Bentleys of Pontefract

General information

Bentleys of Pontefract is run by me, Paul Meakin. You may wonder why "Bentleys" when my name is Meakin; but my wife said "Meakins" sounds like a pie shop rather than a architectural plants and tree specialist so when we started the business in 2011 we named the business after our family Beagle, Bentley.

I've always had an interest in architectural planting and back in 2010 I happened upon a supplier who had some of the largest planters and specimen plants/ trees I had ever seen and I realised that in the Wakefield area there was no supplier of quality specimen plants and trees like these so I started to think.

It soon also came apparent that customers who wanted larger trees/plants and planters had problems transporting them to where they were needed to be as some items can weigh upto 600kg. So I included a "White Glove" delivery service.

Then I quickly learned that offering fantastic plants/ trees and planters was not enough as clients found it hard to visualise for example a large 2 meter Trachycarpus palm in a 60cm x 70cm earthenware urn! So what did I decide to do? I started creating the complete item on site in a showroom so that customers could see the complete item, voila....the Bentleys showroom was created.

Since the businesses inception it has continued to change and grow. I have realised that the business needed to offer something unique, something no one else offered and now the business offers a superb range of larger plants and trees, outdoor furniture, benches landscaping products such as slates and over 30 more types of decorative aggregates sleepers, paving decking & fencing and also landscaping design. Everything we offer here at Bentleys is of a quality that we would be happy to accept in our own homes.