A quarter of the UK’s food contains pesticide cocktails. These are residues of multiple chemicals added during the crop’s growing life. This ‘cocktail effect’ is not examined by the government agency which looks into the regulation of pesticides - despite evidence that these cocktails can harm human health and wildlife.
Over 40 per cent of the UK’s wildlife species have declined since 1970. A loss driven primarily by changes in agriculture and the ongoing effects of climate change.
We want to end the use of peat in horticulture.
A newly published study adds to the ever-growing pile of evidence which shows glyphosate causes cancer. This time it’s breast cancer.
It's a bumper harvest in this month’s podcast.
We’re pleased to have added the World of Beatrix Potter™ Attraction to our list of gardens where Garden Organic members receive a discount on admission. Located in Bowness-on-Windermere, Cumbria, the attraction includes an exhibition on the life and works of Beatrix Potter, plus the Peter Rabbit Garden - a small but perfectly formed show garden designed by Chelsea Gold medallist Richard Lucas.
Eversfield Organic is a family run farm in the heart of Devon, delivering locally produced, organic food boxes across the UK.
The first hints of the turning of the leaves have just begun and signals the start of a very different type of season in comparison to the last two. Nature is wise and as the days get shorter and the cold sets in, most of it chooses to sleep. I personally love the autumn. The colours, the fresh air in the mornings, its very distinctive smell and I adore a good thick fog when one pops along.
We're recruiting in Shropshire & Norfolk for composting & gardening enthusiasts to join our Master Composter & Master Gardener programme. Become part of a friendly network of volunteers and deliver workshops at schools, talks to local groups and give advice at events.
Change happens once again, and the laid back month of August comes to an end, but there’s no rest, it’s time to get busy again! Planning for the winter months is always in my thoughts when I feel the first fresh morning in September and I’ve already ordered catalogues to ponder over the seasons ahead.