In This Issue
It was a challenging Christmas, say UK garden centres
Record breaking growth for Farplants’ Christmas offering
Top 20 Christmas Products for 2017 revealed
Bord na Móna: at the forefront of developing top quality growing media
Further growth for Tildenet with Fleximas acquisition
Ivyline and Greenfingers, anyone for tea?
Garden centre’s future in doubt after housing application
Barton Grange in the news following jet fuel tank discovery
Former England rugby player to speak at GCA conference
Notcutts celebrates successful 120th year
Sign up to a Garden Re-Leaf Day challenge
Gardenex secures funding for major trade exhibitions
The next big step in garden retail
Praise for PATS on reaching 10th Sandown milestone
Get your own copy of GTN Xtra
The Tildenet Group appoints James Hollingworth
Discover the benefit of plants and gardening in 2018, urges HTA
Retail Sales Director appointed by Quantil
Fabulous free activities at Squire’s Pet Weekend
New chairman of Growing Media Europe
The best of last week's
Bunnings UK boss to take a three month break
Much loved industry figure passes away after cancer battle
OBEs for Colin Squire and John Athwal
2017: A year of transition for the garden centre trade
Bestsellers Top 50 charts every week
Buy your subscription to GTN Bestsellers
Send us your news and great ideas

Contact us with your news. 

Email neil.pope@tgcmc.co.uk, or trevor.pfeiffer@tgcmc.co.uk or call the GTN News team on 01733 775700


Bord na Móna: at the forefront of developing top quality growing media

 

Founded over 80 years ago, Bord na Móna Horticulture is the leading Irish supplier of growing media and barks in Ireland and the UK.

 

The company manufactures and supplies a range of growing media products for both professional growers and home gardeners, and is at the forefront of developing top quality growing media – including peat-free and peat-reduced multipurpose composts, specialist composts and grow your own planters – barks, soil improvers and fertilisers. 
 
With the largest green waste composting facilities in Ireland and the UK taking in garden waste and large quantities of spent grain, Bord na Móna Horticulture controls, monitors, and supervises the entire manufacturing process of their products, from planting and harvesting, through to packing and distribution.


Consistently delivering excellent products, high quality Irish peat, and continuous research and innovation, their high performing products have successfully received 14 Which? Best Buy awards over the past 8 years (2010-2017).
 
With an expanding footprint in international markets, Bord na Móna Horticulture products have been acknowledged for their quality around the world, as seen through their use in world class sports and leisure projects including the Camp Nou Football Stadium in Barcelona, the Saadiyat Beach Golf Club in the UAE and Meydan Race Track in the UAE.
 
Bord na Móna Horticulture’s award winning formulations and recipes, and commitment to sustainability sets it apart from industry competitors. But what are the sustainable ingredients they use to ensure gardeners produce and enjoy brighter, bigger blooms every season?

 


 
GREEN COMPOST
With sustainability at the heartbeat of the business, Bord na Móna Horticulture is leading the development of alternatives to peat based growing media, focusing on green compost.  As well as natural potassium, green compost is rich in calcium, essential for strong leaves and the suppression of plant disease, and natural humic acid to help speedy germination and boost plant growth.
 
COIR
Another one of the components used by Bord na Móna Horticulture as an alternative to peat is coir.  Coir is also a natural source of potassium, one of the essential nutrients for vibrant growth, lush plant leaves and an enhanced taste in vegetables.
 
COMPOSTED BARK
Produced from high quality inputs from the timber industry, composted bark is an indigenous product that contains a natural source of potassium for brighter flowers.  Materials that are well-rotted and composted are the best at balancing essential nitrogen in the soil, aiding essential photosynthesis production in healthy plants and flowers. Keeping these nitrogen levels balanced is essential to ensure the plants are able to breath.
 
PEAT
An organic matter produced naturally when plants and vegetation decompose in bogs, peat moss has been used in gardens for generations as a soil amendment or ingredient in potting soil.  Bord na Móna Irish peat is world renowned for its high quality, consistency and stability.  Considered by many to be the best quality growing media, peat moss is an important component of most potting soils and seed starting mediums.

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Del.icio.us Digg | Comment (0)
Comment
Name:*

Email Address:*

Comment:*