We are delighted to announce that Caledonian Horticulture will be producing a documentary that will explore the work that the Scottish Coastal Clean Up and other charities and individuals are doing to tackle the increasing issue of plastic pollution on Scotland’s coastline. Each year, approximately 1 and a half thousand tonnes of plastic find their way into Scottish seas, threatening…
Our media team was recently out at Hedderwick Hill Plantation within John Muir Country Park to document the 95 acres of windblown trees from Storm Arwen in December 2021. We have been awarded a contract for clearing the estimated 80% of trees from the plantation that were blown down by the storm. It will take approximately three months to complete…
In November, our managing director and trustee of the Caledonian Environmental Restoration Trust, Tommy Dale, along with the team at the Scottish Coastal Clean Up, helped clean up the shores along Scoughall in East Lothian. The area has a high population of seabirds, including gannets from the nearby Bass Rock. However, recent storms, including Storm Isha and Jocelyn from this…
We have collaborated with the amazing team at the Firth of Forth Lobster Hatchery who are processing seagrass for Restoration Forth, a partnership project restoring seagrass habitats and native oyster populations in the Firth of Forth. Seagrass reproductive shoots were collected from seagrass meadows in Orkney and then processed by community groups at the Scottish Seabird Centre and in the Lobster…
For our latest customer story, we visited Edward at the charming Spottiswoode Estate, who has been using our Topsoil, Green Goodness, and Kelpie Compost to develop his green space. Edward moved into the property two years ago and has faced various gardening challenges along the way, including an abundance of stones and boulders under the existing lawn, dealing with the…
In May, we visited Steven from North Berwick Gardening and Turfcare Services, who, along with his team, has been developing and managing the new North Berwick Trust Country Park, off Pilgrim’s Way. This stunning new country park overlooks the famous North Berwick Law, and Steven and his team have been using our products to develop the site for over 5…
In this behind the scenes glimpse into our compost making process, Andy Peasgood takes you on a tour of our Braehead Quarry site to see how organic waste is transformed into our nutrient-rich compost. Sustainability is at the core of everything we do. We help to contribute to a circular economy by recycling or repurposing all waste we receive into…
We visited Gillian from Aberlady in East Lothian, who has been using our Kelpie Compost in her garden. Gillian’s garden had nothing when she first arrived nearly six years ago, and she has faced several challenges since then, including dealing with the concrete that the garden was built on and having to remove a driveway and garage. Being a coastal…
We visited Sarah who has been using our Green Goodness Compost to completely transform her new build property. In this video Sarah talks about the challenges she’s faced while working on her garden and the variety of flowers and vegetables she’s been growing. Landscaping and gardening can be extremely demanding in new build gardens and Sarah has done an outstanding…
We visited Nicky Sharp who holds a plot at the Warriston Allotments in Edinburgh. Nicky has been growing a wide variety of vegetables and plants in her allotment and used our Green Goodness compost and Decorative Bark to fill out her paths and ornamental areas. In this video she talks about what she’s been growing and the benefits allotment life…
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