The Royal Horticultural Society has confirmed its endorsement of the TreeHugger range of sustainable tree guards from Agrovista Amenity, a supplier of professional turf care, landscape and amenity solutions.
Tree guards are planted to provide protection for the successful establishment of young trees or whips (slender, unbranched shoots or plants) and reduce damage from grazing and browsing animals.
The Agrovista Amenity TreeHugger range offers something extra: an environmentally friendly alternative to plastic tree shelters and guards. The shelters biodegrade completely in soil at the end of their useful life, removing the need to collect and dispose of single-use plastic tree guards. This helps reduce both maintenance costs and environmental impact.
Manufactured in the UK in accordance with the Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS), the tree guards are made using loom state organic cotton encapsulated in renewable FSC pine tree rosin and have a minimum lifespan of five years, providing valuable protection during a tree’s critical establishment period.
The Tree Hugger range has also earned the TÜV Austria OK biodegradable SOIL certification, which confirms that the shelters break down naturally and safely without leaving behind plastic, toxins or microparticles.
“We have long been committed to products that are sustainable as well as effective,” commented Ed Smith, landscape and IVM manager at Agrovista Amenity. “We are thrilled that our passion for excellence and the environment has earned the support of the UK’s favourite gardening charity.”
Cathy Snow, licensing manager at RHS, continued: “Many conventional tree guards use plastic shelters that can introduce microplastics into the very environment they are trying to protect. Tree Hugger reduces waste that could harm the environment and promotes more sustainable planting solution, but without reducing the effectiveness of the product itself – all of which are winning propositions for the RHS.”
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