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  1. Heritage seed packet

    Horticulture students working to safeguard survival of UK seed varieties

    Ensuring the long-term survival of the country’s original bean varieties is part of a key project involving Nottingham Trent University.

  2. Masters Gardeners with lettuce

    Garden Organic and Peabody launch Master Gardener scheme across London estates

    Garden Organic has joined forces with Housing association Peabody to launch a network of Master Gardeners to encourage Peabody residents to start growing food on their estates in London.

  3. Someone spraying plants with weed killer

    Glyphosate vote delayed, yet again

    The European Union on Thursday delayed a vote on renewing sales approval for the pesticide glyphosate, used in Monsanto's weed-killer Roundup, amid a transatlantic row over whether it may cause cancer.

  4. People in a garden at a dementia event

    Helping people to think differently about dementia

    Yesterday we hosted an event with national social enterprise Dementia Adventure, to explore the knowledge and skills required to support people living with dementia to get outdoors, connect with nature and retain a sense of adventure in their lives.

  5. A headshot of two friends smiling in a garden.

    Report calls for greater integration of gardening in NHS & public health policy

    A groundbreaking report commissioned by the National Gardens Scheme from The King’s Fund calls for greater recognition and integration of gardens in NHS and public health policy

  6. Bee on a flower

    Ministers reject plan for the ‘emergency’ use of banned bee-harming pesticides

    National Farming Union’s application for banned pesticide use on oil seed rape crops is rejected as government rules against neonicotinoids for the first time.

  7. Worms in organic compost

    Earthworm Watch

    Earthworms are the organic growers' best friends. Did you know, there are 27 species in the UK, and healthy farmland will have up to one and three quarter million worms per acre.

  8. Two gardeners from our Growing from your Roots project

    Growing From Your Roots

    Garden Organic’s Growing from your Roots (GFYR) project has been busy working with a wide range of community groups in the West Midlands, helping to spread the word about how to grow exotic crops in the UK.

  9. Bee hovering by a sunflower

    Soil Association scientific briefing reveals new data on impact of neonics on pollinators

    New data revealed today shows bees can be exposed to more pesticides from contaminated wildflowers than from crops on farms.

  10. Someone spraying plants with weed killer

    Step nearer victory in Garden Organic’s glyphosate campaign

    MEPs have urged the EU Commission to re-authorise the herbicide glyphosate, found in Roundup, for just seven years rather than the original 15, and for professional use only. This is good news for Garden Organic who has led the campaign, on behalf of the charity’s members and supporters, to oppose the re-licensing of this herbicide.