephant has arrived! We’re nearly ready on site here for #countryfilelive

— BBC Countryfile Live (@Countryfilelive) August 1, 2018

If you need a topiary elephant then contact us today! We’d be delighted to help you!

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Agrumi Puts the ‘Eco’ Into Quantcast’s ‘Marketing Ecosystem’

August 14, 2018 By Agrumi

Quantcast logo in moss topiary with 3 cosplay modelsQuantcast is a company on a mission to help brands grow in the AI era. They are in the business of creating algorithms or ‘systems of intelligence’ for the online ‘marketing ecosystem’ so their clients can make smarter, faster and more relevant contact with their customers.

Quantcast recently launched ‘Q’ – the world’s largest AI-driven audience behaviour platform for the open Internet. Agrumi was commissioned to help with the UK PR and built this massive 150cm tall ‘Q’.

Moss Topiary Quantcast Logo

The result is pretty impressive and eye-catching and shows how Agrumi topiary can be used to enhance and reinforce PR messages.

Thanking us for our work Quantcast’s Marketing Associate Hannah McDougall said:

“The Q was a massive success!”

Quantcast Moss Topiary logo used as part of a photobooth

Want to see your company logo in topiary form? Get in touch for a free estimate!

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On tour with Agrumi and Dippy the Natural History Museum dinosaur

July 5, 2018 By Agrumi

Allosaurus Artificial Boxwood Topiary

“We are so pleased with the work Agrumi did!”
– Steve Hewlett, Manager, ‘Retail Birmingham’

Dippy, the Natural History Museum’s iconic Diplodocus cast has been touring the UK on a natural history adventure. He’s been visiting some of this country’s incredible natural history collections and will be at the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery until 9 September 2018.

A few months ago Retail Birmingham – which promotes and supports businesses in the city centre – got in touch. Dippy’s forthcoming visit provided an ideal opportunity for some dinosaur-related PR to promote their fantastic local shops and restaurants.

Triceratops Topiary

We were commissioned to create five 2m x 1m topiary animals to be displayed in bespoke planters sourced and planted by the local parks team.  The installations would be exhibited in key central locations and provide focal points of interest for the museum, Dippy’s tour and Birmingham’s commercial sector.

Using the Natural History Museum’s own ‘top 5’ list of their visitors’ favourite dinosaurs we made a Stegosaurus, Tyrannosauras, Diplodicus, Coelophysis and Triceratops. Retail Birmingham told us that the pieces needed to be weather and vandal-proof as well as fire retardant. Artificial boxwood is an ideal choice for this situation and the product we use is both lifelike and robust.

Triceratops topiary from the front

“Great to see the dinosaurs arrives today – they look really good!”

“We’ve started to put the dinosaurs out and already had a great reaction!”

The photos speak for themselves and the public reaction was so positive that a ‘Retail Birmingham’ immediately ordered an extra T-Rex and Stegosaurus. Shortly afterwards three more animals were commissioned – an Allosaurus, Velociraptor and Brachiosaurus.

Topiary Dinosaurs in Public

Delighted with the commission Retail Birmingham just launched a film about the project in time for the summer holidays. Watch it here:

 

The triceratops dinosaur topiary made from artificial boxwood in our topiary workshop

 

The stegosaurus having the finishing touches added to its tail in our topiary workshop

The stegosaurus having the finishing touches added to its tail in our topiary workshop

From Twitter

Birmingham’s had an owl trail, a bear trail, and now it’s getting a dinosaur topiary trail. @retailbid is placing 10 around the city and asking people to share selfies with all 10 using hashtag #DippyOnTour and tagging @ShoppingInBham in a multiple-image Instagram post. pic.twitter.com/7LUBL2YqFv

— BBC Midlands Today (@bbcmtd) June 4, 2018

Great to see families enjoying the Big In The City Dino Trail on this fine sunny day in Birmingham city centre. #DippyOnTour pic.twitter.com/VAGofzpu2M

— Retail BID (@retailbid) August 30, 2018

#DippyonTour @retailbid my children where super happy to see dippy, Jack was telling us the name of the dinos on the trail #happymemories pic.twitter.com/iGCTbMlDAb

— Bryan Edwards (@Bryandedwards77) August 19, 2018

Our dinosaurs have returned from their weekend break! Don’t forget to take a selfie with all 10 and tag us on Instagram using the hashtag #DippyOnTour to be entered into our £500 shopping vouchers competition. If you’re a retailer that needs more trail maps in store, let us know! pic.twitter.com/LBxDKyY2HQ

— Retail BID (@retailbid) July 16, 2018

What fantastic weather, a perfect day to do the @retailbid Big in the City dino trail! And remember you have a chance to win £500 worth of shopping vouchers in the @ShoppingInBham comp for your dino-selfies! Find out more & download the map https://t.co/5RaD82GVLy #dippyontour pic.twitter.com/SmMIbelwpw

