Sustainability Policy

At Silvatree, sustainability forms a key element through the initial planning and building/planting stages of any new garden project. We aim to combine organic gardening practices with resource conservation through forward-thinking, valuing ecosystem support and reducing the negative impact on the earth in the process where possible. We offer and encourage clients to make choices that reflect our sustainability ethos – practices which include:

• growing a wide variety of plants and creating habitats to increase biodiversity
• using locally sourced native plants
• mulching and composting
• collecting rainwater runoff in rain barrels
• keeping waste to a minimum
• creating low maintenance landscapes
• maximizing reuse of resources – from plants and turfs to railway sleepers and old timber
• encouraging clients to paint fencing instead of replacing old for new
• choosing sustainable timber
• using sustainably harvested materials for fencing and decks
• being fully automated so totally paper-free

We aim to reduce, reuse and recycle wherever possible to preserve and protect our future and the future of our limited resources.