Facts & Figures

2
 owners, Peter Bongers and Bas Verbrugge
  8
 team members, dedicated green lovers, who all have a long association with QuickHedge
  26
 countries, where QuickHedge has been active since delivery started in 2009
  40
 hectares of nursery, on the best conceivable soil in Boekel, in the province of Noord-Brabant, the Netherlands
  37
 years of experience in tree, shrub and hedge nursery
  900
 satisfied customers in Europe, both gardeners and partners/agents, local authorities and institutions at home and abroad
  220.000
 metres of hedges in the nursery, row after row, in straight lines, nursed, sprinkled, trimmed and undercut every day by QuickHedge's specialists
  880.000
 plants with a strong root system, in 26 varieties, in several heights, including the young hedge plants, needing an average of 6 years to reach full maturity, before leaving the nursery and going to the customers.
  Growing

4
 plants per metre in one hedge element
  5
 % is the humus value of our soil
  6
 years is the time we take until delivery
  
Trimming
 
4
 times a year we trim our instant hedges, also the roots are "pruned" annually by undercutting them with a U-shaped knife
  5
 km per hour is the speed of the GPS-controlled trimming machine
  20
 mm is the accuracy of this GPS system (!)
  
Digging
 
2
 lifting machines can lift the elements using a smart technique
  12
 meter of hedge can be lifted in no more than 20 minutes
  
Planting
 
20
 meter instant hedge elements of about 1 metre wide can be planted by a gardener within an hour
  365
 days a year the QuickHedge owner can then enjoy his or her hedge!