GARDEN DESIGN
We feel that water will become a more important issue as time goes on . Recent developments at the nursery now allow us to collect and recycle water onsite , collected from our barn and polytunnel roofs . Our resident irrigation specialist sings the praises of our weather stations on-site resulting in a more efficient use of water for irrigation . In the near future , we will be installing Xylem pumps to irrigate plants .
Compost and the use of peat is the hot potato of the industry with opinions very much divided . We found that many of our customers were looking for plants in peat free compost . Delayed by the pandemic but very much here now and selling well is our own Rosedale Peat Free multipurpose compost . The Rosedale brand is exclusive to Provender Nurseries we recently reduced the amount of peat in the Rosedale brand multi-purpose compost .
Most importantly , all of our new plant production sites , the plants we produce for sale in the cash and carry are planted in peat free compost in 10L pots and below . These pots are also blue kerb side recyclable too .
Government legislation has resulted in all of our inhouse vehicles being
EURO 6 compliant , reducing our carbon emissions in London , one of our most popular delivery areas .
These are just some of the changes we have made to our day-to-day trading model to keep Provender Nurseries going green and staying green . We intend to do more .
Provender Nurseries ’ Prevent , Reuse and Recycle policy can be viewed here : www . provendernurseries . co . uk / about-us / prevent
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