Horticultural Research by Stockbridge Technology Centre

How to Find Us

Our Facilities

Contact Directory

STCRF Directors

Commercial Services

Plant Clinic

Pesticide Evaluation
• Efficacy Testing
• Crop Safety
• Residue Testing

Product Development

Novel Crops

Seed Production

Seed and Variety Testing

Compost and
Substrate Testing

Facility provision and hire

Applied Research
and Development

Protected Edibles

Protected Ornamentals

Field Vegetables

Hardy Nursery Stock

Bulbs and Outdoor flowers

Arable

Diseases

Environmental Sustainability

Energy
• Lighting
• Heat

Water
• Efficiency of use
• Water quality
• Disease Control

Biodiversity
• Bees, birds and bugs
• Sustainable farming

Soil and Nutrition

Carbon

Climate Change

Energy

Education, Skills and Outreach

Open Day And Visitors

School growing, health and diet programmes
• School Projects
• Higher Education

Discovering our Countryside

Food and Farming Entrepreneurs Network (FFEN)

Field Flowers

Bulbs and Outdoor Flowers

Although not a traditional area at STC we have had several projects involving outdoor flowers. One project looked at the suitability of using Spanish tunnels to grow a range of flower species for local markets. More recently we have been looking at the establishment in the field of various flower mixes.

General tunnel flowers