About Viritopia | Living Wall & Green Roof Specialists

Meet the team

Kelly Williamson

Financial Controller

Our newest starter, Kelly, may be new to Viritopia, but she certainly isn't new to numbers and calculations! A key part to the ever-growing Viritopian team.

A look into the process.

For an insight into where we've come from, how we work with our clients and what's been achieved so far, take a look at our new online storybook.

View the storybook

Our clients

Trusted by some of the biggest brands around the world

Working on some high-profile projects where failure was not an option, we were the preferred partners for multiple well-known brands, some of which we've worked with multiple times.

How we became global leaders in green roof and living wall design

June 1996

Our original plant wholesale business began trading on Aldingbourne Nurseries.

March 2005

We began supplying, and installing green roofs, experimenting with various green roof systems.

August 2008

Initial demand from architects for living wall systems, a new niche provision in the market. We began extensive research and development into a broad spectrum of living wall systems.

September 2010

First major living wall project completed in the UK at Westfield Shopping Centre, this was heavily promoted in the press and lead to massive interest in living walls and the ANS Living Wall system in particular.

October 2010

New branding for 'ANS Group Europe' as we were first known, this changed to 'ANS Global' following rapid expansion abroad.

April 2011

First interior living wall installed at XL Catlin office in London

May 2011

ANS Living Screen developed as a mobile living wall unit for homes, offices and hotels.

May 2012

Company trip to Holland to meet with a large network of plant suppliers.

March 2013

New modular green roof system developed following years of experience with living roofs. Initially branded as 'InstaGrufe'.

February 2014

First ANS MossArt preserved moss wall installed at Deloitte in Edinburgh.

September 2015

We further improved our green roof offering into a DIY green roof kit and rebranded it as 'GrufeKit'

DIY green roof kit rebranded as GrufeKit

June 2016

ANS office refurbishment, transforming our head office.

January 2017

ANS Global celebrate the ten year anniversary of the ANS Living Wall system.

January 2018

1st ANS Living Wall installed in Australia at Gosford Private Hospital.

February 2018

1st ANS Living Wall installed in Qatar.

January 2020

World's largest living wall project is completed in Qatar

ANS living wall, the largest in the world

March 2020

We moved all our CPDs and meetings online, saving 600-1000 travel miles for just one of the sales team per week.

ANS move all CPDs and meetings online, saving hundreds of travel miles per week.

November 2020

Tallest living wall in Europe installed in Woking

ANS install Europe's tallest living wall in Woking.

January 2021

Our feasibility and design consultancy is launched, with our first key project based in Dartford.

ANS launch their green infrastructure feasibility and design consultancy, with first key project in Dartford.

November 2021

Now with expertise in landscape architecture, project management, design, operations and horticulture. Our team has grown and our combined experience with it.