Irrigation
Streamline your watering with our exceptional irrigation supplies, ideal for professional and domestic use. Whether you're looking for a simple lawn setup or a sophisticated polytunnel arrangement, we provide the pipes, hoses, sprinklers and corresponding fittings to meet your specific needs – all at competitive prices.
Further enhance the efficiency of your water irrigation by investing in water storage solutions or advanced timers and controllers, ensuring a seamless, automated watering process that saves precious time and resources.
Reliable Supplies for an Efficient Garden Irrigation System in the UK
At LBS Horticulture, we recognise gardeners, nursery owners, agriculturalists, and landscapers' unique needs. Our extensive range of irrigation supplies is dedicated to meeting the diverse requirements of these industries, providing essential tools for efficient water management.
Delve into our inventory to find traditional irrigation staples like reliable sprinklers, durable hoses, and overhead misters, all crafted for optimal performance. In addition to these classics, we offer innovative solutions to enhance your system. Try laying soaker hoses along raised beds for steady watering at the root, integrating drip line systems into planters and hanging baskets for precise delivery or deploying a network of micro-sprinklers across your lawn for efficient water distribution. Select individual components or invest in convenient kits for easy assembly.
Advantages of Water Irrigation Systems
With the right irrigation products, you can effortlessly provide your plants with a controlled water supply. This steady delivery ensures consistent yields and healthier growth while conserving water and reducing costs. If you're interested in further improving water management, try our easy-lay capillary matting, which provides consistent moisture to plants in greenhouses and polytunnels.
Irrigation Pipes
Irrigation Fittings
Hose Pipes & Watering
Water Storage
Pond Equipment
Sprinklers & Sprayers
Timers & Controllers
Feeders & Dilutors
Misting Systems
Irrigation Tools
Frequently Asked Questions
An irrigation system is a network that artificially supplies water to land lacking sufficient or consistent rainfall, ensuring the successful growth of crops, plants, and turf. This method supplements natural precipitation and provides optimal moisture levels.
Irrigation is vital for agriculture, horticulture, and landscaping, especially in arid regions. These systems deliver the precise amount of water, at the right time, directly to the plant root zone, maximising efficiency.
Irrigation systems consist of a water storage source, a pumping unit, timers and controllers, irrigation pipes, and delivery devices such as misting systems, sprinklers, sprayers, or drippers.
Garden irrigation systems automate and precisely deliver water to plants, surpassing manual watering and simple sprinklers by conserving water, promoting healthier plants, efficient scheduling, and saving time.
The core function involves connecting a water source to a network of pipes, tubing, and emission devices installed throughout the garden.
A garden irrigation system consists of:
- Water source and connection: Starts with a water supply, often requiring a backflow preventer, pressure reducer, and a filter to prevent clogs.
- Control and automation: The controller or timer is programmed to turn the water on/off at specific times and for specified durations. Modern versions offer multiple programs and Wi-Fi connectivity.
- Zone valves: Large gardens are split into zones, each controlled by an electric valve wired to the controller, ensuring manageable pressure and flow.
- Delivery network: Water flows from mainline pipes to smaller, flexible distribution tubing within the zones.
- Emitters: Drip emitters, sprayers, sprinklers, and misting systems deliver water precisely according to plant needs.
- Sensors and smart features: Rain sensors override the schedule after rainfall; soil moisture sensors allow watering only when soil moisture drops below a set threshold, optimising efficiency.
A proper irrigation system ensures a healthy, water-efficient landscape that maximises efficiency and resources. To install a garden irrigation system, you'll need to:
- Plan: Assess needs (plants, soil, sun, elevation). Determine plant water specifications and map the layout, marking the water source, obstacles, and watering zones. Select an emitter and calculate the components required.
- Prepare: Purchase compatible components and contact the utility location service before digging.
- Trenching and main lines: Mark trench routes and sprinkler locations, digging 6–12-inch-deep trenches. Lay the main supply line to the valve manifold.
- Valves and wiring: Install zone control valves in a box, and run lateral lines from the valves to the emitter locations. Mount the controller and wire it to each solenoid valve.
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Emitters:
- Sprinklers: Install heads at ground level for head-to-head coverage.
- Drippers: Lay tubing and place drippers at plant bases.
- Testing and adjusting: Flush debris before finalising the emitter installation. Test each zone for leaks and fine-tune spray/flow rates before programming the watering schedule.
- Backfilling: Gently compact the soil over the tested system and ensure the valve boxes remain accessible.