Forfar based Angus Horticulture Ltd (AHL) made a key announcement at the Scotgrow Trade Show held recently at Pentland Plants near Edinburgh.      AHL has now signed a 4-year Agreement with Rockdust Ltd, the trading subsidiary of The SEER Centre Trust, to carry out the marketing, promotion and distribution of the SEER Rockdust products. 

The original SEER Rockdust is blended and untreated "quarry stoor" from SEER approved quarries. The first new line, SEER RockSOIL, is the SEER Centre' growing medium that produces the superb crops where local farmers said they "would never even be able to grow tatties". SEER RockMIX is a top dressing. The two new lines, launched this summer, are a blend of Forth Resource Management Ltd's garden compost and SEER Rockdust. All three products are now attracting significant interest from throughout the UK and overseas. 

Cameron and Moira Thomson who run the SEER Centre in Highland Perthshire, have pioneered these products and supporting testimonials are coming in from throughout the UK as shown on both AHL and SEER's websites. "As a traditional plant nutrient manufacturer we are fascinated in what the SEER Centre has achieved and we are proud to include this range in our wholesale Angus Garden Products." states Alistair Ballantyne, Director of AHL. "SEER Rockdust improves crop health as well as nutritional value, shelf life, drought and pest resistance and, where relevant, flavour of the crops and we see it as having a significant role to play in the future." AHL is currently stocking Garden Centres around the country and the range can also be purchased on-line. Small holdings are purchasing 1 ton bags and farmers are starting to take 30ton loads in bulk, the latter to be spread with lime spreading equipment. 

At the same time SEPA has established a SOIL REMINERALISATION RESEARCH FORUM to establish a better understanding of the underlying soil science relating to the soil remineralisation process. Dr Robin Szmidt of Active Compost Ltd has been appointed by SEPA as the Forum Co-ordinator. The Forum will be membership based with key member organisations encouraged to assist in funding the research.

350 words 
CONTACT: Jennifer A Cook, M: 07715 707009



NOTES FOR THE EDITOR:

SEER Centre is located in a highland glen 8 miles up behind Pitlochry on the A924 and is open for visitors. It was co-founded, and is run, by Cameron and Moira Thomson who have been pioneering the use of SEER Rockdust for over 20 years. Their work have been featured on LANDWARD, BEECHGROVE GARDEN, BBC News, SKY News, Radio Scotland, Radio 4 - Changing Places (Click here: BBC - Radio 4 - Changing Places - listen under Transforming the Earth:) and BBC World News. 

ANGUS HORTICULTURE LTD is based in the county of Angus and has been established for over 20 years. AHL are bulk manufacturers of, and consultants on, fertilisers with a well established and respected reputation in the horticultural and farming world. 

This exciting young company takes in the garden waste from Edinburgh City, The Borders and East and Midlothian. It makes peat free compost from this material that is accredited to PAS 100 which guarantees it as weed and pathogen free.

ACTIVE COMPOST LTD is based in Ayr and is recognised as leaders in their field of providing consultation and services for large and medium-scale organic waste and recycling operations through composting and anaerobic digestion. 

SEPA is the Scotland's environmental regulator and adviser. Whilst controlling pollution, SEPA works with others to protect and improve the environment.

PHOTOGRAPH: The attached photo is the signing of AHL / RDL Agreement at the Scotgrow Trade Show - from left: Nick Cooke, RDL Director; Dan Morgan, RDL Director; Alistair Ballantyne, AHL Sales Director; Jennifer A Cook, AHL Sales Manager.

Further high resolution photos are available on request.
CONTACT: Jennifer A Cook, M: 07715 707009