Lady Haig's Poppy Factory

     
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     
 

Welcome to the Lady Haig's Poppy Factory
 
Message from our Chairman
Welcome to the Lady Haig's Poppy Factory Web Site. As well as being informative about our history and our current areas of work you can also contact us and place orders.

The factory is open to the public from 09.00 to 16.00 Monday to Friday, and we are always delighted to arrange either informal or formal tours of the factory.

As will become apparent as you browse this site we do much more than make poppies. We also have a wreath making department and a framing business. The framing business is also open on Saturday mornings until 12.30 and is staffed by fully qualified framers; we are members of the Fine Arts Trade Guild.

We have free off street parking via Logie Green Road entrance and our reputation is second to none.
 
     
 
 

Products

  
   
  Browse all the products made by the Lady Haig's Poppy Factory.  
 

Framing

  
   
  Professional mounting and framing of pictures and medals.  
 
     
 

History

  
   
  How it all began right through to the modern day factory.
 		  
 

How's it done

  
   
  An overview of how all the poppies and wreaths are made.
 		  
 

Meet the team

  
   
  Meet the members of the team who make it all happen.
 		  
 

We are extremely proud of the activities that take place in the factory. We have a work force of 33 ex servicemen, the large majority of whom are registered disabled, and while we are a commercial organisation, we are also a charity that provides dignity through work. Many of our workers have been with us for many years and there is a palpable feeling of the military about the place that provides a comfortable and secure atmosphere, for both visitors and workers alike. We work hard to ensure it remains primarily a happy and productive place.

As well as the 4.5 million poppies that are handmade each year, we also produce over 8,000 wreaths to order. We process over 25,000 collection tins and make up and dispatch orders to conveners all over Scotland. We also make crosses for the Gardens of Remembrance and long stemmed poppies, for sale to the public via the factory.

I hope this gives you a brief insight to the Lady Haig's Poppy Factory and I hope you enjoy the site.

Professor A M DAVISON RD
Chairman of the Board of Directors
 
 
     
 

News

 
 
  • Stop Press
  • NEW ITEMSShow your support for the Poppy Factory, purchase our new coaster.
  • Eco-friendlypoppy factory themed shopping bags ARE NOW available for purchase
  • Our new Dress Poppy is now in its 2nd year and proved quite successfull on its launch. It is made from silk and costs £3.00 It is featured on the wreaths page on this web site.
  • Our Autumn school visits were highly successful! We were hosted by 29 different schools taking our message to nearly 900 children.
  • Poppy makers recently travelled to London to present the Prime Minister with a framed poppy from Flanders. At the same time the PM presented another Flanders Poppy that made a symbolic journey to Stirling via Earl Haig at Bemersyde, Duns Primary School, the Poppy Factory, the Church of the Holy Rude in Stirling (where it was a part of the memorial service of thanksgiving for those Scottish servicemen and women who have lost their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan) and finally to the Castle at Stirling where it was used to launch this years Poppy Appeal.
  
   
     
     
 
  Admin     Accounts Notices
 
     
  Lady Haig's Poppy Factory is the trading name of The Lady Haig Poppy Factory Limited.
Registered in Scotland 194777
Registered Office New Haig House, Logie Green Road, Edinburgh EH7 4HR		  
 
Charity No. SCO 16682 VAT No. 751 2279 40
 
 
Lady Haig's Poppy Factory
9 Warriston Road, Edinburgh, EH7 4HJ
tel: 0131 550 1573/4
Fax: 0131 557 0071
email: secretary@lhpfscotland.org.uk