St Pancras Renaissance Hotel
We have worked with St Pancras Renaissance Hotel, a five star luxury hotel of unique architectural stature, since it opened in 2011.
Each year, we create Christmas planting and displays for both the interior and exterior of this iconic building. Planning for this starts in the spring when a theme, including colours and lighting, is agreed for the planting outside the hotel, at the entrance, and continuing inside the building into the foyer, grand staircase, bar and restaurant.
In the approach to the installation, we ensure the quality of the Christmas trees, two of which stand 18 feet in height, by handpicking them while still growing from a Christmas tree farm in Hertfordshire where they are later cut and delivered as quickly as possible.
The Christmas planting takes place over two days, starting very early in the morning, in order to minimise disruption to the guests.
Day one begins at 4.00am with the secure installation of the large exterior Christmas trees and positioning of soft white lights to create a spectacular highlight for the hotel. We then move inside to decorate the famous Chambers Grand Staircase with two 16 foot trees, complete with lights and full decorations, finishing just as the first guests are waking up. The second day starts similarly early, this time we move through the lobby, where we install a central display of Christmas trees, then onto the hanging decorations within the bar area.
Our Christmas design in 2017 for St Pancras Renaissance Hotel was awarded a Gold Leaf in the Christmas Projects category at the Plants@Work Awards in 2018.