British Hardwood Tree Nursery renews Plant Healthy certification

British Hardwood Tree Nursery (BHT), one of Origin Green-tech’s specialist brands, is celebrating the renewal of its Plant Healthy certification for the fifth consecutive year.

The nursery successfully completed its annual independent audit, demonstrating its continued investment in robust plant health management and its team’s commitment to supplying healthy, high-quality planting stock.

Maintaining high plant health standards

The Plant Healthy Certification Scheme is a nationally recognised initiative designed to help businesses minimise the risk of introducing and spreading harmful plant pests and diseases. It provides a framework for managing plant health risks and promoting best practice throughout the horticultural supply chain.

Certification follows an independent assessment against the Plant Health Management Standard. Businesses must demonstrate effective procedures for identifying, assessing and managing biosecurity risks, with annual audits ensuring standards are maintained.

For BHT, which supplies British-grown trees, hedging and shrubs for forestry, landscaping, farming, estates and environmental planting projects, maintaining these standards is central to its operations. With growing awareness of the threats pests and diseases pose to UK trees and the wider environment, responsible sourcing and effective biosecurity are increasingly important.

Yolanda MacGregor, Trees & Plants Category Manager at Origin Green-tech, said: “Achieving Plant Healthy certification for the fifth consecutive year is a fantastic accomplishment for the BHT team and something we are extremely proud of.

“Plant health and biosecurity are fundamental to everything we do at the nursery. The annual audit is one of the strictest in our sector, so maintaining our certification year after year demonstrates the hard work, knowledge and commitment of the whole team.

“For our customers, it provides additional reassurance that the trees and plants they purchase have been grown and handled in accordance with recognised plant health standards. As the industry continues to focus on protecting our landscapes from pests and diseases, we believe it is essential that nurseries take a proactive approach to biosecurity.”