One of the UK ’s commercial nursery is contacting all its customers this calendar month ( June 2021 ) to highlight the importance of flora wellness and biosecurity .
Wyevale Nurseries say it ’s essential everyone in the horticultural industry is aware of the Plant Health Alliance ’s Plant Healthy Certification scheme and is urging other jobber to participate too .
Managing Director , Andy Johnson explain : “ Along with sustainability , biosecurity is one of the most of import matter going on in our industry at the instant and we desire all our customer to be fully cognisant of what the initiative means for them . We also urge more commercial nurseries across the country to join us and to get audited .
Plant Healthy logo“We will be using the Plant Healthy logo going forward so our customers can be clear they are receiving only the respectable quality plants and that this is something that the res publica ’s ever - develop turn of gardener will want to know about too .
“ This Defra - endorse schema is upright for us all , as it helps reduce the risk of preface and spreading destructive plant pestis via our trade plant supply chemical chain . Plus , it also protects our horticulture industry , other cultivated works and natural habitats as well . We ’re urging everyone in the provision chain to get involved and to get severally audited . ”
The corroboration scheme makes it comfortable for retail merchant , such as garden center , and those using plants for landscaping projects , to identify suppliers that trade and grow using the highest standards of health and biosecurity .
“ We ’ve always grown our plants using the highest voluntary standards . Now we ’ve been officially make out through the dodging for our level of professional dedication in this area , which has been account as ‘ reassuring ’ and ‘ impressive ’ by the Plant Health Alliance .
“ We successfully passed its autonomous Plant Healthy audit , conducted by the scheme ’s credential organic structure , produce in Britain , and were recently presented with our Plant Healthy Certification . But now we feel it ’s important more British jobber join in and that those grease one’s palms our plant life are fully inform too . ”
Pioneering projectAlong with other innovative horticultural businesses , Wyevale Nurseries was involved in the pioneering phase of the dodge , which was overseen by the Alliance Steering Group consisting of 19 UK - based governing body symbolize Government , swop and the third sphere .
Members include representatives from arboriculture , forestry , decorative gardening , landscaping and farming brass such as Defra , the RHS , HTA , Woodlands Trust , NFU and BALI .
“ We ’ve been pioneer on these issues for many days now . We ’re now even more committed to proactive plant biosecurity , promoting the grandness of protect the health of our flora spirit from flora pests and diseases , helping safeguard the biodiversity of the British landscape and supporting the horticultural UK economy .
“ buy from us intend our customers are guarantee plant grown using only the gamy standards of health and biosecurity and we ’re protect the environment too . It ’s an important affair to do and an essential part of the world we live in today . If we all join in with this , as an diligence , it can only be good for everyone . ”
