NORWICH DEFRA PEAT FREE BASKETS and PLANTERS
CONTAINER PLANTS
HOCKERING NURSERY BASKET PLANT PRODUCTION
SHREWSBURY BASKETS
and PLANTERS
AMBEROL CONTAINERS SEEN BY TERRY and MIRELLE
FLORAL CONTAINERS SEEN
BY TERRY and MIRELLE
PRESENTATION AND TALKS
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CONTAINER COMPOST - DEFRA WITH RHS BRITAIN IN BLOOM PEAT FREE TRIAL 2014 to 2016
During Terry's Earlham Park career, compost for all baskets and containers was hand made using sterilised soil, Irish moss peat, sand and fertilisers, broadleaf P4 was also added to help water retention, the compost was made to the traditional John Inne's formulation, the compost made all baskets and containers very heavy.
After the closure of Earlham Park all baskets were made up using peat based commercial composts
During January 2014 and 2015 Terry applied for through The Friends of Norwich in Bloom and received grants totalling £14,300 for sustainable growing media through DEFRA with RHS Britain Bloom to grow perennials, shrubs and some annuals for civic and community plantings and containers in the city of Norwich over a 3 year period in partnership with City College Norwich, Hockering Nursery, Norwich City Council and Norwich Norse.
Aims and Objectives of the Trial
1. To grow and use perennial plants instead of bedding plants to provide alternative, attractive, interesting, biodiverse and sustainable displays and use shrub plants with some annual bedding plants in autumn Barrier Basket and Containers.
2. To use sustainable growing media in substitution for previous compost.
3. To assess the merit of peat free composts for growing bedding plants, perennials with a combination of shrub plants in containers and planters.
4. To assess plant performance in plantings and containers that were grown in sustainable growing media.
Castle Mall Railing Baskets March 2015
Ber Street Barrier and Balcony Baskets May 2015
Carrow Road Barrier Baskets July 2015
Carrow Road Barrier Baskets July 2016
Castle Bridge Troughs August 2016
Castle Mall Railing Baskets May 2016
Cattle Market Street Barrier Baskets July 2015
Cattle Market Street Barrier Baskets June 2016
Chapelfield Road Barrier Baskets May 2016
Chapelfield Road Barrier Baskets July 2016
Prince of Wales Road Planter March 2015
Conclusions and Lessons Learned
1. We trialled different brands of peat free compost along with other types of compost, most were satisfactory although we preferred some brands.
2. We changed the way and frequency of watering; we concluded that perhaps using brands of peat free compost with added wetting agents was beneficial.
3. We soon learned nutrition depleted quickly growing perennial and shrub plug plants and we needed to supplementary feed. We negotiated custom made orders of compost with our supplier, Durston to add 6 to 9 months slow release fertilisers for shrubs/perennials.
4. We learned best to dry store compost, exposed bags became waterlogged and very smelly.
5. Polyanthus Crescendo previously used in Autumn/Spring displays were kept as we planted perennials, even 3 years old Polyanthus can still perform well, we continue to grow Polyanthus to add to existing sustainable plantings, using Tulips and Spring Bulbs sustainable plantings can provide low cost high impact floral displays.
6. We achieved good success using sustainable growing media, our Sustainable Perennial and Barrier Baskets Displays looked just as attractive.
Riverside Road Barrier Baskets July 2016
Assembly House Hanging Baskets July 2016
Assembly House Railing Troughs June 2016
DEFRA STATEMENT
The Defra/RHS SHiP Scheme was developed to support a Government commitment set out in the Natural Environment White Paper published in 2011, to voluntarily reduce the horticultural use of peat to zero by 2015 for the public sector, by 2020 for home gardeners and by 2030 for professionals. The objectives of the scheme are to raise awareness within the wider public sector including local authorities, the community and the procurement chain on the use of sustainable growing media, to establish an evidence base on the performance of sustainable growing media and to initiate some market demand for sustainably grown plant products with growers. It will also facilitate relationships between key players in the procurement chain and demonstrate government leading by example.