— Birmingham Museums (@BM_AG) June 26, 2018

Ok I think this is all 10 seen over the last 2 weeks! #DippyonTour @ShoppingInBham @retailbid pic.twitter.com/gruukvrihb

— Elliott Brown (@ellrbrown) June 13, 2018

A lovely day in Birmingham. So much going on all for free. We visited #DippyonTour @BM_AG we went dinosaur hunting around Birmingham with @retailbid and sat on deck chairs eating our lunch @BhamDanceFest. Well done Brum 👏#welovebrum #birmingham #WestMidlands #free #familyfun pic.twitter.com/KP3AM0HR7b

— Family fun in Brum (@Familyfuninbham) June 8, 2018

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Today we took the train to go and see Dippy on tour in Birmingham. We had a go at finding a few dinosaurs scattered around the city centre and then made our way up to the museum. We had a booked slot but there where plenty of people coming off the street and going in. For us the bit that made it was the Dino dig which is an extra £2 and must be booked but the boys loved being mini palaeontologists. You can have a look on our stories as they searched for fossils and categorised them. Have you seen the tour? Or will you be going? #dippyontour #dippyontourbirmingham

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Now that was fun!! Over 10,000 steps just this morning, shopping trip, lunch and movie with the family. ROARsome weekend! #DippyOnTour We love Dippy 👍 #DinosaurHunt #Dinosaurs 💚

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All ten dinosaurs snapped! #DippyOnTour #@shoppinginbham

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Hedging my bets to discover dinosaurs before they become extinct. #dippyontour @shoppinginbham

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Thought this was so cool!! #nofilter #dippyontour #dippyontourbirmingham #trex

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No #bees #beeinthecity #beeinthecitymcr @beeinthecitymcr here in #birmingham – it’s all about #dinosaurs #dippyontour @shoppinginbham #shoppinginbham #igersbirmingham #igersbham

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If you’re looking for topiary dinosaurs or need something to spruce up your high street then contact us today!

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Lush Hares Logo Says Animal Testing’s a No Go

January 5, 2018 By Agrumi

Lush Moss Topiary HaresLush makes cosmetics by hand from natural ingredients. None of its products are tested on animals and the company is rightly proud of this claim – which it advertises through its fighting hares logo.

Focusing on the hares for a media event, Lush came to us to ensure that their logo was larger than life and eye-catching enough to take centre stage with journalists.

Lush Hares in Moss Topiary

We created the animals’ outlines expertly as usual using our tried and tested frame fabrication methods and the resulting skeletons were covered in moss for ease of transport, handling, care and longevity.

Lush now has an ecologically friendly version of its logo that it can use again and again at events to promote the company and its ethos about the welfare on animals.

Lush indeed!

If you’re interested in some topiary hares or would like to see your company logo recreated in topiary then get in touch with us!

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Frieze Frame

November 12, 2017 By Agrumi

Bespoke planters and topiary lemon trees

The 2017 London Frieze Art Fair was a huge success and Agrumi helped one exhibitor gain a coveted Focus Stand Prize.

Various Small Fires (VSF) is a small Los Angeles-based gallery that acts for a number of artists of international standing, At Frieze this year the gallery chose to showcase a work by Helen Mayer Harrison and Newton Harrison (collectively known as ‘The Harrisons’).

The Harrisons live in Santa Cruz, California and pioneered the Ecological Art Movement back in the 70s. The movement promotes climate change solutions through art and their Survival Piece V Part II: Lemon Orchard Fragment is an early work dating from 1972.

This installation features lemon trees growing under photosynthetic lights and was originally intended to have dual meaning. Firstly, it acted as a critique of human kind’s influence on the planet’s ecosystems and secondly, it was a practical experiment for the indoor cultivation of fruit in a post-agricultural future.

Bespoke planters and topiary lemon trees

VSF chose to partner with Agrumi to re-create Survival Piece V Part II at Frieze in October. We sourced and planted Meyer lemon trees (a particularly hardy citrus breed) in specially constructed tubs that were then co-located under photosynthetic lights.

The look of the whole installation exactly replicated the appearance of Survival Piece V Part II as it had originally appeared over 40 years ago – although on a smaller scale. The installation was completed with surviving drawings and other ephemera from the 1972 original and visitors were again able to walk among the trees as they had done before.

The ‘portable orchard’ caught the eye of the Frieze judges (Richard Parry Director of Glasgow International, Christopher Lew Curator of the Whitney Museum and Hanne Mugaas Director of the Kunsthalle, Stavanger) and won the Focus Stand Prize.

This coup for VSF and Agrumi was doubly rewarding. Not only did it recognize the hard work that went in to bringing the installation to life again, it also allowed us to promote a serious ecological message. Following their sojourn at frieze the Meyer lemon trees have been replanted in an orchard.

