Category: Earth Cycle Soils and Composts

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.

Earth Cycle receives Feefo Platinum Trusted Service Award 2021

Posted on January 20, 2021 by - Earth Cycle Soils and Composts, News, Soils and Composting, Woodhorn Group

Feefo Platinum Trusted Customer Service Award 2021

Earth Cycle has won the Feefo Platinum Trusted Service award, an independent seal of excellence that recognises businesses for delivering exceptional experiences, as rated by real customers.
Created by Feefo, Trusted Service is awarded only to businesses that use Feefo to collect genuine reviews and insights. Businesses meeting the high standard, based on the number of reviews they have collected and their average rating, receive the award. A highly-valued badge of approval, this accreditation remains unique, as it is based purely on the interactions with real customers. As all reviews are verified as genuine, the accreditation is a true reflection of a business’s commitment to outstanding service. Feefo gives Platinum Trusted Service awards to businesses that have achieved the Feefo Gold standard for three consecutive years or more. The Feefo Gold Trusted Service award recognises organisations that have collected at least 50 Feefo reviews in a year and have achieved a service rating of at least 4.5.
Nick Martin, Marketing Manager at The Woodhorn Group commented “We’re very excited to receive this award from Feefo because it’s based on the feedback of real customers, who are the most important judges of all. It recognises how hard we work to give all our customers the best possible experience, even in a year as tough as 2020. Everyone at Earth Cycle is fully committed to the highest quality of service, so it’s important for us to listen, understand and respond to all our customers. The beauty of Feefo is that it enables us to consistently improve, so we’re looking forward to another successful year.”
The Earth Cycle brand of peat-free composts and topsoils are sold primarily online, and to be recognised for the award after a year which saw a huge surge in demand for gardening products due to the first national lockdown creating a wave of new gardeners ordering online, makes this an especially satisfying award for everyone at Woodhorn involved in the processing, manufacturing, and sending out of these orders at a difficult time where we had to adapt quickly. It is recognition of how everyone in the company worked together as a team to meet the expectations of our customers.
Feefo is a reviews and customer insights technology company that provides businesses with the tools to collect real, purchase-verified reviews and insights. Working with over 3,500 clients, Feefo ensures that all feedback is authentic, by matching it to a legitimate transaction, in order to increase consumer confidence and enable businesses to make smarter business decisions.