Our Customers

Struan’s Wood- Honouring Memory, Supporting Growth

Planted in memory of his son, Rich Hartley’s Struan’s Wood is more than a woodland — it’s a space for healing and regeneration. On this exposed site, 2,000 trees were treated with Rhizopellets to support resilience against wind and drought, reduce replanting, and let nature take the lead.

“The reason that we were interested in using Rhizopellets was to try to speed up the reestablishment of woodland conditions, particularly with a view to mitigating the potential for drought during establishment and to increase the resilience of tree species to pests and disease.” - Rich Hartley

A powerful reminder that resilience isn’t always about yield — sometimes, it’s about meaning.

Location: Shropshire Hills National Landscape.

Seed Zone: 106, England

Site Type: Drought-prone memorial site

Species: Oak, Birch, Aspen, Hazel, Hornbeam

Foresight Group : Fordie Estate

At Fordie Estate, Foresight Group is putting that question to the test. Known for managing productive forests across the UK, their focus is clear: build resilient woodlands that deliver strong long-term returns.

Now, they’re trialling Rhizopellets to see if a natural input — native mycorrhizal fungi — can improve survival, speed up early growth, and reduce maintenance on high-risk sites.

It’s a data-driven experiment where commercial forestry meets ecological innovation — and the results could shape how investment forests are managed in the years ahead.

Location: Crieff

Seed Zone: 203, Scotland

Site Type: Moorland

Species: Mixed Native, Douglas Fir, Sitka Spruce, Scots Pine

Rooted in Resilience: Heart of England Forest

As part of their ambitious mission to establish a 30,000-acre forest in the Midlands, Heart of England Forest is trialling Rhizopellets across sites with heavy clay soils and a history of arable use — conditions that present real challenges for newly planted trees.

With up to 100,000 trees planted each winter, the team is exploring ways to reduce early losses and replanting needs. Rhizopellets are being integrated into planting methods as part of a wider strategy to improve early establishment, particularly in areas prone to spring drought and nutrient-poor soils — improving survival, boosting growth, and supporting a more self-sustaining forest in the long term.

  • The Heart of England Forest is an ambitious charity with an aim to create a new 30k acre forest in the heart of England. We have created over 8k acres of forest since the first tree was planted in 1996 and are planting new woodland each year as we progress towards the target. The land we tend to purchase is low quality former arable land, which hasn’t been afforested for a significant period of time. This makes woodland creation challenging for a range of factors, so I decided to experiment with Rhizocore pellets to see if they could increase establishment success.

  • The soils we plant in are commonly heavy clays with a history of agricultural ploughing. We do suffer from Spring droughts and in clays soils this can cause challenging conditions for newly planted trees. I am using a combination of tools to combat the conditions and the pellets are part of this approach. I am hoping the pellets will help harvest increased nutrients and moisture for the newly planted trees, to help them in the most vulnerable early years.

  • We are planting 90k to 100k tree each winter, which creates a significant maintenance burden for my in-house forestry team. If I can decreases losses and beat-up requirements, it will enable us to create more woodland each planting season, helping to achieve the overall aim of the charity.

  • My planting team were a bit suspicious at first but once they starting using the pellets, any concerns disappeared. They quickly and easily incorporating the pellets into the tree planting method. We had a collection of climbing chalk bags which had been bought for another purpose but were ideal – each planter had a bag attached to their belt and filled it with pellets. They could pick up a pellet as they were placing the tree into the ground and add it to the root ball.

  • Mycorrhizal fungi are present in our woodlands and are essential for transferring water and nutrients to the host tree. These fungi are likely to be lacking in the soils where we are creating new woodlands, so by introducing the pellets at the planting stage, I am hoping to recreate some of the natural processes which exist in established woodlands. We are experimenting with the product to aid establishment and by introducing the fungi into the soils, I hope by using a natural process, we will increase survival and growth rates.

Location: Midlands, England

Seed Zone: 403

Focus: Large-scale woodland creation on low-quality, former arable land
Objective: Improve early tree establishment in drought-prone, heavy clay soils; reduce replanting needs; and restore natural soil function

Tilhill, one of the UK’s leading forestry management companies, is trialling Rhizopellets across several restock and woodland creation sites in North East England.

The focus is clear: assess whether native mycorrhizal fungi can improve early establishment, reduce the need for chemical inputs, and support long-term performance on exposed, competitive sites.

By applying Rhizopellets selectively across species blocks, Tilhill is gathering operational data on growth, survival, and input requirements—building the evidence needed to evaluate scalable use in commercial forestry.

Tilhill’s Trial: Practical Insights from Commercial Restocking

Location: North East England

Seed Zone: 106, England

Site Type: Commercial restocking and woodland creation

Objectives: Improve early establishment, reduce chemical input, and enhance ROI

Andrew Macqueen - Trialling Resilience in the Uplands

Andrew Macqueen is putting Rhizopellets to the test on a high-elevation restock site facing harsh upland conditions — from poor soils to extreme exposure.

2,600 saplings (broadleaf and conifer) have been treated to explore how native mycorrhizal fungi can improve survival, growth, and long-term woodland resilience. With control plots in place, this trial is designed to generate real data on nature-based solutions under pressure.

A practical look at how fungi can support regeneration where it’s needed most.

Location: Moffat

Seed Zone: 109, Scotland

Site Type: Peaty Ironpans

Species: Scots Pine, Downy Birch and Aspen