Woodhorn's New Delivery Vehicle

Spring is nearly here....and our new delivery vehicle has been flat out delivering bulk bags and loose products to our local customers. The vehicle features a hiab crane which means we can put bulk bags over your fence and into your garden ready for to start working on your garden projects.

Bognor Regis Relief Road

We are delighted to be working with Goddards Landscapes on the Bognor Regis relief road - due for opening in December 2014. We have supplied over 600/t of our BS 3882 Topsoil for the creation of verges and roundabouts.

New Golf Tee construction at Hayling Golf Club

The Woodhorn Group & Earth Cycle are delighted to be supplying 60/t of our Rootzone for the construction of a new golf tee at the exclusive Hayling Golf Club in Hampshire

saltex 2014

Were off to exhibit at SALTEX - Windsor Racecourse - 2nd September - 4th September. Please come and see us at Stand M38

Bartons Primary School, North Bersted, Bognor Regis

We are extremely proud to be working with Kestrel Contractors again, for the supply of 550 tonnes of BS 3882 Topsoil for the creation of a brand new sports pitch at a new build school in North Bersted, Bognor Regis

GOLD at the Chelsea Flower Show!

Efforts put in by The Woodhorn Group to create and supply a special peat-free 'green compost' for Sparsholt College Hampshire's latest garden at this year's RHS Chelsea Flower Show have been rewarded with not only GOLD but also 'The Best RHS Discovery Exhibit' too.

Working in partnership with leading disposables packaging manufacturer, Huhtamaki UK Ltd, Spartholt College Hampshire and The Woodhorn Group, 'The Paper Chase' garden was designed by students of Sparsholt College with the plants grown in compost created by The Woodhorn Group using Huhtamaki's environmentally sustainable BioWare paper cups range. This was the culmination of a research and development project between Huhtamaki and The Woodhorn Group to create a sustainable and productive growing media by composting biodegradable coffee cups.  The final compost used at Chelsea was produced by The Woodhorn Group from a combination of green garden waste and Huhtamaki's ground breaking paper cups.

The garden's five main sections portray a strong environmental message intended to enthuse and educate everyone with the merits of sustainability, composting and waste recycling.

Morgan Davies, Waste Recycling Manager for The Woodhorn Group, said: 'The partnership with Huhtamaki and Sparsholt College has been a great opportunity to prove that a manufactured biodegradable product can be effectively recycled into a usable, quality, material that is not only 100% natural, but has a genuine benefit as a soil conditioner and improver.'

'The RHS Chelsea Flower Show is a world famous and prestigious event.  It has been a real honour to be involved and recognised with a Gold and 'Best in Show' award.  This is a fantastic achievement - not only for sustainability, but as an incredible reward for the hard work and dedication invested by Sparsholt College and the team of 21 students. Sparsholt College Hampshire's continued success at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show is wonderful, and The Woodhorn Group is thrilled to have been able to work in partnership with them in the creation of 'The Paper Chase'.

THE WOODHORN GROUP/SPARSHOLT COLLEGE ANNOUNCE PARTNERSHIP FOR RHS CHELSEA FLOWER SHOW

           

PRESS RELEASE

March 2014

Sparsholt College announce partnership for RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2014

The Woodhorn Group, a family run business based near Chichester, has joined forces with one of the UK leading colleges for the land and environment, Sparsholt College Hampshire and global packaging company Huhtamaki for the 2014 RHS Chelsea Flower Show. 

Sparsholt College Horticulture students have designed and will be building a sustainable themed garden in compost produced by The Woodhorn Group.  The compost has been generated from the recycling of Huhtamaki’s environmentally friendly disposable cups, BioWare, which all the staff and students at the College have been using since last year.

Plants for RHS Chelsea are currently being grown in the Woodhorn produced compost before they are planted into the garden which has been inspired by Huhtamaki’s manufacturing process and green credentials.  The entire garden will have a truly environmental and sustainable theme.

Horticulture lecturer Chris Bird, who is leading the 21 Extended Diploma students said: “Naturally we are already very environmentally aware and conscientious here at Sparsholt and our students have become quite the recycling champions around the College as part of this project. On a greater scale tough, they have also seen through this new partnership with The Woodhorn Group and Huhtamaki how two very different organisations, linked by common values, are playing a significant role in the manufacture of future friendly products which can be recycled and therefore re-used.”

A visit to Huhtamaki’s factory in Gosport inspired much of the student’s design for the garden.  The many production processes, the speed and efficiency of the machines and importance of recycling all influenced the students as they collectively came up with creative ideas for the exhibit.  As 17-year student John Monger commented: “The visit to Huhtamaki showed me how diverse the industry is which gave me more of an idea how to design the garden.”  He also observed: “Recycling is very important to the horticulture industry as it enables us to work with environmentally friendly materials.”  Fellow student Simon Walsha was very inspired by the Huhtamaki visit, as he said: “Big businesses can be genuinely environmentally aware.”

