News from Garden Organic
Mastering the garden with HRH - 08-09-2010
Master Gardeners and Master Composters will be out in force this
September at the Prince of Wales' 'Garden Party to Make a Difference' in
the grounds of Clarence House.
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School food project reaches national finals - 27-07-2010
The Food for Life Partnership - for which Garden Organic delivers the food growing element - has made it to the finals of the National Lottery Awards in the Best Health Project category and needs supporters to vote for the project to help it win!
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Garden fun for kids at Ryton Gardens - 23-07-2010
Ryton Gardens, the home of Garden Organic, is hosting fun activities for children this summer and is offering 3 children free entry with every full paying adult from now until 31 August 2010.
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Have your say on organic standards for greenhouses - 15-07-2010
Garden Organic is currently supporting a public consultation being undertaken by The Soil Association to develop organic standards for glasshouses and polytunnels.
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Herbicide Contamination of Manure and composts - 15-07-2010
July 2010 Update: Manures and composts contaminated with weedkillers are still damaging plants.
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Save the VAT with veg! - 25-06-2010
As George Osborne announces a budget that will see the average family £300 worse off, Garden Organic is urging people to reap back the loss by growing their own food.
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Gardens offered protection from greedy grabbers - 24-06-2010
Years of campaigning by Garden Organic to prevent developers from building on back gardens have finally been recognised as Greg Clark MP gives Councils new powers to protect gardens by changing their brownfield classification.
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Gardens opening in 2010 - 10-06-2010
These days many people kindly open their gardens for others to visit, for charity.
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Sowing New Seeds project update - 08-06-2010
Sowing New Seeds is really getting off to a good start.
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The Food for life partnership has been nominated for the prestigious National Lottery Awards 2010 - 07-06-2010
Your vote can help us make it through to the final round.
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Silver medal win at Chelsea - 04-06-2010
Garden Organic’s One Pot Pledge exhibit has won a Silver Lindley award at the Chelsea Flower Show.
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Giant pot planted at Chelsea! - 20-05-2010
Garden Organic and the One Pot Pledge will hit the dizzying horticultural heights of the RHS Chelsea Flower Show next week and during our stay we hope to get hundreds of pledgers and Gardening Gurus to help us get even more people growing their own organic food!
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Master Gardener programme launched - 05-05-2010
Garden Organic has trained their first 'Master Gardeners' to help people and communities grow their own food.
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Ryton Gardens voted jewel in Midlands crown - 26-04-2010
Garden Organic, is celebrating this week after BBC Gardeners' World readers voted its flagship site the 'Best Garden' in the Central region in its Gardens to Visit guide.
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Garden Organic comes face to face with new pea - 01-04-2010
Garden Organic's Heritage Seed Library, was shocked and amazed when it opened today's post.
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Launch of pledge to grow veg - 22-03-2010
Make the One Pot Pledge and give it a grow!
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Discover organic garden Easter trail - 20-03-2010
Young Teigen Emms is ready for the Easter trail around the wonderful organic grounds at Ryton Gardens, taking place in the school holidays.
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Courses for school professionals - 19-03-2010
Professional development and training opportunities for school professionals and other adults working with schools
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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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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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