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Vital Earth are a friendly family owned company nestled in the Derbyshire Dales.
We have around 30 staff all dedicated to providing quality service and product, while championing environmental issues.
We use a bespoke process that harnesses nature and technology to create a range of composts, fertilisers and soil improvers, which are of a consistently high quality.
Learn more about how we Process, green and kitchen waste, reducing Britain’s landfill while providing peat-free, organic, UK sourced environmentally friendly growing media.
We are proud of our awards and the associations we are members of. We think they are testament to our dedication to green issues, our trade customers, local authorities and the greener gardener. Take a closer look:
VITAL EARTH’S MULTIPURPOSE AND TUB & BASKET ARE WHICH BEST BUYS
Consumer ratings magazine, Which? Gardening has declared Vital Earth’s multipurpose and tub & basket compost as Best Buys in its March report on container compost.
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March 2010
Vital Earth, the manufacturer of environmentally-kind, peat-free composts, made from garden and food waste which would otherwise go to landfill, has triumphed at the Garden Industry Manufacturers’ Association (GIMA) Awards. The company won a GIMA Award for the Best Suppliers Information Website for its site, www.thegreenergardener.com, followed by a runner up award in the Best New Product category for its innovative Chicken Poo TM fertiliser.
March 2010
James Trevette of Sidmouth Garden Centre is shown with Lucy Bailey, area sales manager at recycled, peat-free compost manufacturer, Vital Earth, discussing his prize - an Evoke3 radio - which he won as a result of a competition held on the company’s stand at GLEE.
March 2010
Consumer ratings magazine, Which? Gardening has declared Vital Earth’s multipurpose and tub & basket compost as Best Buys in its March report on container compost. This is the first time environmentally-friendly peat-free composts have outperformed all competitors. Peat-free compost manufacturer, Vital Earth, whose products are made from recycled garden waste, has over thirty compost products in its range including specialist blends like ericaceous compost for lime hating plants, the first such compost in a peat-free format.
March 2010
Vital Earth, producer of environmentally-friendly composts and fertilisers made from locally sourced, recycled garden waste has won both the Innovation in Technology Award and the Environmental Award in the Business Awards Derbyshire 2010. The first was sponsored and chosen by Rolls Royce of Derby and the second by Toyota UK. The accolades top a highly successful week in which two of the company’s compost products – Multipurpose and Tub & Basket - were voted Best Buys in the Container Compost category in Which? Gardening Magazine.
August 2009
Organic, peat-free compost manufacturer, Vital Earth, whose well-established green credentials are based on a core range made from recycled garden waste, has been shortlisted in the Green Retail Initiative category of the 2009 Edie Awards for Environmental Excellence. Also on the shortlist are Office Depot, Cadbury’s, Enact Energy Management (Tesco home insulation) and Faithful & Gould (Tesco Cheatham Hill).
July 2009
Maryanne Stokes, sales and marketing manager of organic peat-free compost manufacturer, Vital Earth, whose products are all made from recycled garden waste, has won the Enterprising Business Woman of the Year in the Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Chamber’s Enterprising Women’s Excellence Awards.
29th June 2009
Vital Earth has won two more environmental accolades - short listed finalists in the Garden Industry Manufacturers' Association (GIMA). Best Environmental Product for its Ericaceous Compost and a finalist award in the Green Supplier of the Year category in The Grocer Magazine's Gold Awards.
25th June 2009
The UK Biodiversity Action Plan (1997) stated that the horticultural industry should aim for a minimum of 40% of total market requirements for soil improvers plus growing media to be peat-free by 2005 and 90% by 2010.
March 2009
Peat-free and 100% recycled composts manufacturer, Vital Earth, whose products are made from recycled garden waste, has been awarded a Green Heroes 2009 Wall Shield by The Green Organisation, a not-for-profit body that recognises environmental best practice around the world.
February 2009
Peat-free and 100% recycled composts manufacturer, Vital Earth, whose products are made from recycled garden waste, has won the Association for Organics Recycling’s Jim Ballance Compost Marketing Award, following the launch of ten new products, the
re-branding and repackaging of its range and a substantial commitment to PR and advertising.
September 2009
Organic, peat-free compost manufacturer, Vital Earth, whose well-established green credentials are based on a core range made from recycled garden waste, is now entering the organic fertiliser market with a natural recycled chicken manure product, sourced exclusively from British free range hens.
