Strulch Blog

Ilkley-based company Strulch has teamed up with celebrity gardener Diarmuid Gavin to help raise awareness of the effect of climate change on the world's poorest communities. Strulch, the organic garden mulch maker, was asked to contribute its environmentally friendly product to a design which went on show at Christian Aid's eco-house show at Birmingham's NEC. The product uses less water and...

01/05/05 Strulch Garden Mulch was used on the Africa Garden at the British Museum in the last ever Groundforce programme. 8 May – 4 September 2005 West Lawn, Museum forecourt Exhibition closed Part of Africa '05 season Over the years the BBC’s Ground Force programme has led millions of fans down more than 130 garden paths, creating backyard paradises in just days and teaching viewers along...

01/01/05 Strulch was used to retain moisture in a RHS long term trial of wetland iris. For further information visit the RHS

Strulch has featured regularly at Berryfields on BBC Gardeners’ World . “I have fallen in love with mineralised straw [Strulch] it’s a perfect mulch as it doesn’t hold onto the water. Spread it thickly and dig it in to add bulk to the soil at the end of the season. It definitely saved our Florence fennel from the worst of the drought. If water is scarce, conserve it for critical periods of...