GREENERY from a North Yorkshire nursery will feature in a 15-episode cable television series showing the seven-year conversion of a 19th century water tower into a designer home.

Johnsons of Whixley, which has an annual turnover of £10 million and grows millions of trees and shrubs on 400 acres in North Yorkshire and another 300 acres throughout Europe, has put the finishing green flourishes to the project screened by UKTVStyle.

Johnsons, a family business, was one of many partnership companies involved in the process of transforming Lymm Water Tower into a design-led minimalist, family home of the future.

The first 30-minute episode of Seven Year Makeover was seen on July 19, but it will not be until October when Johnson's role in providing a variety of trees and specimen plants for both a low-maintenance garden and a roof garden will be screened.

Andrew Richardson, joint managing director of Johnsons, said: "We have thoroughly enjoyed our association with the project. We believe that anything which encourages people to think about the part which plants can play in modern living is well worth supporting."

The water tower project was the brainchild of film-makers Russell and Janette Harris. Johnson's involvement was at the suggestion of Sue Hetherington and Leighton Powell, of The Ability Garden Company in Northwich.

Mrs Hetherington said: "As a landscape architect I have known the Johnsons for many years. Their plant quality is second to none and I knew they would be just the right supplier for this project."

Updated: 11:10 Wednesday, July 28, 2004