St Andrews is a mental health care hospital established in 1838. Set over 120 acres in Northampton, the campus has three smaller off-sites based in Essex, Birmingham and Nottingham.


GreenMech EcoCombi 150

The grounds produce a lot of green waste from pruning, and occasionally tree spoil, which they wanted to recycle throughout the site. A GreenMech EcoCombi 150 was purchased to accommodate that need.

David Harrison is Head of Grounds Maintenance and oversees the day-to-day maintenance of the grounds in Northampton as well as being in overall charge of contractors that tend to the other sites.He has six team members to help him carryout extensive maintenance to not only the grounds but also football pitches and croquet lawns. David came to the respected charity in 2008 having spent the previous 20 years in Greenkeeping finishing up as Head Greenkeeper at Northampton Golf Club.

"I'm a real fan of the EcoCombi 150," said David, "its towable format means you can take it straight to the job - even to places that would normally be awkward to get to.

"We've never had any problems with it since it was first purchased -it has been reliable and a good bit of kit!"

They've recently had some re-training as a health & safety update - the whole team took part in a refresher course on using the chipper safely.