12 | selwyn gardening guide spring <strong>2023</strong>
selwyn gardening guide spring <strong>2023</strong> | 13 Introducing... intelligro landscape recycle Centre Did you know… your trusted garden and landscaping supplier, Intelligro, now offers a new service that’s super handy for their customers AND good news for the planet… Introducing the Intelligro Landscape Recycle Centre! In a nutshell, here’s how it works: 1. Drop off your waste: green waste, clean soil, clean fill, hard fill and general waste. 2. Intelligro goes through a whole bunch of processes to recycle as much of this as they can. 3. The recycled product becomes part of their amazing range of products, including screened soils, barks, mulches, woodchips, planting mixes, builders’ mix and crusher dust. The fees to drop off materials are very low and reasonable – Intelligro wants to make this work for everyone. There are charges per car boot or rear hatch, small ute or low-sided single axle trailer, van or standard low-sided tandem trailer and large trailer, caged trailer or truck. To keep things sensible, there may be an extra charge if your delivery is overloaded, dense or highly compacted. This structure is for household volumes, but they also accept larger quantities – just discuss with the team. As with all recycling, it’s crucial to handle the waste separations accurately – to help you manage this, Intelligro will inspect all loads before accepting them and advise if you need to separate out mixed loads. What’s amazing is that most of this waste will be sorted, recycled and re-used. This is part of Intelligro’s ongoing commitment to sustainability, and a major step up in the range of services that they provide to their gardenloving customers. And they know that <strong>Selwyn</strong>’s up for it. This is a threegeneration family business after all – they’ve been discussing and advising locals on their gardening and landscaping projects for years, and have really listened to our needs and priorities. What could be more environmentally satisfying – and convenient – than doing a garden clearout and dropping off the waste at the same place where you’re purchasing the next steps in your exciting project! Check out the Landscape Recycle Centre, along with the in-house shop and extensive yard facilities, at 261 Manion Road, Rolleston, 7:30–5:30 Mon–Sat, and Sundays 8–4:30. You can also browse and order Intelligro’s full range of products through www.intelligro. co.nz Win a $200 Intelligro Garden Club voucher Sign up to our Intelligro Garden Club by the end of Oct and go in the draw to win a $200 store voucher GETTING THE BALL ROLLEN’ Plenty of space! With more than enough space to stock all the materials needed to take a project from concept to completion, the showroom will be 583m2 with a drive-through area of over 1,000m2. “It’s a big site,” explains Rob. “We also have a gravelled area that we’ll use for product storage and that’s roughly 3,000m2. PlaceMakers Rolleston is now open at 35 Hoskyns Road The branch, which has been in development since September 2021, joins seven other PlaceMakers stores in the region to improve access to building materials for tradespeople working in surrounding areas such as <strong>Selwyn</strong>. “We’ve left no stone unturned in the construction of this store and researching the customer base it’ll serve,” says Christchurch Hub Operations Manager Rob Payne. “We identified a lack of service to builders out here and wanted to expand our reach to better meet their needs.” “We’re anticipating it could save some builders a 40-minute round trip to restock on supplies – and that’s with good traffic!” The new store’s branch manager Scott Morton has been working with PlaceMakers for 14 years. He started off part-time at a young age, working after school in the showroom, before progressing through telesales and account management, as well as spending some time as a commercial account manager. Scott says he’s confident the knowledge and experience of the 10 staff working at Rolleston will help fill a gap that was previously missing for builders in the area. “We’ll ensure we meet their needs by providing the most enjoyable and efficient in-store experience, the best range of merchandise in the area and a comprehensive delivery service. We’ll ensure all key products are available. A real advantage for us is that we can bring stock in from other areas of Canterbury if we’re missing something.” PlaceMakers Rolleston - 35 Hoskyns Road, Rolleston ROLLESTON