The Horticulture students also paid a visit to The Woodhorn Groups Waste Management facility in Chichester.  Here they gained a greater understanding of the recycling process and saw how disposable cups can gain a new life in the form of compost. 

Morgan Davies, Waste Recycling Manager for The Woodhorn Group said: “The partnership with Huhtamaki and Sparsholt College has been a great opportunity to prove that a manufactured biodegradable product can be effectively recycled into a usable, quality material that is not only 100% natural, but has a genuine benefit as a soil conditioner and improver. Hosting Sparsholt College at our composting facility offered not only an excellent chance to introduce the horticulture students to the processes involved in manufacture, but showed them how efficiently the loop can be closed. They now understand every aspect of the partnership from cup manufacture to final recycling and production of the compost. It gave them a real insight into how sustainable and environmentally friendly compost production can be.”

Sparsholt College Hampshire has a long history of Chelsea medal success achieving 5 Gold medals, 3 Silver-gilt medals, 4 Silver medals, 3 Bronze medals since 1998.

For further information please visit www.sparsholt.ac.uk, www.foodservice.huhtamaki.co.uk and http://www.woodhorngroup.co.uk/index.html

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Notes to Editor

·         Sparsholt College Hampshire, incorporating Andover College, is one of the largest colleges in the South East offering hundreds of full and part-time courses as well as bespoke training for business.

·         The College was recognised (in January 2009) as an Associate College of the University of Portsmouth which validates degree programmes at the Sparsholt College campus.

·         The Sparsholt College campus is a recognised as one of the country’s leading colleges for outdoor and land based industries.

·         The Andover College campus serves North Hampshire with a range of academic and vocational qualifications and includes a dedicated Sixth Form Academy.

·         The College has achieved the Matrix Standard accreditation for delivering information, advice and guidance services.

·         Sparsholt College Hampshire is on the UK government's Register of Education and Training Providers. The Sponsor Licence Number (SLN) on this register is G0J84DCF3.

·         The College was assessed for the quality of its Higher Education provision by the Universities and Colleges of Higher Education Quality Assurance Agency and received endorsements for the many areas of Good Practice.

For further information please contact:

Sue Allison, Press and Communications Officer 01962 797563 / sue.allison@sparsholt.ac.uk

Huhtamaki UK

·         Huhtamaki’s BioWare paper hot cups are manufactured using paperboard material that is PEFC (Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification) Chain of Custody certified.  PEFC is an international, non-profit organisation promoting sustainable forest management, for further information please visit www.pefc.org.

·         BioWare cups are fully certified in accordance with the European norm for compostability of packaging (EN13432), and can be composted within 60 days in the optimum condition of industrial composting facilities.

·         Huhtamaki’s environmentally-friendly BioWare range is the perfect way for caterers to enhance their ‘green’ image!  The comprehensive selection of high quality foodservice disposables comprises single-use cups, tumblers, food containers, Strongholders carry trays, cutlery and Chinet® plates and bowls; and fulfils the needs of various foodservice operators – from those operating cafés, coffee shops and juice bars, to those who provide stadium catering and hotel dinner service.

·         www.foodservice.huhtamaki.co.uk.

The Woodhorn Group

·         The compost was created by the Woodhorn Group who shredded the paper cups supplied by Huhtamaki and mixed them with green and vegetation waste.  This was followed by two weeks’ sanitisation with every day checks, followed by 10 weeks’ stabilisation with weekly monitoring, before the final PAS100 assessment. Move to Woodhorn section

·         Established in 1882, The Woodhorn Group is a family run business based near Chichester in West Sussex.  All aspects of the business are managed with the objective of environmental and economic sustainability for both the Business and the Community in which they operate.

·         The Woodhorn Group operates two licensed recycling sites enabling significant diversion of green and wood waste from landfill in the South East.  Its range of Earth Cycle composts and soil conditioners provide eco-friendly, 100% peat-free products for use by trade and domestic customers.

·         Earth Cycle diverts locally produced green waste materials away from landfill and processes it into sustainable products, packed full of essential nutrients necessary for healthy soil, promoting strong disease free root growth.

·         The Woodhorn Group’s composts are full of essential nutrients that act as nature’s natural soil conditioner.  Adding organic matter improves soil structure and increases workability, whilst improving drainage in heavy clay soils.  The addition of Earth Cycle composts can also increase moisture retention in sandy soils, leading to improved drought resistance.