Category: Community Projects

Building a community garden with the Aldingbourne Trust

Posted on April 16, 2026 by - Community Projects, Earth Cycle Soils and Composts

For over 25 years our consumer brand Earth Cycle, supported by our Soils & Composts team, has been supplying eco-friendly products which nourish gardens. We turn recycled green waste into high-performing soils and composts – keeping valuable organic material out of landfill and where it belongs: back in the ground.

As with so much of our work– it’s not just what we do but the way that we do it which matters. So, for Earth Cycle, our newest project is to build community garden here in West Sussex – at the Aldingbourne Country Centre. Our plans are to create a space which our products, our values, our team and the wider community come together – to grow plants, vegetables, herbs and trees, and build a place which people can enjoy outdoors.

Practicing what we preach

Our work to recycle green waste into high-performing soils and composts has been happening for over 25 years. So our community garden lets us show how our products work in the most honest way possible – nourishing real plants, trees, fruits, vegetables and flowers through the seasons.

Growing a community

By creating this garden and enabling our team, local people, families and schools to enjoy it we’re hoping to create a place to share knowledge, swap ideas and grow food. And we’re aiming to foster an outdoor space which people can enjoy – especially given that time ‘in the green’ can boost mental health and wellbeing.

Real world learning

We hope to show all the ways in which our products can be used – from planting seeds and seedlings to adding nutrients into the ground. The Aldingbourne team will also be adding a classroom space in time, to encourage children, schools and home ed groups to find out more about gardening and growing your own.

Our community garden will also be a place to help amateur gardeners learn too – so we’ll be using it as a base for the Earth Cycle team to host workshops and share hints and tips about what to do in the garden and when!

We’re excited about this community garden project and are looking forward to it becoming a space which people enjoy, and discover how to help their own gardens thrive.

Here’s Mike Jupp, Commercial Director at Earth Cycle with our community garden’s designer: Lynne Lambourne, a sustainable garden designer who has worked with the RHS Chelsea Flower Show and the Ideal Home Show.

Turning West Sussex’s green waste into compost for local people

Posted on April 7, 2026 by - Community Projects, Corporate Social Responsibility, Soils and Composting

As part of a new initiative we’ve begun working with West Sussex County Council (WSCC) and Biffa to supply our peat-free compost to residents using any of the network of West Sussex Recycling Centres.  

Our green waste sites take up to 100,000 tonnes of garden waste every year from across the county, transforming it into a premium-grade compost as part of a 14 week process. This partnership ensures that the “recycling circle” is fully completed within county borders, helping return organic matter and nutrients back to the soil it came from.

Branded Revive, the compost will be available for purchase at all West Sussex Recycling Centres from early spring. As a PAS100-certified product, Revive meets rigorous national standards for safety, reliability and consistency. It’s high in nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium and is ideal for improving soil conditions for lawns, vegetables, shrubs and flowers. It also improves drainage on heavy clay ground and helps retain moisture in sandy soil.

We’re delighted to be building on our existing relationship with Biffa with this new partnership. Our operations are centred around producing consistent, high-quality soil conditioning compost products from locally sourced green waste and returning it to communities all over the country. This partnership allows us to take green waste from West Sussex residents and supply it back to those same communities as compost. By working together, we’renot only improving resource efficiency but completing a truly local recycling loop.

Residents can find 40-litre bags of Revive at all West Sussex Recycling Centres from Easter weekend. To buy the compost, residents can book a slot at their local Recycling Centre using the Book to Recycle link.

Supporting Children in Need 2020: The Rickshaw Challenge

Posted on November 11, 2020 by - Community Projects, News, Woodhorn Group

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The Rickshaw Challenge has become a staple part of BBC Children in Need and is now amazingly in it’s 10th year!

 

After starting this year’s challenge just down the road from The Woodhorn Group at the Goodwood Estate in West Sussex with the aim completing the challenge around the grounds, the 8 day challenge has now sadly been forced to go virtual due to one of the team members testing positive for COVID-19.

 

So instead of cycling the 332 miles around Goodwood, the team will now be clocking up the distance from their own homes on exercise bikes. More information about the challenge can be found here.

 

As a company we will be donating to this amazing cause and we will all be getting involved with fundraising of our own which will include a company-wide bake sale and wearing yellow in support of the Children In Need appeal show on Friday 13th November.

 

If you wish to support the charity and donate to The Rickshaw Challenge, you can do so by clicking the button below.

 

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