Office plant potted 14 years ago grows into 600ft monster and covers entire room

02 July 2023 , 16:59

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The ginormous house plant now covers the entire office (Image: SWNS)

An office plant potted 14 years ago has grown into a 600ft monster.

Bosses Allie Brennan, 51, and her husband, Des, 57, bought the ivy as a small potted cutting in 2009 to brighten up the work space.

Now, more than 14 years later, the plant has grown to almost 600ft - sprouting new shoots to pin up across the office walls and ceiling “every day”.

It hangs from computer monitors - and even has its own sponsorship deal.

The ivy grows at an impressive rate of six inches per month and covers almost the entire office of Protective Solutions Ltd in Stonehouse, Glos.

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The plant even has its own sponsorship deal (SWNS)

Allie, who founded the packaging company with Des in 2006, said: “It makes a massive difference to the office. We can’t envision the place without it - it would be dire.

“It started off as a bit of a laugh but we wouldn’t be without it now. We’d have to get another one if it ever went.”

The plant has even received a sponsorship by gardening company, Gardening Naturally, who provide seaweed extract food to the office.

The ivy grows at an impressive rate of six inches per month (SWNS)

The “absolutely massive” plant goes around the 50ft long by 25ft wide open-plan office several times and then criss-crosses across the ceiling.

Although Allie suspects if the plant continues to grow they’ll have to “bring machetes to the office” to hack through the growth - she says staff love the greenery.

She said: “Staff love it. If it was gone we’d all notice it and we’d just have to get another.”

Dan Warburton