About Us
The Haxnicks Story
Our story begins with a small boy in a garden, helping (or hindering) his grandfather to tend the plants. The boy lifted one of Grandpa Haxnicks’ last remaining Victorian glass cloches, but being clumsy as small boys can be, by the time he’d asked what it was for, the cloche had somehow shattered.
Grandpa Haxnicks took it well, and kindly explained to the boy how the curved shape of the cloche captures sunlight to help the plant grow, and also how it was impossible to buy them anymore.
The boy grew up with his grandpa’s love of growing, and one day he decided to make some more cloches for him out of plastic – more practical and less breakable. Grandpa Haxnicks was delighted, and soon they started making the cloches for other people – and so the business began.
More exciting new products were designed and added to the range, and before long Haxnicks became well known for its quality and original ideas. Many keen gardeners have now come to trust the Haxnicks brand above all others.
Haxnicks Today
You don’t have to be green-fingered to work at Haxnicks – but it helps. Everyone gets passionate about growing pretty quickly here, and between us we’ve built up a wealth of knowledge.
From home gardening to the use of our factory allotments, everyone at Haxnicks loves to grow. We also like to discuss our ideas with as many gardeners as possible, including some of Britain’s most knowledgeable and well-known horticulturalists.
Sharing this knowledge is very important to us, so if we can help, let us know. The blog part of our web site has plenty of tips and advice on growing your own, as well as competitions and new product announcements. Drop in on us if you’re in South Wiltshire, or give us a call and let us know if you have a gardening problem that we might be able to help you with.
5% of Haxnicks profit is donated to various charities chosen by our employees. You can see this list of charities on our blog.
We have a Facebook page, Twitter account, YouTube channel and even a Google+ page so we are never far away!
