Thinking about our environmental impact:

As environmental issues increasingly appear on everybody’s agenda we have started to consider what steps we can take to support our environment. Quality of product and service has always been our key priority, however we are always on the lookout for different methods and resources to protect the environment. In recent years we have altered a number of our activities to reduce our environmental impact.

Here are some of the measures we have taken:

·         Reduced use of Fungicides and Pesticides.

·         Increased use of natural products such as bacteria and nematodes.

·         Collecting rainwater from our greenhouses and polytunnel for watering plants.

·         Leaving land to nature.

Since we have looked to minimise our use of Fungicides and Pesticides we have noticed an increase in the number of frogs and toads that call our Polytunnel and shade houses home. In turn they help us to keep down the number of unwanted pests such as slugs!

For some years now we have kept an area of land at the back of our nursery as an area for wildlife. We call it our ‘Grassfield’, although it comprises both grass, reed and wooded areas. For many years the land was used for the grazing of working horses, at a time when our business was predominantly bulb growing. We believe it was once used as a source of clay, the furrows of the clay pits can still be seen. Today the area provides a home for all sorts of wildlife including Long-eared Owls, Reed Warblers, Snipe and deer.