Topsoil is an important addition to your garden and choosing the right soil for your garden is essential to ensure healthy and productive plants. With so many options available, it can be overwhelming to determine which one is best for your needs. In this article, we'll discuss the differences between a compost-rich soil and standard soil with a higher sand content, and how to choose the right one for your gardening project. Premium Planting Topsoil Compost This is a rich soil with a blend of 40% compost and 60% quarried sub soil sand. This type of soil is ideal for planting flowers, vegetable ..read more

MUSHROOM COMPOST CONTAINS PEAT: A Climate Change Concern. Mushroom compost has long been a go-to for gardeners, prized for its ability to promote healthy plant growth and enrich the soil. However, what many people do not realize is that mushroom compost contains peat that can have negative environmental consequences. What is peat? Peat is a non-renewable resource that takes thousands of years to form it is extracted from bogs. This process of extraction is highly destructive to the environment. Peat bogs store large amounts of carbon, and when they are harvested, that carbon is released into t ..read more

Greenwaste Compost WindrowDifferences Between Green-waste and Peat Based Compost: Green-waste compost is made from organic materials such as leaves, grass cuttings, and branches. Peat-based compost, on the other hand, is made from peat moss, which is a type of moss that grows in wetland areas. Both types are used in gardening and landscaping, but the green-waste variety has several benefits over the peat-based. Peat Bog Pros and Cons of both types of Compost: One of the main benefits of green-waste compost is that it is more sustainable. Peat moss is a non-renewable resource, meaning that once ..read more

The last couple of years has been a really busy time for us at Heritage Products and we have seen demand for our horticultural and landscaping products increase. After carefully testing our logistics and infrastructure we have decided the time is right to start national delivery. We are delighted to confirm that we now offer delivery across the whole of the UK (excluding Northern Ireland and Isle Man). If you are located in our Sussex catchment area you will, of course, continue to enjoy free delivery on the majority of our horticultural and landscaping products. If you are located in another ..read more

Rear Loader tipping green-wasteIntroduction From your local house hold waste recycling centres, landscapers and gardeners, to your household green-waste recycling collections; we accept and handle approximately 40,000 tonnes of plant waste material per year; that is equivalent to the weight of 3,333 double Decker buses or 10,000 Asian elephants. This is transformed over a minimum of 8 weeks into a nutrient rich compost/soil-conditioner. Perfect for your garden, allotment or farm. Biffa Artic Tipping Greenwaste to be recycled into compost To provide you with an excellent and safe product we ens ..read more

We all like to do our bit to help the environment. Top of the list for a lot of people is saving one of the planet's most precious resources WATER. Here’s how mulch, mulching, and mulching correctly can help save water, and also save you time in the garden weeding. Meaning you can enjoy and relax in your own green space. Ornamental Bark Mulch At its most basic level, a mulch is used to retain soil moisture, suppress weeds and improve soil quality and structure. It can also add a decorative and presentable quality to any size garden. A mulch is applied directly onto bare soil or compost in pots ..read more

What is the moisture content of our kiln dried logs? Our kiln dried logs have a moisture content of between 8-12%. This is well below the 20% required by Woodsure. How long are they? All our logs are cut to 25cm (9 ¾”) lengths. Please note some logs will be +/- 10%. What diameter are they? The diameter of our logs is 5 -15cm (2 – 6”). Please allow for +/- 10%. What Species of wood are your logs? All our firewood is beech an energy dense hardwood with a good heat output. How many logs do I need for Winter? (Calculations are based on a 5 kWh stove with a 70% efficiency rating and heating ..read more

Play Bark is important for your child's safety but not all bark chippings are the same. It can be easy for children to fall in the playground or your own back garden, if you can reduce the impact by cushioning falls you reduce injuries. Our chips help reduce fall injuries. One of the most common reasons for children hurting themselves when they are out playing is due to hard surfaces. For instance, you’ve probably lost count of the times when you, or your children, have hurt themselves on hard concrete or wood. And so you may wonder how to increase your children’s safety when they are out pla ..read more

Railway Sleepers for easily building raised beds in your garden that look amazing. Lock down has taught us all many things over the past eighteen months. Home schooling is hard, Zoom calls are tiresome and having a space to escape is really important. Most of us with gardens have started to pay far more attention to our outside spaces. When you have the choice of a house or a garden as your only location to go to, why not make them as pleasant as possible? At Heritage, we’ve had conversations with so many people that we have been pleasantly surprised with how much happiness gardening can provi ..read more

Bark chippings are ideal especially if you love to keep your lawn healthy and flower beds looking good. There are ways to make your gardening a little easier with materials like bark chippings. Chippings are small pieces of chopped-up tree trunks that are graded for a specific size and quality. Ours conform to BS EN1177 and can be used in various ways in the garden. The most effective way to use them is around flower beds and garden borders. Anywhere that has soil will benefit. Bark helps retain moisture in the soil and reduce weeds. Over time, they can whittle down and turn into the soil so t ..read more