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1^st February 2008

GREEN GREEN GRASS AT WESTON PARK

Encapsulated Seeds (Encapsulated Wildflower Seeds R & D Ltd) is a family business based in Ceredigion, Wales, who have innovative patented and trademarked technology for being able to grow grass on compacted land and gravel driveways.

The magic is that this can be achieved without the need for topsoil or turf, as opposed to conventional methods.  This can achieve results within a 17-day period at a temperature of around 70 Degrees F. using RIZA TM technology.  Another salient point is that it can cut preparation costs by at least 50%.  We have been supported by Richard Bonfield of Xenos (Finance Wales) in pushing our technology forward both throughout the UK and in to foreign markets for export.

RIZA technology works by Ion charge driving the roots through compacted areas, such as gravel driveways where trials where completed at Weston Park, the former home of the Earls of Bradford, a beautiful heritage park that was suffering from the large volume of traffic taking away the road verges and causing them to become bare, causing damage to the beautifully ascetic parklands, a site worth visiting for peace and tranquillity.

Encapsulated Seeds were given the opportunity by Stuart Craddock, Park Operations Manager, and Michael Evans, Balfours, to conduct trials.

Sharon Haydney, Commercial Director of Encapsulated Seeds, travelled to Weston Park to conduct trials in mid-June 2007, three small trials were completed around the Park; photographs were then taken of the small trial areas on 4 July 2007, after the 17-day period.  These trials were witnessed by Terry Brownhill (Environmental Services) Eaton Management Ltd.

In September 2007, Encapsulated Seeds then completed three acres of compacted areas of land at Weston Park.

Due to the fact that Weston Park is a charitable trust, we were very happy to assist in reducing our costs and obtaining the assistance of Advanta Seeds to supply the grass seed specification at reduced costs to assist Weston Park, we as a company use Advanta Seeds grass seed, due to it’s high quality and have used their seed on a variety of trials across the world in 2007.

The trial results show that RIZA achieved the desired results of lush green grass, which was supplied by Advanta Seeds for charity purposes to Weston Park, through their supplier Arthur Evans, based in Llandysul, Wales.

RIZA works by causing a chain of reactions that increase the germination of the grass seed and heats the ground temperature by at least 3 degrees, hence the results are achieved quicker the grass grows in uniform and is much thicker and stronger.  Once a period of 28 days has elapsed after a trial has been completed the roots are well established and have been driven through the compacted area of ground.

RIZA is a unique technology that can be used in a variety of applications, such as Brownfield sites, property development, parklands, sports pitches and on contaminated lands, such as mines and quarries, where again Encapsulated Seeds can achieve results in a short period of time.

Photos attached:
Stuart Craddock, Weston Park’s Park Operations Manager
Sharon Haydney – Encapsulated Seeds’ Commercial Director
Richard Bonfield - Xenos (Finance Wales)
Arthur Evans - Supplier of Advanta Seeds

For more information on these trials, please contact either Stuart Craddock, Park Operations Manager, Weston Park (stuart@weston-park.com) or Sharon Haydney, Commercial Director, Encapsulated Seeds (www.encapsulatedseeds.com)

Further information

Kate Thomas
Weston Park
01952 852100

kate@weston-park.com
www.weston-park.com

NEWS – ADVANTA SEEDS

www.advantaseeds.co.uk

A family business based in Wales has launched an innovative technology that facilitates the growth of grass on compacted land – and the trials which have been undertaken in recent years have yielded some very interesting results. Encapsulated Seeds (www.encapsulatedseeds.com) say that their patented and trademarked technology is nothing short of ‘magic’ as it enables grass to grow in difficult conditions without the need for topsoil.

The development programme has been supported by Xenos (Finance Wales) which is a business introduction service which links potential investors with companies seeking growth funding. As a result of the success to date the company is not only looking at markets within the UK but is also actively developing a marketing strategy well beyond these shores where opportunities in dry desert environments and other hostile areas now beckon.

As far as the home market is concerned Encapsulated Seeds are targeting this innovative technology (called RIZATM) at brownfield sites, wasteland areas, coal tips and other land that may suffer from a toxicity problem. Another potential market here in the UK can be found in many high traffic areas and the trials conducted at one spectacular location in 2007 demonstrate the possibilities.

Sharon Haydney, Commercial Director of Encapsulated Seeds, set up a trial in Shropshire at Weston Park (the ancestral seat of the Earls of Bradford) where the constant stream of visitors was causing irreparable damage to the road verges in this high-profile heritage park. If the name Weston Park sounds familiar to you then it is because this Stately Home and its landscaped gardens (the work of Capability Brown) was chosen by the then Prime Minister Tony Blair for the Retreat Day for the G8 Summit of World Leaders in May 1998.

Following the success of the initial set of trials on three small areas in June last year the company then extended the test in September by seeding three acres of compacted land at Weston Park. Sharon takes up the story.

“The trial results show that RIZA achieved the desired results of lush green grass.”

Evidently at the end of the trial the grass roots were very well established having been ‘driven’ through the compacted area of ground.

The grass, which was used in the Weston Park evaluation, was supplied through Arthur Evans, based in Llandysul in Wales. Obviously one of the cornerstones of the RIZA system is quality grass seed and, according to Sharon, this is where Advanta comes into the big picture.

“We as a company use Advanta’s grass seed due to its high quality and we have used their seed on a variety of trials across the world in 2007”.

With further trials planned here and overseas it is clear that Encapsulated Seeds and its cutting edge technology (the company initially introduced and patented the sowing of British wild flower seeds in an ‘encapsulated’ form) has a very bright future indeed – both here and overseas.

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