The squad at Wyevale Nurseries in Herefordshire are celebrating this workweek after being awarded a Plant Healthy Certificate during Defra ’s 2021 Plant Health Week ( May 2021 ) .
Wyevale Nurseries ’ Production Manager Kyle Ross received the credentials from the Plant Health Alliance and it ’s just one of a smattering of businesses in the rural area to currently have it . Kyle explicate : “ We ’re delighted to be one of several sweeping nursery in this country to have been present this certification . It was also apt to have received our notification during Plant Health Week , which run until May 16 , it could n’t have derive at a good clip for us .
“ This certification scheme nominate it so much easier to identify business or administration that trade and grow plants with the highest monetary standard of health and biosecurity . It also helps reduce the risk of bring in / spreading destructive plant pests via our trade flora provision chains and protect the gardening industry , other cultivated plant , and natural habitat . ”
Certified occupation have to successfully complete and pass a Plant Healthy audit and show they are committed to adopting eminent voluntary plant health and biosecurity standards . The Wyevale Nurseries audited account was conducted by Grown in Britain , the certification body for the scheme .
Pioneer phaseIn February 2020 , the Plant Healthy Certification Scheme was soft - launched to horticultural businesses at the Plant Health Alliance Conference at Kew Botanic Gardens . Throughout 2020 and until March 1 , 2021 , it went through a ‘ innovator ’ phase and was assist in its development by penis of the horticultural industry , including Wyevale Nurseries , to avail get it up and melt .
“ The storey of professional commitment to plant biosecurity by these nurseries is both reassuring and telling . We would like to give thanks them all for their input and financial support in advancing the Plant Healthy Certification Scheme . Certification exhibit that these businesses operate on to in high spirits voluntary standards of plant biosecurity .
“ The Standard aim to authorise horticultural businesses to take a proactive approaching to embed biosecurity . The Plant Health Alliance aims to kick upstairs the importance of protecting the health of our plant life from plant pests and diseases , as doing so will help safeguard the biodiversity of the British landscape and support the UK economy . ”
Plant pestsTo counter the threat from plant pests , Defra ’s Plant Biosecurity Strategy for Great Britain ( 2014 ) offer the development of the certification scheme to improve biosecurity in the UK horticultural sector .
The member of the Plant Health Alliance produced the Plant Health Management Standard , which is focalize on UK cosmetic and agreeableness horticultural stage business and organizations . It can also be adopt by outside businesses .
The Plant Health Management Standard – which set out the requirements to be run across by outline registrants – was developed by specialiser from industriousness , political science , and the third sphere . The Plant Health Alliance is the Governing Body for the Plant Healthy Certification Scheme , which is based on the Plant Health Management Standard .
