Bord na Móna :: Horticulture

About Us

Bord na Móna Horticulture Ltd. manufactures a range of growing media products for the commercial grower and hobby gardener.

The term growing media includes three principal types of products:

Soil conditioners - Products that are dug or incorporated into soil to improve structure and fertility (eg Peat)
Mulches - Products that are spread on the surface of soils to provide an attractive covering to borders and to suppress weeds (eg Bark)
Potting soils - Products that have all the chemical and physical requirements to grow plants in a container (eg Multipurpose compost)

In total, some 2 million cubic metres of products are sold annually. These are sold worldwide, particularly in Western Europe. Over 90% of output is exported.

High quality sphagnum moss peat is the principal component of the mixes. In the last five years the range of products has been expanded to include bark. This is used as a decorative mulch and also, in composted form, as a potting soil.

Through a deal, concluded in the year 2000, the Shamrock range of growing media products are marketed, worldwide, by the Scotts Company, based at Columbus, Ohio. In addition the business has substantial own-label manufacturing contracts in the UK.