Posted on 15/02/11, filed under Fresh News | No Comments
Re-Cycling – The company is pleased to report that 85% of waste materials produced is re-cycled. All flower pots are given to local nurseries, green waste is processed into compost, paper from the office is regularly collected by a re-cycling company, and pallets and wood waste is chipped into a mulch material which is then re-used for woodland paths. We are working towards a 0% waste and hope to achieve this over the coming years.
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We have recently won a large planting contract close to Andover in Hampshire. The first stage commences in February 2011 and involves planting 20,000 tree whips as a buffer zone against the adjoining motorway. Further stages will commence in Autumn 2011.
Another interesting project that the company have just completed in Dorset involved re-layering of ancient hedgerows on a new development site. The hedges had been untouched for over thirty years and some major layering and under-planting works were carried out.
Posted on 11/01/11, filed under Fresh News | No Comments
Millstone Landscapes is pleased to be associated with The Princes Trust scheme, and in October one of our Directors gave a presentation to the local group on the subject of interviewing and what is generally expected by an employer – giving the students an insight into the other side of the table. Following this, Millstone Landscapes offered a 2-week work experience placement to one of the students followed by a permanent position commencing in the New Year.
At the end of November one of our landscaping teams erected a huge 25 foot Christmas tree with almost a thousand twinkling lights outside the Show Homes at the new Felpham housing development site.
It seems a long way off, but Landscapers have to be thinking about the spring in the winter, and during November Millstones planted many thousands of colourful spring-flowering bulbs to create a stunning display at Easter outside many of our current working sites.
Trading is still very tough but hopes are high for a better year in 2011 and, on a happier note, this year saw the wedding of our Projects Co-Ordinator in September and two beautiful baby girls born in November!
Further information about The Prince’s Trust is available at www.princes-trust.org.uk
