Bord na Móna Horticulture caters for three distinct horticulture markets – home gardeners, retailers and professional.
We produce and market peat-based growing media products for professional horticultural growers, for retail suppliers and for hobby gardeners. A large part of our business is in supplying these products to export markets.
We are proud to lead the way on incorporation of organic materials other than peat into growing media products. Bord na Móna’s technologically advanced composting facility at Kilberry (Co Kildare), converts green bi-product from the wood, food and drinks industry into a substance that is used in our eco-aware compost products. The facility is designed to compost a wide range of organic material in a secure and environmentally safe process and is fully licensed by the Environmental Protection Agency
Innovation and change are central to Horticulture’s drive to modify its process technology and growing media range to meet demand for sustainable products.
At Kilberry, fertilisers, limes, and nutrients are added to peat to make premium compost which is bagged and sold to national and international clients in 20 countries, including China, India, and Australia.
Various types of green bi-product are processed, including spent grain from the brewing industry. The resulting material is used as a peat substitute (diluent) in growing media products. Some of the green waste streams are also generated by the Resource Recovery business, representing a synergy of activities. Our activities in this area will be expanded considerably over the next few years which will include exploring opportunities to acquire green waste streams in the UK. In line with our ‘New Contract with Nature’, we are committed to replacing peat, where possible, with materials coming from renewable sources.
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Bord na Móna has long recognised the need to diversify its activities in order to secure a sustainable future. Bord na Móna is in a strong position with a unique mixture of assets, experience and innovation which will enable us to cross-link our activities in energy, water, fuel, horticulture and resource recovery to provide products and services which will meet our customers’ needs.
We manufacture and supply a range of growing media products for both professional growers and hobby gardeners, including our new Bord Na Móna Growise range. More about our company
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