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  1. Green manures members experiment
    • Harvesting and storage
    • Vegetables and herbs

    October podcast - listen now!

    Rampant squashes, late colour and bumper chilli harvests - autumn has definitely arrived. Learn how to sow green manures and microgreens and meet Stephanie Slater, CEO of School Food Matters.

  2. Chris's balcony garden
    • Harvesting and storage
    • Vegetables and herbs
    • General gardening

    One man and his organic plot enjoys the harvest festival

    Our head of horticulture Chris Collins soaks up the autumn harvest and colours in his allotment and balcony garden.

    • Flowers
    • Fruit
    • Vegetables and herbs

    One man and his organic plot looks back on a dry summer

    As we approach the final part of what has been a challenging summer for all allotment holders, it is always good to look back and try to learn lessons from how the elements have affected plant growth throughout the growing season.

    • Events

    Family-friendly potager garden wins award at autumn show

    Our miniature potager garden with its inspiring take-home ideas for tiny gardens - and tiny gardeners - was awarded a Silver Gilt at the Gardeners’ World Autumn Fair.

    • Seed saving
    • Vegetables and herbs

    HSL seeks White Sprouting Broccoli

    In the Heritage Seed Library we're always looking for seed varieties that we can rescue and we’re making a conscious effort to gather those that might otherwise be lost.

    • Podcast

    September podcast now available

  3. Bee hovering by a sunflower
    • Wildlife gardening

    Take five small steps to give nature a voice this Organic September.

    If we all adopt organic gardening practices in our gardens, we can make an impact on the environment and preserve and attract insect life.

    • Vegetables and herbs
    • General gardening
    • Volunteer projects

    Edible Playgrounds success in the Midlands

    Garden Organic has been delivering the Edible Playgrounds project to schools since 2019. The project is in partnership with Trees for Cities, a charity that works with local communities to cultivate lasting change in neighbourhoods, whether it’s revitalising forgotten spaces, creating healthier environments or getting people excited about growing, foraging and eating healthy food.

    • Fruit
    • Vegetables and herbs
    • Podcast

    August podcast - allotment special with Rekha Mistry

    This month sees the return of the National Allotment Week, an initiative let by the National Allotment Society, so we’ve got an allotment special podcast for you.

    • Composting
    • Soil
    • General gardening
    • Advice

    Gardening during drought

    Climate change is bringing more frequent extreme weather conditions to the UK and this means we need to adapt our growing habits. Extended periods of increased temperatures and heat waves can be damaging to our precious plants and can mean we need water just when it’s in short supply.