Effective
immediately one of the UK’s leading soil brands - Green-tree topsoil, a
division of Green-tech – is available through an additional Ten Freeland
Horticulture soil production sites.
Freeland
Horticulture is the largest soil supplier in England and Wales and has been
supplying the landscape and housing market since 1994.
Green-tech
has joined forces with Freeland Horticulture to distribute its award-winning
British Standard topsoil from Freeland’s ten production sites across the
country. The addition of the new distribution sites will strengthen the
Green-tree brands’ coverage of topsoil for landscape projects, green roofs and
urban tree planting in the London and the M25 corridor, giving landscape
contractors in this region faster access to the Green-tree portfolio of soil
products.
The
collaboration will also provide greater coverage for the brand in the West of
the country from Cardiff through to Manchester. This strategic move comes at a
time when more and more landscape contractors are requesting access to the
Green-tree range of soils and growing media because of its consistent quality,
nutrient-rich properties and reliability of supply.
Parent
company Green-tech has a wealth of experience of partnering with soil
scientists, trade associations and business leaders in its field.
The working
partnership with Freeland Horticulture ticks all the boxes for Green-tech and
allows access to in-house Freeland soil scientists who will work alongside the
team in a supportive role.
As a
long-established and reputable topsoil supplier, Freeland will offer the
Green-tree brand a robust distribution structure and support to facilitate
requests from landscapers across the UK.
Green-tree’s
portfolio of soils, substrates and growing media spans applications from green
roofs, urban tree planting, landscaping and sports fields. Both brands are
synonymous with quality; all products are tested and comply with British
Standards and both Green-tech and Freeland work within the ISO
criteria.
Richard
Kay, Chairman of Green-tech, commented: “We currently have 15 Green-tree soil
sites across the UK and made a strategic decision a number of years ago to
start expanding our operations across the UK. The new structure will enable us
to price more competitively and offer a faster level of service for our
customer base. I am delighted that we are entering into a long-term
partnership with Freeland Horticulture which adds a further ten soil sites to
our portfolio. We have long-admired Freeland’s credentials in the soil
supply market and the opportunity to work with their team and utilise their
distribution sites is a great boost for us and the landscaper supply chain. The
demand for high quality, British Standard soils has never been higher as the
expectation of the client base continues to increase and the complexity and
scope of landscaping projects advances.”
Founder and
Managing Director or Freeland Horticulture, George Longmuir adds: “Green-tech
have been serving the needs of the landscape sector for over 20 years and have
built a solid reputation for quality and supply of a whole range of products.
As a result, we see synergies working in partnership and giving Green-tech
access to the soil sites combined with full technical support. Freeland’s UK
network of soil sites will create the Green-tree soil product range making them
available to a much wider customer base throughout England and Wales. This
partnership strengthens both companies’ presence in the UK market place which
in turn will be highly beneficial to the landscape sector.”
