Wyevale Nurseries has been awarded a Plant Healthy Certificate for its high biosecurity standards for the fourth year in succession it’s been revealed this month (June 2024).
Kyle Ross, Production Manager at the Hereford-based leading UK commercial grower, was presented with the certification from the Plant Health Alliance following a comprehensive independent audit.
He says: “We’re delighted to have achieved our Plant Healthy certification for a fourth year running. It’s a wonderful achievement and everyone at Wyevale Nurseries should be very proud. Grown in Britain, which is the certification body for the scheme, conducted our external audit and they found our measures to be robust.
“I’d like to thank all the team members who were involved. Their cooperation, time and knowledge has been essential throughout this process. It was a tremendous team effort. Plant Healthy Certification is an incredible asset for us when it comes to securing work.
“I am particularly grateful to Chris Mason and Adrian Cituran in trees and transplants, as well as James Mattock for his ongoing traceability knowledge and I’m also indebted to Cian Lynch and Sam Bateman, who have been marvellous in representing their divisions and are both key members of our internal Plant Healthy Organisation Group.
“The Group was established last year and has a representative in our containers, field and container trees and transplants departments who are responsible for implementing Plant Healthy standards and protocols for their production departments. It’s an indication of how seriously we take our responsibilities here.”
The Plant Healthy certification scheme makes it easier to identify businesses or organisations that trade and grow plants with the highest standards of health and biosecurity.
