Get your winter vitamin fix!
Things tend to slow up in the garden at this time of year, with the more tedious tidying jobs taking priority, however that need not be the case!
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Master Composters scoop top award!
Garden Organic and Norfolk County Council’s Master Composter programme this month won a silver Green Apple award at a prestigious ceremony held at the Houses of Parliament for a joint programme with Love Food Hate Waste.
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Glyphosate - did the EU regulators fraudulently claim it is safe?
Dr Peter Clausing, an industry toxicologist who now works for PAN (Pesticide Action Network) Germany, says the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) and the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) have twisted scientific facts to give glyphosate a clean bill of health.
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London schools celebrate food growing success at City Hall
From strawberry jam to tomato ketchup, and the great British apple to winter salad bags - young entrepreneurs from 10 London schools shared their food growing skills with the public at City Hall on Thursday 13 October 2016.
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Glyphosate: the latest scientific review
In a “state of the science” review released this week, Pesticide Action Network(PAN) International reveals the true extent of the adverse effects of glyphosate and glyphosate-based herbicides (GBHs) on human health and the environment.
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Bulbs for the organic grower
If you’re looking to introduce some splashes of spring colour into your organic garden, the autumn months are the perfect time to plant spring and summer flowering bulbs.
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‘Earthworm Watch’ returns to unearth the secrets of soil health
The Autumn re-launch of ‘Earthworm Watch’ is set to inspire an army of gardeners and other citizen scientists across the UK to record the diversity of earthworms hidden beneath our feet!
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Celebrating a year of achievement
Every year, Garden Organic invites the charity’s volunteer Master Gardeners, Master Composters, Food Buddies and Growing Buddies from across the UK to join them in celebrating another inspirational year of spreading the word on organic food growing, food preparation and home composting.
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10 minutes with Chris Collins, GO's Head of Horticulture
Garden Organic's new Head of Organic Horticulture, Chris Collins has a CV most gardeners can only dream of, taking in two Royal Botanic Gardens and the green space at 'The Queen's church' Westminster Abbey.
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Now recruiting volunteers in Breckland!
Breckland Council and national charity Garden Organic have launched a new scheme to create a network of volunteer ‘Growing Buddies’, to support older people and vulnerable residents in growing and gardening activities as part of the Breckland Master Gardeners Project.