Loxley

Stramshall

Dagdale

Bramshall

Bromley

Kingsbury

Bespoke Greenhouse

Lean-To

Vanderburg

Kingsbromley

Greenhouse staging

Coldframes

Water butts

Tall Coldframe

November 2011 -

The Movember Challenge

To raise money for charity the woodpecker team are taking part in the Movember Challenge to raise money for testicular and prostate cancers. The challenge is for each woodpecker to grow the biggest moustache possible within the month of November. Extra points are awarded for crazy styles and imaginative flare!

span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;">Feel free to sponsor us and help raise public awareness against this often ignored issue of male health. Follow this link to the movemeber website to view the pictures of woodpecker moustache attempts!!

Thank you for all the support!

The Woodpecker Team

Our Company Director , affectionately known as Woody, established Woodpecker Joinery in January 1994. A truly dedicated craftsman, he has designed and developed every aspect of our greenhouses to ensure a fantastic gardenening experience for all our customers. A very well travelled Woodpecker, he knows every nook and cranny of the UK, as he's probably installed a greenhouse there!

His interests include cricket and football- he's been a Rams (Derby County) fan all his life, much to the disgruntlement of our team, the majority of whom are Stoke City fans. Somehow, they still manage to work in harmony!

Always smiling and friendly, Louise ensures that everyone is motivated and happy and works hard to help all our clients with any problem- big or small. Louise's main loves are her four Old English sheep dogs, who certainly keep her occupied! She also loves to travel, with Australia being her 'spiritual home' and is always game for a good party with friends and is currently using her love of interior design to redecorate her new home.

Bobby works full time here in Hixon as our General Manager now that he has completed his degree in Business Management at Lancaster University. He ensures that everything runs smoothly; liaising with suppliers, customers and our workers and is always around to boost morale and make sure that we work to the highest standard we can. Bobby is a rugby enthusiast who plays for Stoke on Trent RUFC. A proper lad, he works hard on the rugby pitch and plays hard on Woodpecker nights out!

Tom, our Works Manager has been at Woodpecker now for over five years. Having completed his apprenticeship he has become a competent and well respected Joiner and has crafted many, many greenhouses for installation all over the country. He gets on well with everyone here at Woodpecker and works diligently to provide beautiful bespoke products for all of our customers. Tom is a keen music and film fan and owns an impressive CD and DVD collection, which he uses to relax after a hard day's work. He is also learning to kickbox, so that he can keep the boys in check!

Craig is our Site Foreman and travels all over the country, erecting greenhouses, as well as managing all of the teams we send out on installations each day. He enjoys all types of sport and can usually be found playing 5- a- side football or golf at the weekend. He is a life-long Port Vale supporter, much to the chagrin of our Stoke supporters! Craig is a real team member and makes all of us Woodpeckers laugh with his cheeky sense of humour. He is also known as the working man's Orlando Bloom (you will see why when you meet him!)

Joe, our Foreman, is possibly the most organised Joiner we have ever seen! He knows exactly what's going on all the time and makes sure that the others do too. Having finished his apprenticeship, Joe is a key part of the Woodpecker greenhouse production team and a very practical, skilled person. Joe leads our Stoke supporters and can often be found at a football match, egging The Potters on.

Louis, Chris's older brother, has been at Woodpecker since the beginning and now works here full time keeping on top of our stock orders and ensuring that everything in the yard is in good working order. Louis regularly goes out to install greenhouses and deliver accessories, as well as working on finishing greenhouses to a high standard at our workshops in Hixon. Louis has a young family and is a keen cyclist, having biked all round the UK for various charities.

Ross H has recently completed his degree in Music Technology and now works for us full time in the office as part of our technical team, as well as looking after our expanding timber imports. Ross is a new dad to baby Oscar and is also a skilled musician, having built his own guitar.

James is Tom's younger brother and works at Woodpecker during University holidays. He's been at Woodpecker for four years and is one of the lads, especially on nights out! James is undertaking a degree in Industrial Design at Loughborough University and seems to be enjoying himself very much and taking advantage of the sporting facilities on campus! He is currently spending his third year on a placement with us, becoming a crucial part of our design and technical team.

Becky is Louise's right hand girl and works in the office during holidays and at the weekends. Always polite and friendly, her bubbly nature makes her a pleasure to work with! Becky is in her third studying Chemistry at Oxford University, but remains a loyal Woodpecker. As well as Chemistry, Becky's interests include drama, music and cooking and she is attempting to become bit of a film buff by amassing a rather large DVD collection.

Alan is a family man who works on finishing our greenhouses. He is always willing to work long hours and weekends and gets on well with the whole team.

John is one of our trained joiners based at our workshops in Hixon. He is a car enthusiast and a supporter of Aston Villa.

Sam is one of our finishers here and usually the perpetrator of the many practical jokes played in the yard. Despite this, noone has many bad words to say about him!

Ross M is one of our top joiners and gets on well with everyone. He is an integral cog in the manufaturing process and a thoroughly decent guy.

Dan is Deputy Site Foreman. Dan is quite a shy character, however ensures that all of his greenhouses are fitted to the highest standard. Out of work, he is a big Stoke City fan.

Tom H is another of our joiners. He is renowned for his good voice and his flowing locks (could be a member of Spandau Ballet or A-ha).

Martin, a joiner by trade, has been with us for four months and has fitted in well with the rest of the team. He's a quiet lad, but we hope to bring him out of his shell.

Rod is a wise Woodpecker who stains all of our greenhouses before they leave the yard. He is liked and respected by everyone here.

Rob works part time when not at college and gets on well with the whole team. He also makes the best cup of tea at Woodpecker.

Calum is Ross H's brother and makes all of our staging. Outside of work, he enjoys playing in a band and talking for England!

Adam L operates our automated cross-cut machine, cutting wood to size for our joiners. He hates his "French car...a Fiat Punto."

Ryan is based in our workshop and has worked his way up in the time that he has been here. He enjoys a spot of brie with his port after work.

Jon (Big Dave) is 6ft 7" and is a member of the site team. He's a Leeds fan and enjoys playing cricket and football.

Henry works both on site and in the workshop. A cheerful chappie who likes tinkering with cars and socialising with friends.

Alex has worked at Woodpecker for 6 months on site. He has been nicknamed "the Sloth" due to his ability to sleep absolutely anywhere.

Kris is part of the site team. Kris is special...as he has represented Great Britain at the Sydney Olympics in a long-distance running event; an achievement that not many of us at Woodpecker can boast about!

Matt works on a part-time basis helping with staging and cross-cut machine. He is studying Sports Journalism at Staffs University.

Eddie is Bobby's younger brother who studies History at Sheffield Hallam. He spends his holidays entertaining us at Woodpecker with his rubbish jokes and interesting stories.

Adam S spent his gap year with us and works during holidays when not studying in Liverpool. He has gained a reputation as the Woodpecker party animal. A very shy and docile creature by day, but after a few sherberts his true colours come out!

Tom J is the newest member of our team. We are getting to know him and will update this soon...