Aitchison Hydroseeding Ltd

A family business trading for over 45 years offering Hydroseeding & Arboriculture Services. We are the leading Hydroseeding contractor in the UK.

The Aitchison family have been Hydroseeding in the UK since 1968.
Alex T Aitchison was founder of this exciting new process of seeding which was first introduced to the United Kingdom in the 1960's.
He was indeed a pioneer of Hydroseeding at that time. The knowledge and expertise gained in those early years has been fundamental to the success of the business today.

In 1979, Gary Aitchison joined his father and learned the skills and knowledge of Hydroseeding. It seemed the right thing to do as Gary had always helped out over the school summer holidays, he had a willingness to learn and worked hard, starting from the ground up.

The re-development of Scotland. s second largest heap of colliery waste bing (Addiewell South), transformed into landscaped contours to soften the visual impact on the neighbouring mining village of West Calder. Aitchison Landscape contractors planted 150, 000 native hardwood and softwood trees on the embankments and surrounds of this newly contoured bing and hydroseeding to the flat inner areas. This work was carried out for RJ Levack for West Lothian Council. This area is now the surrounds of HMP, Addiewell.

Gary took over the business in 1996, and secured new contracts with RJMcLeod, for Transport Scotland, on the A830 Fort William to Mallaig Road. The planting of 18, 000 cell grown native hardwood trees and hydroseeding to embankments and verges provide what is now an ideal habitat for the flora and fauna of the surrounding environment.

Aitchison Hydroseeding is involved in a number of high profile contracts throughout Scotland, continuing to meet high environmental and ecological standards, helping to provide the ideal habitat for Scotlands flora and fauna.