Archive for April 2019
SylvaGrow on the move
Sales of Melcourt SylvaGrow® are already at record levels but our guess is that they’ll increase even further now that this trailer has hit the road. It will be based near our Tetbury production facility, bringing raw material from nearby sawmills which will be graded and composted to form the basis of our different #peatfree…
Read MoreThe Melcourt stockist family keeps on growing
It’s hugely gratifying to see the number of Melcourt stockists growing. Since the start of this year alone we’ve added 51 bringing the total to over 500 across the UK (compared to less than 100 just five years ago). This means it’s easier than ever to buy our #peatfree products – although we still want…
Read MoreMelcourt from the air
This video clip gives a drone’s-eye view of our production facility at Long Newnton near Tetbury, Gloucestershire, as evening falls. The footage was taken by Darren Vertessy (who took the still we posted the other day) and shows our deeply rural location to great effect. Fitting, isn’t it, that products which hold such sustainable credentials…
Read MoreHere’s hoping for a cracking Easter
The Easter week-end is fast approaching so time to remind everyone that the office will be closed on Good Friday and Easter Monday. We’re keeping everything crossed for a cracking week-end: the forecast is good so we hope that garden centres are busy, that our professional grower customers get lots of calls to send more…
Read MoreOur work doesn’t stop when we’ve sold the product
All Melcourt Garden & Landscape products are tested continually. These pictures show our recently launched SoilAssociation approved SylvaGrow® peat-free planter for organic growing doing its stuff brilliantly. Left to right: herbs one month after planting, strawberries full of tasty promise, and peas, 29 days after sowing which will soon be good enough – to eat!
Read MoreBoldridge Brake at sunset
This drone picture by lorry driver Darren Vertessy shows our production facility in all its rural splendour. The large building in the foreground houses our bagging lines. The office is towards the centre of the image. The white objects are poly-wrapped product awaiting delivery. What a sight…and what a site!
Read MoreMelcourt Industries feature in The Parliamentary Review
An important event in the diaries of both politicians and business leaders, the March release of The Parliamentary Review sees the document highlight the best practice of organisations across the private and public sectors, sharingsome of the most exciting and forward-thinking work that has occurred in the country over the last year. The Review is…
Read MorePlease bear with us if you can’t get through to the office…
We’ve been notified of some possible power outages this week as work is undertaken to improve the local electricity distribution network. This might affect your ability to contact us and our ability to deal with emails quickly. There could be an outage today and again on Thursday 4th April, both for indeterminate periods. We’ll be…
Read MoreMelcourt SylvaGrow® Multipurpose Peat-free Compost and SylvaGrow® with added John Innes are Gardening Which? recommended peat-free composts….yet again!
SylvaGrow® has been a consistently high-scoring compost in Gardening Which? trials since its launch, whilst SylvaGrow® with added John Innes is regularly among the top-scoring peat-free composts for sowing seeds and raising young plants in their annual trials.* “There’s a commonly held but mistaken view that peat-free composts don’t produce the same results as peat-based…
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