We’re pleased to have added the World of Beatrix Potter™ Attraction to our list of gardens where Garden Organic members receive a discount on admission. Located in Bowness-on-Windermere, Cumbria, the attraction includes an exhibition on the life and works of Beatrix Potter, plus the Peter Rabbit Garden - a small but perfectly formed show garden designed by Chelsea Gold medallist Richard Lucas.
Eversfield Organic is a family run farm in the heart of Devon, delivering locally produced, organic food boxes across the UK.
The first hints of the turning of the leaves have just begun and signals the start of a very different type of season in comparison to the last two. Nature is wise and as the days get shorter and the cold sets in, most of it chooses to sleep. I personally love the autumn. The colours, the fresh air in the mornings, its very distinctive smell and I adore a good thick fog when one pops along.
We're recruiting in Shropshire & Norfolk for composting & gardening enthusiasts to join our Master Composter & Master Gardener programme. Become part of a friendly network of volunteers and deliver workshops at schools, talks to local groups and give advice at events.
Change happens once again, and the laid back month of August comes to an end, but there’s no rest, it’s time to get busy again! Planning for the winter months is always in my thoughts when I feel the first fresh morning in September and I’ve already ordered catalogues to ponder over the seasons ahead.
Are you running a seed swap next year? If so, we will be happy to include the details in our next Heritage Seed Library seed list published in December.
As members and supporters are aware Garden Organic has for some time been seeking to sell its Ryton Gardens site in Coventry.
If you are worried about the level of pesticides in the food you buy, there is a handy list which will help you choose wisely. Compiled by PAN UK, it shows those crops with the highest mix of pesticide residues (the Dirty Dozen) and those with the lowest (Clean Fifteen.)
The popular Garden Organic podcast discusses the tasks for September. Picking and storing, making a garden pond, dealing with tomato blight, and sowing green manures.
Garden Organic's Education Department has been supporting a partnership led by Coventry Public Health and Think Active, with an aim to make a difference to the residents of Foleshill by enabling them to access their local spaces, encourage more physical activity both within and outside of school, and empower parents to participate in fun activities with their children and encourage overall wellbeing.