Every year poppies are worn, wreaths are laid and the nation turns its attention towards Remembrance.

For us at the Poppy Factory in Richmond this means the culmination of a year’s effort to make 38 million Remembrance poppies,
5 million Remembrance petals, 900,000 crosses and 100,000 wreaths.
A team of 50 people – most of them disabled and ex-Service connected – work all year round.  They also make wreaths laid by Her Majesty the Queen and other members of the Royal Family.

The Poppy Factory also organises the annual Field of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey:  the Factory lays out 250 plots for Regimental and other Associations in the grounds between Westminster Abbey and St Margaret’s Church. The Factory provides Remembrance crosses so that ex-Service men and women as well as members of the public can plant a cross in memory of their fallen comrades and loved ones.

We welcome visitors on pre-arranged tours of the Poppy Factory.  Further details are available on our Visit Us page.