Wyevale Nurseries has revealed it has passed its ISO 14001 Environmental Audit this year with its quality objective for 2021 being further peat reduction and make it below 50 % ( January 2021 ) .
The Hereford - based business has been present a certificate for its Environmental Management System , which meets requirements for the product and supply of container - grown stock to garden centres and agreeableness market .
Steve Reed , Production Director Container Division at Wyevale Nurseries , enjoin : “ We ’re delighted to annunciate we ’ve just passed our ISO 14001 Environmental Audit for the 10th year running with our prime object glass being peat reduction , followed by a continued decrease in the use of water .
“ It ’s bully to have this environmental accreditation in place . We could n’t have attain this without the backing of the whole nursery , and I ’d like to thank every phallus of the team for their involvement . ”
ISO 14001 is an internationally recognize standard that outlines how to put an effective environmental management scheme in position within organisations .
It is designed to help businesses rest commercially successful without command environmental responsibilities and impacts . It can also serve businesses to farm sustainably while reducing the environmental impingement of this growth .
Steve added : “ With regards peat reduction , last twelvemonth we establish a commercial-grade trial of peat - free parentage . To replace the peat , we are using wood fibre from managed forest plantations . We also continue to reduce the peat in our general origin in 2020 . In total the glasshouse reduced its peat use to 56 % of all the compost used .
“ The main factor with using alternatives to peat are managing the water and nutritionary use , because peat - free medium is less spongy , so it does not hold as much water and , thus , more frequent applications of pee are needed , but less water is applied each time . Also , we need to check that plants keep a good healthy color , and do n’t go yellow , and they grow to a monetary standard that is suited for our garden essence and amenity customers .
“ In 2021 , we plan to reduce peat use to below 50 % , so less than half of everything we pot at Wyevale Nurseries will contain peat . To achieve this , we will increase our peat - free tryout to 30,000 plants this year and grow 200,000 of our immature flora in smaller flock , peat - barren as well . We will be wait on with regular visit by an ADAS consultant and from Melcourt , who are provide the compost .
“ We also have even targets for recycling water and at present we are at maximal . Our last two years figures are similar , averaging at around 42,602 m³ , which is just more than 17 Olympic - sized swimming pools . In society to reuse more urine , we require a reservoir and in October we gained design permission to build one , but when work starts on this in 2021 is presently dependent on Covid demands and limitation . ”
