Events season is upon us for our community projects and volunteers! Ranging from allotment or community open days to large flower festivals, Garden Organic volunteers are often there promoting composting, seed saving, and inspiring more people to grow organically. The skills and enthusiasm that volunteers share has a lasting impact and we’re incredibly grateful for their support.
Great Big Green Week is an opportunity for people to come together and take practical action for their community, for nature and for the climate.
June is a busy time of the gardening year for Chris and signals that its time to change over his balcony space. Chris will be planting his summer bedding plants and vegetables that have been sown and grown over the past few months and place them into their summer home. A little space that will bring a summer of joy.
Dr Anton Rosenfeld analyses whether nettle or comfrey leaves produce a better liquid feed and makes some recommendations for making homemade fertiliser.
Summer is one of the best times to slow down and take a closer look at the wildlife sharing our gardens and green spaces. From devoted Parent Bugs to long-distance butterfly migrants, there are plenty of remarkable creatures to discover if you know where to look.
For generations, organic gardeners have turned to homemade plant fertilisers as a sustainable way to feed their plants. Two of the most popular are comfrey and nettle feeds. But the question that has sparked debate for decades is…which one is better?
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Dig in to three recipes from our Organic Gardening Podcast guest star and River Cottage chef/gardener.
Each year we celebrate the understated natural wonder that is compost during International Compost Awareness week (3-9 May) - so we thought this was the perfect opportunity to share a community composting special!
Around 9 out of 10 gardeners would welcome a ban on the toxic weedkiller glyphosate - according to our survey.