If you need something green on your trade stand then get in touch!

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A Little Bird Told Us…

November 8, 2017 By Agrumi

Topiary Owls from The Night Gardener children's book

… that ‘The Night Gardener’ is a brilliant book. We were preening our feathers after being asked by Quarto Publishing to help them market this fantastic new addition to children’s literature.

The book tells the story of a topiary expert who transforms a miserable and grey street into a place of joy and colour by completing amazing topiaries by night while the street’s residents sleep.

The book’s cover features a beautiful owl, which Agrumi’s own topiary expert deftly copied in artificial Boxwood. This material was chosen over living plants because the figures would feature in the window displays of various popular London bookshops from the hardback launch at the beginning of 2017 to the paperback launch extending into 2018.

A topiary owl in a bookshop window promoting The Night Gardener

The figures would need little or no attention and would continue looking as good as the day they were made however long they were displayed and in however many different venues.

Commenting on the reception of the topiary owls at Quarto Head Office, Christopher Ransom said:

“They sent everyone in our office mad with excitement, and the likeness is amazing! Couldn’t be happier!”

The Night Gardener topiary owl

Reaction on Twitter

The Owls have arrived to Quarto HQ! So much excitement for @QuartoKids #TheNightGardener #Publishing #Owls #Books pic.twitter.com/KIsMoC3tTn

— Emma Clifford (@Emma_Cliffo) January 31, 2017

Best. Delivery. Ever. Two large topiary owls just like in the book #TheNightGardener pic.twitter.com/gg2BZkZhOV

— Ellen John (@EllenRJohn) January 31, 2017

Too-wit Too-woo! Our topiary owl resplendent in the window! Thank you @QuartoKids #thenightgardener is pure picture book joy! @EllenRJohn pic.twitter.com/fSDmusDckb

— Sevenoaks Bookshop (@7OaksBookshop) February 6, 2017

New work buddies looking after our beautiful copies of The Night Gardener @QuartoKids pic.twitter.com/jKBT62Isb1

— Lucie Uwarow (@BookishLulu) February 7, 2017

Our 2nd wise owl has found a perch @talesonmoonlane @opifan64 @igo2cairo drop in a see him this half term! #TheNightGardener #kidlitart pic.twitter.com/X0Zc1XZD2A

— Quarto Kids (@QuartoKids) February 15, 2017

Our favourite touring owl has found a splendid new perch at @HuntingRavenBks Drop in & say hello! #TheNightGardener @opifan64 @igo2cairo pic.twitter.com/jNdfdiHzf9

— Quarto Kids (@QuartoKids) June 7, 2017

Our owl’s doing the rounds! Looking studious at @Ink84Books over copies of #TheNightGardener ✂️ @opifan64 @igo2cairo #books #kidlit pic.twitter.com/X9gcAApBRB

— Quarto Kids (@QuartoKids) March 23, 2017

We’re thrilled to welcome The Night Gardener’s beautiful topiary owl to Kew!Thanks so much @QuartoKids @opifan64 #twittwoo #thenightgardener pic.twitter.com/ITsbsuqk4z

— The Kew Bookshop (@kewbookshop) May 10, 2017

Meet the newest team member @QuartoKids the topiary owl inspired by The Night Gardener! Which is in the shop just waiting to be read pic.twitter.com/7icEZtkzWa

— Chorleywood Bookshop (@CWBookshop) June 28, 2017

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Niche Opening for Agrumi Topiary

August 9, 2017 By Agrumi

Niche.co is an online platform providing resources to help advertisers grow their social presence across all networks. The company, which has been part of the Twitter family since 2015, works with top brands worldwide connecting them with social media celebrities and developing branded content.

Niche Topiary Logo Enchanted Garden

Planning to take part in ’Summer in the City 2017’ – the UK’s largest Youtube and online video festival – Niche came to Agrumi and London-based fine art photographer Linda Blacker for help with their own promotional needs.

Linda has worked with a range of impressive clients and her unique style weaves fantasy and reality together to create eye-catching results. As creative director on the Niche project, Linda designed a stage set themed on the subject of ‘Enchanted Garden’. The result was delightfully evocative of Alice in Wonderland having been relocated to a Victorian fairground.

Logo Topiary for Niche.co

Agumi’s role was to fabricate a giant copy of the Niche logo in moss to act as a focal point in the tableau. Constructed robustly on a wire frame, the logo was easy and light to manipulate into place and can be used again and again in Niche.co promotional events because the moss is dried and dyed a natural shade of green.

Topiary Logo for Niche

This sort of topiary is a cost-effective publicity tool as, after the initial outlay to commission and purchase it, the sculpture goes on and on giving back in terms of use.

“Thank you for this – we LOVED it. It worked really well and was a real centre piece!”
– Jo Burford, UK and EU Twitter Community Manager

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