June 2010
Vital Earth (Derby) Limited, producer of environmentally-friendly composts and fertilisers made from locally sourced, recycled garden waste is changing its name to Vital Earth GB Limited. Effective from July 1, the move reflects the which have made the company the largest producer of compost into the UK retail market and manufacturer of the largest range of peat-free growing media in the UK.
June 2010
Vital Earth, the award-winning producer of peat-free composts and fertilisers made from locally sourced, recycled garden waste has put together a distribution agreement with Bord Na Mona, Ireland’s leading environmentally responsible integrated utility service provider and producer of the peat-reduced brand GroWise. Together the two companies will spearhead the technology behind the horticulture market’s shift to wholly peat-free compost in line with the Government’s targeted date of 2020 and in the meantime enable UK retailers to ease their own transition to completely peat-free via a combined peat-free and peat-reduced offer.
March 2010
Peat-free compost manufacturer, Vital Earth, whose products are made from recycled garden waste, is entering the commercial grower market with a range of Container Nursery Stock and Bedding Plant media, available with and without controlled-release fertiliser (CRF). The launch is timed to meet the needs of growers as more and more local authorities and commercial retailers specify peat-free stock.
March 2010
Vital Earth, today’s leading manufacturer of environmentally-friendly peat-free composts, whose products are made from recycled garden waste, is launching an agricultural soil improver, which is ideal for the arable market. Called Soil Booster 25, the new product is a high quality compost, meeting all performance and legislative requirements. It is also the most environmentally-friendly option on the market.
The UK Biodiversity Action Plan (1997) stated that the horticultural industry should aim for a minimum of 40% of total market requirements for soil improvers plus growing media to be peat-free by 2005 and 90% by 2010.
Febuary 2010
Shrub and tree grower, Boultons has just signed a new deal with Vital Earth, the organic, peat-free compost manufacturer, whose well-established green credentials are based on a core range made from recycled garden waste. The deal is to supply Boultons with peat-free compost for 2010, covering 80% of its potting (approximately 120,000 units), with the main areas of concentration being two, three and five litre pot production of evergreen & deciduous shrubs, herbaceous plants, and native hedging species.
Febuary 2010
Peat-free compost manufacturer, Vital Earth, whose products are made from recycled garden waste, is working with ABG, the UK’s market leader in geocomposite drainage to research mutual interests in the development of UK-sourced, environmentally friendly solutions for the burgeoning green roof market.
Febuary 2010
Consumer ratings magazine, Which? Gardening has declared Vital Earth’s multipurpose and tub & basket compost as Best Buys in its March report on container compost. This is the first time environmentally-friendly peat-free composts have outperformed all competitors. Peat-free compost manufacturer, Vital Earth, whose products are made from recycled garden waste, has over thirty compost products in its range including specialist blends like ericaceous compost for lime hating plants, the first such compost in a peat-free format.
Febuary 2010
Organic, peat-free compost manufacturer, Vital Earth, has used its well-established green credentials to launch a brand new consumer website, www.thegreenergardener.com, aimed at the generic gardener and green living enthusiast.
Febuary 2010
Peat-free compost manufacturer, Vital Earth whose products are made from recycled garden waste, has launched two varieties of green roof media - Sedum Roof and Meadow Roof. Both mixes are based on specially matured and graded green compost to provide optimal stability, and minimal leaching of organic matter & nutrients, plus carefully selected and graded clay aggregate, recycled from virgin brick and tile. Sedum Medium uses 5 -14mm grade and Meadow Medium 2 - 5mm grade.
January 2010
Two more products from peat-free and 100% recycled composts manufacturer, Vital Earth, have been added to Wilkinson’s garden products range for the 2010 season. The popular store is now stocking the Kayak grow bag and the brand new fertiliser product, Chicken Poo™ alongside Vital Earth Multi Purpose in 10 litre packs, Seed & Cutting compost in 10 litres and Tub & Basket in 10 litres which were all so successful in 2009. The listing covers Wilkinson’s 372 stores nationwide.
December 2010
Peat-free and 100% recycled composts manufacturer, Vital Earth is offering retailers terrific spring promotion featuring four bags of garden soil for £10.
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