Sean Faulkner
Surface Maintenance & Integrated Weed Management Specialist
Sean's passion is in helping managers of open spaces to re-think the way that their surfaces are maintained - assisting them to achieve high standards of maintenance with the most sustainable Nature Based Solutions available today. He enjoys sharing the latest thinking on the topic in articles, books and presentations in order to inspire a change in the way land is managed.
Nature is forever working to reclaim our built environment and must be managed in order for us to live in harmony with it.
To that end, Sean feels it is important to really understand the way nature works and manage the surfaces in a way that best allows both nature and urban landscapes to thrive. His methods rely on basic preventative processes, which minimise the need for remedial treatments and he enjoys assisting custodians of our environment to find the most effective means to do both.
Articles written by Sean Faulkner
Prevention is Better than Cure
The phrase 'prevention is better than cure' attributed to Dutch humanist scholar, Desid...
The Future of Weed Management in the UK
Change was so palpable it could almost be sniffed upon the air at this years Amenity Fo...
The 3 Biggest Threats to Surface Performance
The three biggest threats to the performance of any surface are surface compaction, det...
Weed Management - It's time for significant change.
With a new national action plan for the sustainable use of pesticides on the cusp of be...
Prior (Integrated Weed Management) Planning Prevents Poor Performance
When a council expresses the need to go glyphosate free, they need a detailed plan to b...
The Humble Beginnings of a Weed and How to Avoid Them
Hard surfaces are inhospitable environments for a weed, so how exactly do they get esta...
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Chemical vs Integrated Weed Management
The best time to implement an Integrated Weed Management strategy was when the infrasru...
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3 Reasons why Brushing is Better than Spraying
For many years now, spraying has been the go-to method for managing weeds on footpaths?...
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Why should we sweep a pavement or footway?
Sweeping is not just for aesthetics, it allows access, improves air quality, improves w...
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Glyphosate, the Shikimate Pathway and Parkinsons
The shikimate pathway is a metabolic pathway used by bacteria, archaea, fungi, algae, s...
