{"id":102046,"date":"2023-12-21T02:56:36","date_gmt":"2023-12-21T02:56:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/?p=102046"},"modified":"2023-12-21T02:56:36","modified_gmt":"2023-12-21T02:56:36","slug":"a-600ft-long-plant-turns-an-office-into-a-wonderland-every-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/world-news\/a-600ft-long-plant-turns-an-office-into-a-wonderland-every-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"A 600ft-long plant turns an office into a wonderland every Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> Holly and her ivy! An enormous 600ft-long plant turns a humble office into winter wonderland every Christmas&#8230; And it&#8217;s being looked after by someone with a very apt name!<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The botanical beast started life as a modest office plant a few feet high in 2009<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Some sorry staff have to make do with a threadbare plastic tree and a few battered baubles harking from a 1970s office attic.<\/p>\n<p>But this monstrous 600ft long ivy turns a humble Gloucestershire workspace into a winter wonderland every Christmas.<\/p>\n<p>Decorated with thousands of lights and ornaments, the huge specimen drapes its leaves over every desk at packaging specialists Protective Solutions Limited in Stonehouse.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But the botanical beast started life as a modest office plant a few feet high in 2009 \u2013 and is said to grow six inches a month, now covering every corner of the 50ft by 25ft open-plan space.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, aptly-named office administrator Holly transformed the ivy this year as she and colleague Mary took around two days to adorn it with 3,000 fairy lights.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/20\/21\/79191065-0-image-a-14_1703107871088.jpg\" height=\"395\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Holly and Boss Des hang baubles on the large ivy plant\u00a0 in the Gloucestershire workspace<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/20\/21\/79191073-0-image-a-15_1703107882833.jpg\" height=\"422\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The house plant has taken over the office space of Protective Solutions in Stonehouse<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/20\/21\/79191047-0-image-a-16_1703107892910.jpg\" height=\"1014\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>It has been growing for 10 years and is now estimated to be over 600ft long<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/20\/21\/79191067-0-image-a-17_1703107896821.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Bosses Allie Brennan and her husband Des bought the ivy as a small potted cutting in 2009<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/20\/21\/79191071-0-image-a-18_1703107901539.jpg\" height=\"422\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Decorated with lights and ornaments, the huge specimen drapes its leaves over every desk<\/p>\n<p>Ali Brennan, co-owner of PSL with husband Des, said: &#8216;<span>It took about two days to decorate in between working.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It was decorated by sales office administrators Holly and Mary, whose names are coincidentally very Christmassy.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We&#8217;ve been decorating it for Christmas for at least five years since it&#8217;s been big enough to hold up decorations.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It makes it feel very festive every year. It has brightened the place up decorating it and I don&#8217;t want it to come down.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Holly Wright said: &#8216;It&#8217;s nice to come into work and do something fun and festive.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;You have to be very careful with where you hang baubles just in case.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Some people have been knocking their heads on them.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12887419\/Holly-ivy-600ft-long-plant-office-winter-wonderland-Christmas.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Holly and her ivy! 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