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National Action Plan on Pesticides 2021
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January podcast – Start the year with our award winning podcast
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Celebrating prestigious awards and planning ahead
Now is the perfect time to buy plants bare-root online, as opposed to in a pot at a garden centre. It allows you to make sure you are buying from an organic and peat free nursery and reduces your plastic consumption. Chris also explains how bare-root plants can establish a better root system, giving a healthier mature plant.
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Edible Playground Project - keeping students hungry for knowledge
Garden Organic has been in partnership with the charity Trees for Cities since January 2020 as part of the Edible Playground project. The aim is to encourage children to grow and eat more fruit and vegetables. We are currently working with three primary schools in West Bromwich and four in Nottingham.
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Go green for Christmas and save money
For many households, the festive season is a time when more waste than usual is produced. We wanted to share a few simple tips and swaps to help you reduce waste, save you money and give you a greener, merrier Christmas.
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Garden Organic signs peat ban letter to George Eustace, Environment Secretary
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New report reveals damning statistics on the industry’s move to peat-free composts
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“My little piece of the planet". The well-being benefits from allotment gardening
A recent study from Sheffield University shows the many ways in which allotment growing benefits individuals as well as society. And it doesn't have to be just allotment growing. Growing your own veg and flowers provides mental and physical well-being, improves nature connectedness, adds to social capital and community cohesion.
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Partnership between UN FAO and agrochemical industry causes concern
Garden Organic have added their signature to a letter to the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), urging them to drop their proposed partnership with CropLife – an organisation which represents the agrochemical industry.