Professionally landscaped parks and gardens play a major role in creating those special spaces around our homes and in our towns and cities. The work you do can turn a mediocre building into a masterpiece or an ordinary looking town into a place where people enjoy living and travellers look forward to taking a break. Creating colourful and vibrant parks and gardens then maintaining them in good condition is a challenge. There is a new and innovative watering solution available to help architects, builders, landscapers and home gardeners alike. Traditional watering systems are wasteful in terms of the water loss and the resources needed to maintain and operate them. Manual surface watering is labour intensive and water often runs off or is lost to evaporation. Drip feed systems generally need to be hard wired to mains water and electricity and are often exposed to vandalism. Sprinkler systems are incredibly wasteful of water with much of it not getting to where it is really needed. Mona Plant System (MPS)® is an innovative subterranean irrigation system which overcomes many of these problems. It is a cost effective and environmentally friendly solution for both interior and exterior landscaping. MPS® system ensures water and nutrients are delivered in the right quantity to the root system of the plants. This results in improved root development and optimal plant growth. MPS® watering systems have been in use for over 20 years around the world. They are in use at Helsinki Airport, Kuala Lumpur Airport, Disneyland in Tokyo, Tivoli Gardens, Ville de Massy and with innumerable local authorities and retail parks. MPS® systems are now available in Australia. MPS® is distributed exclusively by green-stay who can be contacted on 1300 976 664 or by email at info@green-stay.com.au. Brochures can be downloaded from www.green-stay.com.au. A fact sheet and flyer are attached for your reference. The ultimate subterranean plant irrigation system Choosing the right irrigation method will not just minimise water wastage, but will lower maintenance costs and benefit the local environment and its people. Mona® Plant System (MPS®) is a system that can dramatically reduce both labour, maintenance and costs – not to mention healthier and longer lasting blooms and foliage. Standard watering systems…  Up to 80% of surface water is lost to evaporation  Sprinklers use average of 540 litres of water/hour  Conventional subterranean watering systems do not offer the plants a capillary reservoir – result is water can drain away before moving on to the next plant. Potential for a feast or famine scenario which produces risk of stress to plants  Standard watering contracts are labour & machine intensive requiring repeat visits several times a week in dry weather  Surface contaminants can be washed in to the soil  Surface watering can encourage roots to seek the source of watering – Tree roots can break the surface level, damaging paving, grilles and create trip hazards  Sprinklers / careless surface watering can scorch plants in hot sunny weather  Machines are visually unappealing for watering in public areas and can have access constraints imposed during busy periods  Surface watering / sprinklers can be inaccurate leaving paths and walk ways wet and sometimes dirty with run off from over watered beds and displays MPS® watering systems…  MPS® irrigation allows the roots to absorb as much or as little water and food required for optimum growth, plus improved oxygen availability.  Water efficiency is close to 100%  Watering intervals can be as much as 6 weeks, compared to several visits a week.  Feast or famine stress to plants completely removed with the MPS® system  No runoff staining around pots or planters  Maintenance costs immediately reduced up to 50%  Zero surface evaporation means immediate reduction in water requirements, another additional saving  Plant deaths and the need to replace bedding plants throughout the year are significantly reduced  Watering and feeding from the roots upwards establishes healthier plants with a longer life span  The unobtrusive MPS® system has a low visual impact on planting areas, compared to labourers and machines watering on-site regularly  Long Lasting – some examples are still in use after 20 years installation - whole of life costs are low  up to 90% manufactured from recycled material Over 20 year history with installations across the world.