Almost 90% of gardeners would welcome a ban on the toxic weedkiller glyphosate, which is used in gardens and by councils in parks and playgrounds across the country.

Our recent survey shows a growing concern among the public around pesticide use. Around 9 out of 10 survey respondents would support a ban on glyphosate for amateur gardeners. And the vast majority (93%) said they would also like to see a ban on councils using the pesticide.

Back our Growers Against Glyphosate campaign

Today, we're calling on Government to ban the pesticide for amateur gardens and in urban growing spaces.

We urgently need you to sign our petition and write to your MP, as part of our Growers Against Glyphosate campaign, to encourage the government to reject the renewal of the glyphosate licence. The licence expires on 15 December 2026, with a public consultation planned for June 2026.

Glyphosate has "no place in our gardens"

Glyphosate is a toxic weedkiller and the most widely and heavily used agrichemical worldwide, and is found in popular domestic gardening products like Weedol and Roundup.

Despite a groundbreaking global study linking the pesticide to multiple cancers – it continues to be found in eight out of 13 children’s playgrounds. Research shows it destroy microorganisms in healthy soil, damaging earthworms and leaching into crops and food.

Garden Organic’s CEO Fiona Taylor said: “Pesticides are a danger to human and plant health and simply have no place in our gardens, parks or playgrounds. There are alternative methods of keeping on top of weeds - such as hand weeding, torching, raking, growing cover crops and using mulches.

"Weeds are wild plants. They’re an essential part of the wider ecosystem, providing nectar and habitats for all kinds of creatures. Pesticides such as glyphosate destroy nature, and get washed into our water system, causing further pollution.”

We've spent 65-years sharing pesticide-free gardening advice - find more information about glyphosate alternatives here.

Survey shows gardeners will tolerate weeds

Our recent survey shows 73% of survey participants would tolerate moderately weedy or very weedy public gardens, and 62% of respondents said they would tolerate moderately or very weedy paved areas.

More than half of those surveyed (58%) considered glyphosate very dangerous or extremely dangerous for gardeners, while up to 79% considered it very dangerous or extremely dangerous to the environment.

To read the full report, click here. And sign the petition here.

To learn more about the impacts of glyphosate, glyphosate alternatives and pesticide-free growing head to our Pesticide Hub.