Run Barns Green Launches with New Title Sponsor

(Image: Ally Baker, Run Barns Green and Guy Watts, Managing Director, Architectural Plants)

Run Barns Green is the new name for the Barns Green Half Marathon and 10k races. The event also has a new main sponsor, Architectural Plants, which is a specialist horticultural nursery in Pulborough, West Sussex, that specialises in Garden Design and Planting.

This week would have seen the 38th anniversary of the Barns Green Half Marathon, but the cancellation of this year’s events has given the organising committee the time to rebrand the races which for the last 5 years has included a 10k race and from 2021 will include a new race specially for kids.

Architectural Plants’ Pulborough nursery is set within 32 acres of open fields and surrounded by farmland overlooking the South Downs. It is home to the exotic and tropical, the rare and unusual. Managing Director Guy Watts and his team are experts in plants that are both shapely and exotic – Japanese and European topiary, hardy palms, bananas, bamboos, plants for screening, and an ever-expanding range of rare and evergreen trees.

Speaking about the new sponsorship, Guy Watts said, “Running and being active outdoors is an integral part of my lifestyle; it helps me clear my mind and maintain my discipline and focus on running the business. Exercise has proven health benefits as does horticulture which is why we feel this is the perfect partnership.

Every Saturday I run the race route with my brother and have done so for many years. Race day is an important date in my calendar. I have always wanted to support this great local event and we can do that next year by greening up the route and promoting horticulture to my fellow runners. We are delighted to be the main sponsor of Run Barns Green”.

Vernon Jennings, Chairman of the Run Barns Green Committee, commented, “We are delighted to welcome Architectural Plants as our main sponsor. Their close links and understanding of our event have been so refreshing and they have shown tremendous enthusiasm and creativity in how they have approached this partnership which I am sure will be very successful. The new sponsorship with Architectural Plants is very timely as we launch our new Run Barns Green name and logo. The Barns Green Half Marathon has become a very established event in the local area over the last 38 years. However, in order to grow the event and provide greater options and variety for our runners, we introduced a separate 10k race in 2016 which has proved incredibly popular, and next year we will have a new race for the youngsters. It therefore seemed like the right time to introduce a more generic name for our events and we look forward to establishing the Run Barns Green name over the next few years”.
This year’s races were due to take part on Sunday 27th September and, pandemic permitting, Run Barns Green will launch on Sunday 26th September 2021.

For further information contact;
Nigel Currie, Run Barns Green Committee.
01403 730777
07774 229305
runbarnsgreen.org.uk

Architectural Plants;
Jason Gilford, Marketing Manager
Architectural Plants
Stane St, North Heath,
Pulborough RH20 1DJ
07964 990068 / 01798 879213
Monday to Friday

Our Nursery is Open By Appointment Mon-Sat. To plan your visit with us call: 01798 879213 or email: equiries@architecturalplants.com