Our philosophy is simple: Providing products of the highest quality to our customers and working hand in hand with them to innovate and grow together.
Trust, transparency, innovation and partnership are the heart of everything that we do. We believe that through these values not only can we support our customers, but also achieve the common goal of caring for our planet and its communities.”
Founded
2005
Botanicoir was founded in 2005 by Kalum, Samantha and Chaminda Balasuriya
Sponsors a Local Orphanage
2005
Becomes primary sponsor of local orphanage (2005– to date), originally set up for children who lost their parents after the devastating tsunami of 2004
European Tomato Market
2007
First entry into the European tomato market
First compressed buffered grow bag
2008
Introduces the first compressed buffered grow bags into the UK soft fruit market
Agrovista UK partner
2009
Agrovista joins us as our UK partner and we soon become one of the most popular grower choices for strawberry growbags in the UK
New Facilities in Sri Lanka
2011
Proudly inaugurate our new production facility having outgrown the previous space and wanting to offer a more comfortable working environment for our team
Loyal growers visit to Sri Lanka
2014
An unforgettable trip to Sri Lanka with some of our loyal customers
Precision Plus Ultra trial
2015
The first commercial trial of our Precision Plus Ultra mix with New Forest Fruit. Other leading UK strawberry farms also follow suit
Botanicoir Dryer
2016
Implementation of the first mechanical dryer of its kind, ensuring more consistency of products and on-time delivery
Launched Precision Plus Ultra
2017
Our specialist soft fruit mix, Precision Plus Ultra launches at Fruit Focus with a special visit by Hon. DEFRA minister George Eustice
Production expansion in India
2018
Expansion of our production capacity into India
Offer bio-degradable plastic
2019
Launch of our first bio-degradable plastic for grow bags and Open Top Containers, enabling growers to choose a more eco-friendly option
Botanicoir partners with Legro
2020
Botanicoir and Legro proudly join forced. The partnership enables Botanicoir to make the necessary investments to cater to the increasing global demand for compressed coir products
