News from Garden Organic
Search for stars of the future to inject excitement into UK's organic industry
- 01-03-2010
Search for stars of the future to inject excitement into UK's organic industry
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Exciting project will sow new seeds - 19-02-2010
The culture for growing non-traditional crops in gardens and allotments throughout the UK will be the focus of a brand new project from Garden Organic.
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Garden Organic welcomes new neighbour Webbs - 26-01-2010
Garden Organic has announced that it will welcome a new neighbour to its flagship Warwickshire demonstration gardens.
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Potato Day
Correction of information printed in the Birmingham Post, please read. - 22-01-2010
Please be aware that details of Garden Organic's Potato Day were incorrectly listed in the Birmingham Post. Potato Day actually takes place on Saturday 30 January (members only) and Sunday 31 January (open to the public). The event is NOT on Sunday 20 January.
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Give peas a chance this Christmas - 23-11-2009
Leading organic growing charity, Garden Organic, has Christmas all wrapped up in shades of green. See its top five gift recommendations guaranteed to please green-fingered and green-hearted friends and family this festive season.
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FFLP plants 400 fruit trees in England - 13-11-2009
Food for Life Partnership schools in England will soon be enjoying homegrown apples thanks to an initiative to get schools planting their own fruit trees.
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Art world joins the grow your own revolution - 26-10-2009
A leading online art gallery has released a limited edition set of prints to support a charity's horticultural work and to mark the nation's new found love of growing its own.
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800,000 pupils to 'grow their own' by 2011 - 20-10-2009
Over 806,000* youngsters aged 4-16 in England are set to learn vital lessons about food through 'growing their own' thanks to a brand new resource for schools, produced by the UK's leading organic growing charity as part of its work with the Food for Life Partnership.
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Aminopyralid is back - 19-10-2009
Aminopyralid is a weedkiller used by farmers to control pernicious and poisonous weeds such as ragwort, thistles and docks in pasture. The active ingredient will be re-introduced with new recommendations and a stringent stewardship programme devised to prevent inadvertent movement of manure from farms.
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Organic growing on a pedestal - 01-10-2009
Organic gardening will get its time in the limelight this October as a green-fingered enthusiast takes to the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square to promote the benefits of growing our gardens organically.
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Audley End 10th annivesary - 20-09-2009
On a lovely late summer weekend in the gathering twilight of the flower framed Bothy Garden at Audley End, Garden Organic celebrated with English Heritage and a group of invited guests ten years of collaboration in the restoration and management of The Organic Kitchen Garden at Audley End.
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Zero Carbon Caravan pedals into Ryton - 01-09-2009
The Zero Carbon Caravan (ZCC), a movement of individuals carrying the climate change message, will stop at Garden Organic Ryton on Saturday 5 September, on route to the Copenhagen climate summit.
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UK Food Security Assessment response - 11-08-2009
Garden Organic statement on the UK Food Security Assessment
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Competition to find Coventry's wonkiest vegetables - 03-08-2009
To celebrate the increasing number of city dwellers who have taken to growing their own this year as part of Growing Coventry, Garden Organic, the UK's leading organic growing charity, is launching a 'Wonky Veg' competition.
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Response to FSA report on organic food - 30-07-2009
Press Statement in response to FSA report on the nutritional benefits of organic food.
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TV gardener drops into conference for composters - 27-07-2009
BBC Gardeners' World presenter, Alys Fowler, dropped in to the Garden Organic 'Master Composter' Conference on Saturday to share her own composting adventures with delegates.
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New pest threat to gardens as UK warms up? - 17-07-2009
A pest from southern Europe, seen occasionally in the UK since 2003, is feared to be breeding on our shores according to leading charity, Garden Organic, which warns it could become more common as the climate gets hotter.
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Power interruption at Ryton, Wed 8th July - 01-07-2009
On Wednesday 8th July 2009, there will be a temporary interruption to the power available at Garden Organic Ryton.
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Summer activities for children - 01-07-2009
Garden Organic is encouraging children to explore and discover the great outdoors this summer with a series of fun and educational activities running each day throughout the holiday period at our ten-acre site at Garden Organic Ryton, Warwickshire.
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Rare veg in favour with Queen but don't forget others - 14-06-2009
Many of the UK's vegetables may have fallen out of favour over the years, but while The Queen is doing her bit to help by growing rare vegetables on her new allotment, a leading charity is urging us not to forget the others.
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Mission to get people growing reaches Buckingham Palace - 12-06-2009
Garden Organic, which has been campaigning for back-garden food growing since 1958, has donated seeds to kick-start the new vegetable allotment in the Buckingham Palace garden.
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Organic feast for fathers - 09-06-2009
A leading Warwickshire charity, renowned for the quality of its food and gardens, will be serving up an organic feast this Father's Day as well as giving free entry to its grounds just for Dad's.
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Bumblebees need gardeners' help - 08-06-2009
Garden flowerbeds combined with untended garden areas could help protect Britain's declining bumblebee population, according to a survey by the UK's leading organic growing charity.
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Cut garden footprint on UN World Environment Day - 26-05-2009
Organic gardeners have a carbon footprint a third smaller than regular gardeners, which is why Garden Organic is urging more of us to go organic in the garden for UN World Environment Day.
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Note to Editors:
- Garden Organic, formally known as HDRA, is the UK's leading organic growing and lifestyle charity dedicated to researching and promoting organic gardening, farming and food.
- The charity, which is looking to grow its membership of 40,000, is based at Garden Organic Ryton in Warwickshire and celebrates its 50th year in 2008.
- Garden Organic also manages demonstration gardens at Garden Organic Ryton in Warwickshire and Audley End Organic Kitchen Garden in Essex in association with English Heritage. To find out more visit www.gardenorganic.org.uk
- The organisation runs major research and international development programmes that play a leading role in helping commercial growers across the UK and overseas adopt organic methods.
- Garden Organic actively campaigns on issues vital to both people and the environment, including health, sustainability, climate change, GM trials and Garden Grabbing, among others.
- Over 10% of all schools in the UK are now signed up to Garden Organic's educational programme, Duchy Originals Garden Organic for Schools, which helps pupils grow their own organic vegetables.
Our Headquarters, Garden Organic Ryton are five miles south east of Coventry and signposted off the A45. They are open daily. Tel 024 7630 3517.
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