MWH Reeds

Here are a few photo's showing the last of this year's newly grown plants coming out of the tunnels and onto the standing ground. It's great to see the place looking green once again.🌱 Do you have a project that requires wetland plants❓️ Why not get in touch and see what we can offer❓️ #wetlandplants #naturebasedsolutions #habitatcreation

After a very dull and dreary start to year here in North Wales, the great, glowing sphere has finally appeared and lit the whole nursery up. Things have really sprung into action and the place is looking green and luscious again. To celebrate the return of the sunshine I thought I would share a little update about what we have been up to over these past few months. We have been working hard in the background to get our new plants ready to be sent out later in the year. We have now potted-on almost all of our over-wintered plugs, they are growing away nicely in their new pots. We have had a very successful batch of seedlings germinate in the tunnel, with this past weekend of warmth they have practically doubled in size. There will be many more updates to come now that the growing has begun. Let's hope this lovely sunshine hangs around so that we can have a really productive growing season! #phragmites #constructedwetlands #naturebasedsolutions

You may or may not know that today is #Worldwetlandsday ! So, it seems like quite a fitting day to share a few photos that I have taken over the past month or so, while in various wetlands across North Wales. Wetlands offer countless benefits to wildlife, such as shelter, breading opportunities, access to food- it's an environment in which nature can thrive. If you spend a little bit of time in a well established wetland, it soon becomes clear that you are in a place that feels quite wild; a place where nature is taking it's own course. I feel very fortunate that my work takes me into these special places. It's not just nature that benefits from these wild areas. We can all reap many rewards from being in this kind of natural environment. It's proven that time in nature can relieve symptoms of stress. But not only that; wetlands are a great place to develop an interest in nature. It's a chance for us to observe birds while watching from a discrete hide, or try to identify their calls as they hide amongst the reeds. Nature is so abundant in wetlands that you can't help but become curious. There are endless reasons for the support of these brilliant wild areas, I didn't even mention the positive impacts that a well-balanced wetland can have on water quality. It's a truly fascinating topic to delve into! Why not find a local wetland and go have an explore!? #wetlands #phragmites #constructedwetlands

Maintenance work is ongoing here at the nursery, all under the watchful eye of our Foreman, Ella 'the springer spaniel'. 🐶 After a dusting of snow recently I made use of the array of the little footprints that had been left behind by rabbits. I followed the prints to the boundary fencing and found 5 entry points; some of which I doubt I would have identified as a viable entry without the footprints leading me there. 🐾 In a month or so we will begin to see new growth shooting up from the plugs that have been over-wintered. This will be a very tempting treat to any hungry rabbits in the area. 🐇 With the rams now out of the neighbouring field, we thought we would take advantage of the empty fields to remove some redundant rabbit fencing, we'll utilise this and secure any little passages that could allow access to our stock. 🐏 So, hopefully reed-salad will be off the menu for the rabbits of St. Asaph this year. 🤞 🥗 Andrew Blake Lee Pooley #naturebasedsolutions #constructedwetlands #wetlandnursery #Phragmites

The ever-changing weather of North Wales. 🌦 This is how the nursery looked last week after a cold and clear night. You can always count on a bit of frost to make everything look a little bit more magical. ❄ While the growing may have stopped, there are plenty of jobs to be getting on with. The plants may lay dormant through the colder months- but we certainly cannot. ⛄ Lots of plans in the pipeline to expand our growing potential and make 2024 a successful year for MWH Reeds. ✔ #NorthWales #winteriscoming #wetlandplants #wetlandnursery

After such a great environmental audit we finally got 2 reed beds completed ,weather was sometimes against us at times but nothing stops the finish regardless . #mwh #dreamteam MWH Treatment MWH Reeds 🥂🎊

Here is a look back at one of our jobs from earlier this year. This was a big task; almost 150,000 plants went into this one project alone. It was a challenge that the team and I relished here on the nursery. We collected seed, germinated the seed to produce plugs, nurtured those plugs into sellable plants and then packed them up and sent them off. It was then down to our planting team to receive and plant them. This was where good communication was the key, and I was grateful to have a great team working on site that we could rely on. It is incredibly fulfilling to see that the plants are now in the ground and are establishing themselves well. It will be interesting to take a look at this wetland in a year or two when the plants really get going. All of these plants have been grown in 100% peat-free compost. They have been delivered using re-usable crates that are returned to us ready for the next load; this is greatly helping to reduce the amount of waste that we produce here at the nursery. We now look to the future and the projects that we have coming up in the coming year. I am sure that by using all that we have learned this year we will be able to work even more efficiently and economically in the coming year. Andrew Blake Lee Pooley MWH Treatment Olly ching #constructedwetlands #naturebasedsolutions #habitatcreation #floodmitigation