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Weeding weapon: Strulch Jean Vernon Jean Vernon chooses the best of the weedbusters It's not just the garden plants that are romping away in the borders. Weeds are making the most of the warmer, wetter weather and colonising any bare patch of soil. Time spent dealing with these culprits now will be man-hours well spent. Reap the benefits Applying a surface mulch does wonders for the...

An entrepreneur received mentoring from one of the region’s top business figures as part of a prize. Burley-in-Wharfedale-based Jackie Whiteley, who founded her organic gardening mulch business Strulch with husband Geoff, gained a silver award in the “Bucking the Trend” contest run by Business Link Yorkshire. Her reward was a mentoring session with Richard Gregory, chairman of Yorkshire Bank....

JACKIE Whiteley is one half of garden mulch company Strulch. The former careers advisor now heads the growing Yorkshire firm while husband and scientist Geoff continues his academic work. In this week's The Interview she reveals why challenges can reap their own reward. What aspects of your job/profession do you enjoy the most? The freedom to make my own decisions. Having worked in big...

It’s often a big step from the world of university research to the gritty reality of commercial success, but a West Yorkshire company run by a former academic and his wife is going from strength-to-strength after cornering the market with a unique horticultural product. Their small company is taking on the multi-national giants who dominate the gardening products market. Strulch, based in...

YORKSHIRE-based entrepreneurial academics Geoff and Jackie Whiteley are celebrating a double win for their innovative organic gardening product Strulch. On the day Jackie collected the Yorkshire Woman of Achievement Award, husband Geoff was delivering a repeat order to the world famous Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew. Both events mark the continued success of the wheat-based peat alternative,...

Yorkshire Evening Post Published Date: 20 June 2009 Yorkshire's special women have been celebrated at one of the region's most prestigious events. Jayne Dawson reports WOMAN OF ACHIEVEMENT award: Jackie Whiteley A woman who has built up a successful business and inspired others despite personal tragedy has been named Yorkshire Woman of Achievement. Jackie Whiteley, who runs Strulch UK, a...

Forward Lady, Jackie Whiteley, has won gold in Business Link Yorkshire's Bucking the Trend competition. Around 60 businesses entered the competition, designed to highlight the region's "can do" approach to the recession. So impressive were the standard of entries that the shortlist was extended from 10 to 13. The four gold winners and six silver runners up were announced on June 5 at the...

Alys Fowlyer, Head Gardener at Gardener's World Garden at Berryfields recommends Strulch in the first of her month by month what do in the garden series in The Mail on Saturday. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/gardening/article-1110862/What-January-Alys-Fowler-Gardeners-World-starts-month-month-guide-essential-jobs-garden.html

Now is the time to improve your garden's prospects for next year, says Bunny Guinness Now that things are less frantic in the garden, it's a good time to reflect on the year and see how you can improve its performance next year. I'm a great believer in a Chinese saying that translates as "the best manure is the shadow of the gardener". Don't just look at your garden and think "how nice". You...

Strulch Garden Mulch will be featured on David Domoney's Garden Solutions stand at The Ideal Homes Show 2008 which takes place from the14th March – 6th April at Earls Court, London.