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TerraCottem addresses some of the world’s biggest issues such as lack of water, hunger and deforestation. With just 20 grammes and a single application in the plant’s lifespan, TerraCottem helps the plant to settle in, grow faster and survive, often in very harsh conditions, such as sandy soils, reclaimed land, soil with high salt content, areas with little rainfall or difficult access for watering. TerraCottem is a technical product for the present day and the future...

A digging duchess

11/12/2018 - 00:00

Here’s a tree planting moment that’s a bit unusual – a celebrity Duchess on the end of spade helping plant a New Zealand Kōwhai tree.

We're celebrating

10/12/2018 - 00:00

Twenty-five years ago, TerraCottem didn’t exist. Dr Willem Van Cotthem at the University of Ghent was poised to discover TerraCottem’s base model: the fore-runner of a soil conditioner that’s made a success of projects around the world ever since.

It’s worth asking…

29/11/2018 - 00:00

It was a random question, asked over a quiet beer. But Nick Patterson from LGS has a good gut instinct because he spotted the potential. That’s the short story of how TerraCottem arrived in New Zealand. Here’s the longer version…

Big Waves = Brilliant Makeover

06/11/2018 - 00:00

Check out TerraCottem Australia's latest Synergy on a fantastic park build in Kingscliff.

Preliminary results on the suitability of new trees species in Berlin-Neukölln’s heavily polluted roadsides – trial done with the TerraCottem soil conditioning technology

Preliminary results on a suitability trial of new trees species in Berlin

16/07/2018 - 00:00

Trial done with the TerraCottem soil conditioning technology on Neukölln’s heavily polluted roadsides.

"A visitor to a garden sees the successes, usually. The gardener remembers mistakes and losses, some for a long time, and imagines the garden in a year, and in an unimaginable future."
- W.S. Merwin