Lawn Care and Garden Advice
EGO: Helping the environment in more ways than one
24th July 2023
Buy a mower, plant a treeLast year, EGO partnered up the Eden Reforestation Projects with the pledge that for every battery powered tool they sell, a tree will be planted to aid reforestation. So far this has already led to thousands of trees being planted in EGO’s name all around…
British Tomato Fortnight
31st May 2023
Here at Sherborne Turf, we're all about sustainability and shopping local. In celebration of the great British tomato, the British Tomato Growers' Association have organised the British Tomato Fortnight. Running between the 28th of May and the 11th of June 2023.Around 500,000 tonnes of this much loved fruit are eaten…
Sherborne Turf and the Circular Economy
20th April 2023
Our current economy in the UK operates on a linear basis – meaning we make products from finite sources, often creating pollution and desertification in the process, then the product is thrown away when finished with – ending up in landfill or in our oceans.A circular economy (or closed loop…
Why Choose Sherborne Turf?
26th January 2023
Always well known for quality, Sherborne Turf has been grown in the Dorset countryside for 50 years.Plastic FreeGrown plastic netting free, our turf is grown over a longer period of time, meaning the turf you buy is already well established and much more likely to thrive than turf grown with…
Turf and Sustainability
19th April 2022
Cows are an important part of turf productionThere’s more to our turf than meets the eyeGrown locally in the fields near our yard, we grow our turf as sensitively to the environment as possible.To get the best quality turf, you must have the best quality soil. Intensified farming techniques employed…
Bug Hotels
2nd November 2021
A bug hotel is a fantastic way to use garden waste to encourage wildlife, and helpful flora and fauna, into your garden.Rather than throwing your cuttings, leaves, twigs and other garden waste away, use them instead to create a fantastic home for insects and other helpful visitors to your garden.…
For Peat's Sake
8th July 2021
Peat is a layer of soil that is made up of not yet fully decomposed organic matter. Areas with this layer of soil are called peatlands and, while they can be found all over the world, in at least 169 countries and on all the continents, they only make up…
