The Edible Playgrounds initiative is a partnership between Garden Organic and the charity Trees for Cities. They create purpose-built growing spaces, and we provide sustainable horticultural advice. A perfect combination for hands-on learning.
We're absolutely delighted to announce that we have won the Garden Media Guild Radio Broadcast or Podcast of the Year Award 2020 for The Organic Gardening Podcast!
For many households, the festive season is a time when more waste than usual is produced. We wanted to share a few simple tips and swaps to help you reduce waste, save you money and give you a greener, merrier Christmas.
A new report reveals just how badly the horticultural industry is progressing in the move towards peat-free growing media. It makes depressing reading. Researchers from Coventry University found that progress towards the ‘voluntary’ targets to ban peat from horticulture, set by the government in 2010, is woefully slow.Â
Garden Organic have added their signature to a letter to the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), urging them to drop their proposed partnership with CropLife – an organisation which represents the agrochemical industry.Â
Our wonderful community engagement team are still working hard on projects that are committed to finding new ways to deliver workshops on organic and sustainable growing and waste management practices to reach people despite continued and ever-changing restrictions.
If you’ve enjoyed growing your own fresh organic food this summer, don’t be fooled into thinking it has to stop over the winter. You can keep your household in organic salads and greens without venturing outside. Not only are they easy to grow indoors, but they will sprout and keep you in healthy vitamins within weeks of sowing.
Join Lucy for her closing blog as she reflects on this year's achievements and failures. Read on to find out whether Lucy will return to the allotment next year.Â
