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Introduction to Bulrush

Bulrush Horticulture Ltd. is one of the leading manufacturers of growing media in the UK and Ireland.

Bulrush History and Infrastructure

Established in 1979 Bulrush Horticulture is based in Northern Ireland from where we supply many of UK and Ireland’s leading nurseries, garden centres, farm shops and multiple retailers with premium quality growing media.

We are a wholly owned subsidiary of the Danish growing media manufacturer, Pindstrup Mosebrug A/S. Established in 1905 Pindstrup also has production facilities in Denmark, Spain, Estonia and Latvia and sales offices in China, the USA and many countries across Europe.

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Growing Excellence

The Bulrush name is widely recognised as representing quality, innovation and excellence in the growing media sector. We are proud of our company’s heritage and our aim is to continue the development and improvement of all areas of our business in manufacturing, marketing and customer service.

Bulrush is totally committed to supplying both the retail and commercial sectors and on-going investment in new products is enabling us to meet the challenges of a demanding market place. We are committed to finding economically viable alternatives to peat which are available in sufficient volumes and are capable of performing at the levels that you would expect from our products.

Forest Gold Plus

Our research and development team, under the leadership of Neil Bragg, are working hard on the challenge and have a number of on-going projects, the most high profile of which has been the development of Forest Gold Plus, which is now an important ingredient in many of our products.

Forest Gold Plus is a sustainable, timber derived product that improves growing performance to deliver healthier plants and is the industry's leading peat alternative. Click here to learn more about Forest Gold Plus.

Bulrush Horticulture Ltd
Newferry Road
Bellaghy
Magherafelt
Northern Ireland
BT45 8ND

Tel: 028 7938 6555
Fax: 028 7938 6741
info@bulrush.co.uk

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Peat reserves in Ireland.

Bulrush only harvest sphagnum peat from:

Non SSSI sites (Sites of Special Scientific Interest, England and Wales

Non ASSI sites (Areas of Special Scientific Interest, Northern Ireland)

Non SAC sites (Special Areas of Conservation, Republic of Ireland)

Non SSI sites (Sites of Scientific Interest, Scotland)

Industry Leaders

Bulrush Horticulture was the first manufacturer of substrates in the world to be awarded BS EN ISO 9001:2008.

We believe all our consumers and professional growers should have Excellent Quality.

Neil Bragg

Bulrush Horticulture set up its Research and Development department in 1992 when Neil Bragg joined the Company. Neil had moved from ADAS where he worked as a leading specialist in horticultural substrates, with an international reputation.