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‘Green’ lawncare key for environment

May 25, 2022/in News, Press Release/by Graham Paskett

‘Green’ lawncare key for environment: There are more than 20 million domestic garden lawns in the UK and one man is driving a campaign to ensure that British gardeners get the latest and best possible ‘green’ advice on lawncare. “There is a place for the occasional use of chemicals in lawncare but there is also […]

£300 off new Polaris Youth model

May 24, 2022/in News, Press Release/by External Source

£300 off new Polaris Youth model: Polaris UK and Ireland has announced an extension to its youth retail promotion throughout the summer months; customers will receive £300 (including VAT) off the recommended retail price of any new Youth model when purchasing from a participating Polaris dealer, running from the beginning of June to the end […]

‘Green’ lawncare key for environment

May 25, 2022/in News, Press Release/by Graham Paskett

£300 off new Polaris Youth model

May 24, 2022/in News, Press Release/by External Source

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‘Green’ lawncare key for environment

May 25, 2022/in News, Press Release/by Graham Paskett

‘Green’ lawncare key for environment: There are more than 20 million domestic garden lawns in the UK and one man is driving a campaign to ensure that British gardeners get the latest and best possible ‘green’ advice on lawncare.

“There is a place for the occasional use of chemicals in lawncare but there is also a rapidly increasing range of totally green options that are just as effective. I want to ensure that the new breed of specialist lawncare advisors promote this green route,” says Richard Salmon, managing director of ProLawnCareUK.

‘Green’ lawncare key for environment

He has spent his entire career in lawn and grass care and is one of the UK’s foremost experts. Part of his work is training people who want to establish businesses as domestic lawncare advisors and his two and four day courses focus strongly on the environmentally friendly approach. He believes that too many professional lawncare advisors rely on strong chemical treatments and over-feeding grass with manufactured, expensive and not kind to the environment Nitrogen. They do this to ensure a quick-fix and a bright green lawn, deliberately ignoring the more gentle and natural true green alternatives.

“We all want verdant green lawns but trying to force this to happen by applying excessive Nitrogen is neither beneficial to the lawns or environment nor is it sustainable. Steady rain, and even snow, does deliver useful amounts of nitrogen for free. The problem comes from torrential rain that can wash it away again.”

There are three cornerstones of his training courses: ensuring lawns are compaction free, having access to balanced nutrition and some basic lawn management tips that home owners can undertake.

The benefits of a lawn being compaction free are:

Allowing roots to grow deep in search of natural nutrients and water.
Allowing rain to percolate down to the roots and not waterlogging the lawn.
Preventing the grass from suffocating and dying through lack of oxygen.

“A compaction free lawn will have a healthy soil microbial population,” says Richard. “The soil is a larder full of natural nutrients vital to grass and delivers it in a form that the roots can take up. This way there is no need for synthetic fertilisers.”

With this combined treatment package lawn owners should mow little and often. Richard believes that mulching is best as nutrients are retained in the leaf and put pack into the soil. In excessively dry weather irrigate using harvested rainwater. This combination will create a thick sward that keeps weeds and moss at bay.

“Our 20 million domestic lawns, collectively, cover an area larger than any UK National Park. Lawn owners have a responsibility to ensure that their small part of such a large area is treated with the utmost respect and care for the environment. It is important that when lawn owners seek professional help and advice, they are not offered a chemical package that runs counter to this objective. Once trained they will find that being able to promote themselves as environmentally responsible lawncare experts will be a major sales boost,” says Richard.

Courses run throughout the year in Cambridge

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£300 off new Polaris Youth model

May 24, 2022/in News, Press Release/by External Source

£300 off new Polaris Youth model: Polaris UK and Ireland has announced an extension to its youth retail promotion throughout the summer months; customers will receive £300 (including VAT) off the recommended retail price of any new Youth model when purchasing from a participating Polaris dealer, running from the beginning of June to the end of August.

With more and more families opting for “staycations” this summer, the offer will be available on purchases made between 1st June 2022 to 31st August 2022 – ideal timing for customers to make the most of the upcoming UK summer holidays.

£300 off new Polaris Youth model

The promotion applies to the entire Polaris Youth line-up, including the Youth side-by-side range; the Ranger 150 EFI and RZR 200 EFI, and the ATV line-up; the Outlaw 70 EFI, Sportsman 110 EFI, and Pheonix 200.

Polaris Youth side-by-side and ATV vehicles provide the ideal opportunity for kids to enjoy off-road summer adventures – combining key safety, technology and performance features – and enjoy the outdoors right here in the UK.

Not only do off-road vehicles give kids a reason to get outside, but it’s also a gift that will grow with them through the years thanks to adjustable riding options and flexible parent-adjustable speed limiters that can be used to adapt the machine to suit their age, experience and skill. With the entire full-size Polaris Off-Road line-up also available, it’s an activity the whole family can enjoy.

Free Starter Kit

Every Polaris youth model has safety at the forefront of every design, so parents can have peace of mind whilst the kids are having fun. Every purchase comes standard with a starter kit that includes a Polaris youth helmet, whip flag and training DVD.

Find your local Polaris dealers on the Polaris Britain website here.

For more information on this offer, please contact your local dealer. Please note, no finance offer can be combined with this promotion.

For further media information on Polaris ORV products, please contact the Polaris ORV Media Office on +44 (0) 1525 270100 or email us at press@polaris-orv.media.

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‘Green’ lawncare key for environment

£300 off new Polaris Youth model

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‘Green’ lawncare key for environment: There are more than 20 million domestic garden lawns in the UK and one man is driving a campaign to ensure that British gardeners get the latest and best possible ‘green’ advice on lawncare.

£300 off new Polaris Youth model

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