Our History

Nutscene has a long established history from 1946 to the present day. Some of the key events in our history are described below.

	1922 The Beginning It all began in 1922 when the first spool of Nutscene was sold to a local nursery by the Jute Merchants Robertson Ireland Ltd based in Dundee Scotland. The product range was expanded in the years running up to World War 2 and sales were made through wholesalers to garden centres, nurseries and ironmongers shops.
	1930's (circa) Wilbert Our logo "Wilbert" was dug out from Nutscene's archives, dusted down and now graces shop windows in stores across the world. Look out for him on all our traditional and modern products he is your assurance of Nutscene quality and authenticity.
	1941 Nutscene Ltd was formed In 1941 Nutscene Ltd was formed - this was done to allow Nutscene to apply for an allocation of jute yarn from the "Ministry of Supply" during the remaining years of the war and into the late 50's when rationing was finally withdrawn. These allocations confirmed Nutscene's place as a major contributor to wartime and post-war agricultural production.
	1988 EFG purchase Nutscene The owner of Nutscene Ltd. Andrew Kyle died in 1988 and the company was sold to Economic Forestry Group (EFG) as part of their expansion into the horticultural market. In 1989 the company moved it's manufacturing base to Forfar.
	1993 EFG sells Nutscene to their General Manager EFG sold Nutscene to their General Manager Murray Anderson in December 1993 and the business is now run under the name of Nutscene Garden Products Ltd. as a private limited company. The 1980's and 1990's have seen a dramatic change in the market with the reduction in the number of wholesalers and ironmonger shops and the rapid expansion of the multiple D.I.Y. retailer. Nutscene has been able to keep abreast of this change and is a very strong manufacturer within the retail and commercial horticultural market.
	1994 Fire Destroys Stock Fire ravishes building, destroying all it's contents and most of the timber work within.
	1999 Launch of Giftware products 1999 sees the launch of a range of Giftware, and the introduction of new logo - "Nutscene Twines Go Round The World" which also reflects our commitment to new technology with the incorporation of our web address www.nutscene.com. As well as our new logo, we have also provided a number of images that reflect the changing packaging and branding of the Nutscene product.
	2004 Management Buyout A successful management buyout in August 2004 by Managing Director Shona Young.
	2005 Nutscene Updates Their Web Site Nutscene are pleased to announce their latest update to their web site.
	2006 Nutscene Move To New Premises Nutscene are moving to new premises in December 2005, to a custom built factory in the outskirts of Forfar.
	2006 Aquisition of Red Clay Garden Nutscene aquire the Red Clay Garden from CP Ceramics. This will grow the Nutscene product portfolio