Phoenix Amenity Blog
Spring Lawn Care Video
From the USA, this video has advice and tips for early season lawn care that would apply anywhere. To summarise Clear debris Repair dead patches Check maintenance of your mower Cut high and often in the early season Use lawn feed as required
Defining Different Soil Types
Characteristics of Soil Types The soil type in your farm, garden or recreational area will be a major factor in the type of flora you may expect to thrive. Here we look at some of the major characteristics that define different soil types. Organic or Mineral Broadly...
Growing on Poorly Drained Pastures
Some of the definitions below will require some explanation. • Superficial deposits – Soil deposits typically from the Quaternary age. • Gleying – Soils that get waterlogged and de-oxygenated. The microbe action that ensues removes iron from the soil. Ill-drained...
2021 Early Planting Season
With fair weather forecast for the coming weeks there is an uptake in farmers and gardeners out and preparing for the new season. While this year has been particularly wet, the forecast is now for dryer and much warmer weather. The long rage forecast is always...
Mesotrophic Grassland
The UK’s landscape and climate is not as stable and predictable as you might think at first glance. While climate change has an impact on aspects which we understand such as mean temperature, precipitation levels and air moisture levels (humidity). It has several...
Soil Type Considerations for Wildflowers
Soil Type When is a wildflower not a wildflower? The answer lies in the diversity of British wildflowers. Each offering something unique to the garden, each also requiring something unique from the soil and area it is planted in. The am out of light, the depth of...
Hydroseeding Supplies Blog
Hydroseeding – All You Need To Know
Hydroseeding is an efficient, fast and, if scaled correctly, a very cost-efficient method of seeding large areas of land. Typically, this might be a lawn. But you will see Hydroseeding used on large recreational areas and green civil projects where seeding large areas...
Industrial Hydroseeding
Thanks to Youtube contributor James Thomson for creating this informative hydroseeding video showing the scale of seeding possible and the benefits of hydroseeding
Hydroseeding Solves Two Common Problems.
Hydroseeding can have varied reactions from those in the industry, as well as those looking ad considering the impact of it commercially and ecologically from the outside. It is fair to say there are a number of misconceptions both in terms of what hydroseeding can...
Hydroseeding
Hydroseeding Hydroseeding Supplies (UK) is one of the largest providers of hydroseeding mulches, consumables and specialist erosion control products in the UK HS UK are now proud to be promoting, stocking, distributing and working alongside world...
Leading Edge Profile Products… Saves Time and Money
EROSION CONTROL in the UK has in the past been solved by using traditional coir blankets, netting or other turf reinforcement blankets.Oliver Brown Ltd has become a certified installer for Profile Products which allows us to install leading edge "hydraulically...
High Performance mulches such as FLEXTERRA and PROMATRIX
“Hydro Turf Ltd have been using Profiles’ range of products for 5 years now and without doubt they are the market leaders in manufacturing Hydroseeding mulches and consumables. Over the last 11 years of Hydroseeding we have tried mulches from almost all of the large...
British Flora Blog
Defining Different Soil Types
Characteristics of Soil Types The soil type in your farm, garden or recreational area will be a major factor in the type of flora you may expect to thrive. Here we look at some of the major characteristics that define different soil types. Organic or Mineral Broadly...
Bullying Plants in the Verges of Great Britain
Have you heard of bullying plants? They are real, and the terminology is well founded. Plants that deprive other plants of the space, nutrients and light they need to thrive. Weeds? Well more or less. Typically, we are talking about less desirable plants from an...
Lawn Care During a Drought
We do not often have very warm weather in the UK. It can catch a gardener by surprise. Leave us unprepared and not quite sure of what to do. One area that might need a little extra care and attention during a long dry and warm spell is your lawn. How does a good...
The Floral Project
The tag line of the Floral Project is “Learn something new this Summer”; which with hindsight seems a very apt choice. The opportunity to do something that is both creative and has a real positive environmental impact. The Floral Project encourages everyone to learn...
Planting Wildflowers – A Potted Guide
There are around 1600 species of wildflowers inside the UK region. Almost every species have different inheritance and structures.From breeding several wildflower seeds, it means cross-pollination wildflower seeds to develop an end product that inherits...
Wildflower Seed Mixes
Essential Wildflower Mixes If you’ve watched Countryfile, been on social media or are yourself aware of agrarian values, you’ll have seen numerous mentions of the decline in the bee population. Dr Gary Powney, [https://www.ceh.ac.uk/staff/gary-powney] A...