SUMMER ANNUAL PLANTS 2016
BACOPA SNOWFLAKE
BACOPA FALLS BIG BLUE
BEGONIA ILLUMINATION WHITE
BEGONIA MARSALA SCARLET
BEGONIA MARSALA ROSE
BIDENS HAWAIIAN FLARE ORANGE DROP
CENTRADINA CASCADE
DIASCIA PICCADILLY DENIM BLUE
DIASCIA PICCADILLY ORANGE
FELICIA VARIEGATED
GERANIUM GREAT BALLS OF FIRE BURGUNDY BLAZE
GERANIUM GERAINBOW AMETHYST
GERANIUM PELGARDINI WILHELM LANGGUTH
GERANIUM PELGARDINI MADAM SALLERON
GERANIUM SUNRISE XL MADARIN
LAURENTIA LAURITA BLUE
OSTEOSPERMUM ERATO BASKET WHITE
OSTEOSPERMUM FLOWER POWER YELLOW EVOL
PETCHOA SUPERCAL CHERRY IMP
PETUNIA POTUNIA PEGASUS ORANGE
PETUNIA POTUNIA PLUS PURPLE HALO
SCAEVOLA BRILLIANT
VERBENA SAMIRA BLUE WITH EYE
VERBENA SAMIRA PEACH
VERBENA SAMIRA PINK WING
AUTUMN/SPRING ANNUAL PLANTS 2016
HEDERA GLACIER
POLYANTHUS CRESCENDO BELLA ROSA
POLYANTHUS CRESCENDO ORANGE
POLYANTHUS CRESCENDO BRIGHT RED
POLYANTHUS CRESCENDO PURE WHITE
PANSY DYNAMITE BLUEBERRY THRILL
PANSY DYNAMITE ORANGE
SUMMER ANNUAL PLANTS 2015
BACOPA SNOWFLAKE
BEGONIA SANTA CRUZ SUNSET
BEGONIA BIG RED BRONZE
BEGONIA BIG PINK BRONZE
BEGONIA NON STOP MOCCA DEEP ORANGE
BIDENS GOLDEN STAR
DIASCIA LITTLE TANGO
GERANIUM PAC TOMMY
GERANIUM PAC PINK SYBIL
GERANIUM PAC RUBY
GERANIUM PELGARDINI WILHELM LANGGUTH
GERANIUM MOONLIGHT FREDO
IMPATIENS PARADISE TIMOR
MIMULUS MYSTIC ORANGE
PETUNIA SWEET SUNSHINE MAGENTA
PETUNIA SWEET SUNSHINE RED
PETUNIA SWEET SUNSHINE WILLIAMS
PETUNIA POTUNIA PLUS PAPAYA
PETUNIA BACK TO BLACK
PETUNIA INDIAN SUMMER
SCAEVOLA BRILLIANT
VERBENA TEMARI BLUE
AUTUMN/SPRING ANNUAL PLANTS 2015
HEDERA ESTER
HEDERA GOLDEN CHILD
POLYANTHUS CRESCENDO BELLA ROSA
POLYANTHUS CRESCENDO ORANGE
POLYANTHUS CRESCENDO BRIGHT RED
POLYANTHUS CRESCENDO PURE WHITE
PANSY DYNAMITE BLUEBERRY THRILL
PANSY DYNAMITE ORANGE
PANSY DYNAMITE STRAWBERRY
PERENNIALS and GRASSES 2016
ASTELIA BANKSIA
ERIGERON KARVINSKIANUS STALLONE
ERIGERON KARVINSKIANUS SEA OF BLOSSOM
ERIGERON SEA BREEZE
ERYSIUM SPICE ISLAND
GAURA LINDHEIMERI WHIRLING BUTTERFLIES
GERANIUM ROZANNE
HEUCHERA TANGERINE WAVE
HEUCHERA MORELLO
HEUCHERELLA ALABAMA SUNRISE
PERENNIALS and GRASSES 2015
ERYSIMUM APRICOT TWIST
ERYSIMUM RYSI STAR
LYSIMACHIA NUMMULERIA GOLD
CAREX OSHIMENSIS ICE DANCER
CAREX BRONZE PERFECTION
CAREX HACHIJOENSIS MAXIGOLD
CAREX OSHIMENSIS EVERGOLD
CAREX OSHIMENSIS EVERILLO
MISCANTHUS GOLD BAR
UNCINIA RUBRA EVERFLAME
SHRUBS 2016
EUONYMUS JAPONICUS MICROPHLLA
HEBE PURPLE SHAMROCK
LIBERTIA GOLDFINGER
PHORMIUM GOLDEN RAY
PHOTINIA FRASERI LOUISE
SORBARIA SORBIFOLIA SEM
VIBURNUM TINUS LISAROSE
SHRUBS 2015
ABELIA GRANDIFOLORA RADIANCE
ABELIA SUNSHINE DAYDREAM
ACUBA PEPPERSHOT
COPROSMA INFERNO
CORDYLINE SALSA
CORDYLINE CAN CAN
CORDYLINE RED STAR
CORDYLINE JIVE
EUONYMUS EMERALD AND GOLD
HYPERICUM MAGICAL RED FLAME
LEUCOTHE SCARLETTA
PHORMIUM BLACK VELVET
PHORMIUM FLAMINGO
PHOTINIA LITTLE RED ROBIN
THUJA GOLDEN ANNE
THUJA MIRJAM
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