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Melcourt Graded Bark Flakes withdrawn (August 2010)


Following a review of our bark mulch range, Melcourt have decided to withdraw Melcourt Graded Bark Flakes forthwith.

Andy Chalmers, Melcourt Sales & Marketing Director says, “The key reasons for doing this were lack of suitable raw materials, together with the small sales volumes over recent years”. He added, “If any customers who were intending to specify or use Graded Bark Flakes, would contact us, I am sure that we have a suitable alternative, to suit their requirements”

Catherine Dawson joins the Melcourt board as they relaunch the Sylvamix range of peat-free growing media (February 10)


Melcourt Technical Manager and former chair of the Growing Media Association Catherine Dawson has been appointed to the company's board as Technical Director. Catherine joined the company in 1992 and has been instrumental in product development and testing from that time on. "Catherine is a well respected figure in the propagation and nursery stock sectors. She has made a big contribution to our past success and will play a key role in future developments," says Andy Chalmers, Melcourt Sales and Marketing Director.

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"This is an energetic and ethical company to work for and I am delighted to be joining the board," says Catherine Dawson. "These are particularly exciting times, with our expansion into a range of equestrian products and the re-launch of the Sylvamix Range of peat-free growing media which used to be made for us by Vapogro before their demise."

In fact, Melcourt received so many calls from disappointed Sylvamix users that the decision to go back into production was almost made for them. The range comprises the standard formulae of Sylvamix Potting and Nursery Stock, the Soil Association approved Sylvamix Natural and the prescription range Sylvamix Special. The range offers growers the chance to grow peat free plants with complete confidence and excellent results.

Melcourt are widely recognized as the UK's leading supplier of mulches, soil ameliorants, peat-free planting composts, play, walk and equestrian surfaces. Its products are supplied from stock, loose, bulk or pre-packed, with prompt and reliable delivery nationwide.

 

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News Archive

A new range of landscape and play products for h&b group member (February 10)

      The Melcourt professional range of bagged landscape and play products is now available to members of the h&b group    More...

IPPS visit Melcourt's Tetbury headquarters (November 09)

      Melcourt Industries were delighted to receive more than 30 IPPS members last week for a tour of their state of the art bark products manufacturing site.    More...

Bark Supplies (November 09)

      For over 10 years, we have successfully imported in excess of 30,000m3 of pine bark annually from Spain.    More...

New Biofilter disposal scheme saves Thames Water up to £50k (November 09)

      Huge cost savings are available to biofilter users who renew their biofilters with Melcourt Biofiltration media in a scheme in which Melcourt will remove old media as well as supplying new thus saving substantial land-fill costs.    More...

Melcourt Master Stockists meet to hear about the serious business of play – and the difference between risk and hazard (October 09)

      Master Stockists of Melcourt products gathered at Tetbury for their annual meeting last week to hear Roger Davis, a nationally recognised expert in children's play from the Oxfordshire Playing Fields Association, give a talk on childrens' play.     More...

Melcourt Bark helps Garden Organic help gardeners grow (May 09)

      Melcourt Growbark® , an organically certified bark, has been used at the Warwickshire grounds of the UK's leading organic growing charity, Garden Organic, to demonstrate to gardeners how to make their garden compost more versatile.    More...

Melcourt among the first members of the Growing Media Initiative (October 08)



Melcourt Launches new Guide to Natural Play Surface Solutions - and claims massive savings over wet pour rubber and tiles (September 08)



 
 
 
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