I was lucky enough to be able to visit Mark Halls work place- Living Props Ltd in Iver, West London.

Living Props are Set Dressers and suppliers of natural scenery and effects to the television and film industry. In other words you want a tree as a backdrop in your film/advert and they will say- what type do you need we have hundreds!!!

Its not open to the general public, so walking round it is kinda like a garden centre crossed between an aladins cave of items- chocka block full of plants, pots, and structural features used for film sets. Most of the features are hand carved made from resin, fibre glass or polystyrene- the guy who makes them is incredibly talented- the boulders looked so real but were as light as a feather!!

There are cacti greenhouses, fern houses, outdoor plants, indoor plants, fake plants, fake tree trunks, pillars, gravestones, statues, rocks, and even dragons!

I spent nearly 4 hours with Mark just walking around- and had a brilliant time!

Thanks again Mark for talking time out of your weekend to show me around!

Hope you enjoy the pictures!
Owen