BMP Europe Limited

BMP Europe is a global leader in textiles (among other things), including Technical Non Woven Textiles and Engineered Polyurethane Elastomers. 

BMP Europe is an established engineering company, the inventor and manufacturer of the Tree Hugger in Britain. We’ve been around since 1984, though our parent company Andrew Industries Ltd (AIL) has been in the cotton industry since Queen Victoria was on the throne. 

At BMP in the UK, we began exploring ways to make our natural tree shelter as strong and long-lasting as a plastic tree guard.

Our tree shelter was to have an organic loom state cotton substrate. It needed a coating that would help it withstand browsing animals small and tall, and all kinds of weather. The coating we chose is pine rosin (resin) from sustainably managed forests.

Tree Hugger protects whips and creates conditions where they can thrive. It’s designed to help eliminate plastic from the environment and reduce the CO2 generated through manufacturing and transportation. Made from natural materials and low impact processes, it tackles long term barriers to sustainability across the supply chain – and in the ground.

Our Tree Shelters are:

• 100% biodegradable
• 100% sustainable
• No plastics or derivatives
• Made in the UK
• 5-year life span
• Promotes healthy growth
• Allows lateral spread
• Improves sapling survival rate
• 2 heights (0.6m and 1.2m)
• 5 diameters (70, 80, 90, 100, 110mm)
• Nests of 5 (50 nests per pack)