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    Double your donation to the Heritage Seed Library

    Help us secure the future of the Heritage Seed Library - for the next 50 years - by donating to our Big Give Christmas Challenge.

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    Eight ways to reduce plastics in your soil

    Francis Rayns and Judith Conroy from the Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience (CAWR), at Coventry University, share ways you can reduce plastic pollution, so residues don’t contaminate your soil

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    Chris Collins on…using recycled materials in your garden

    Chris shows you how to breathe new life into old materials to save money in your growing space

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    Celebrating a Year of Rugby Community Champions

    The Rugby Community Champion project has reached an exciting milestone – completing its first successful year and securing funding for a second! To mark the occasion, we gathered at Ryton Gardens to celebrate an incredible year of achievements and share our ambitions for the year ahead.

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    How to request seeds from the Heritage Seed Library Seed List

    Our Heritage Seed Library Seed List 2026 will soon be on its way! Here's a sneak preview of what's in store and a handy guide to requesting your seeds

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    Our annual veg growing survey goes mobile!

    We're linking with popular veg growing app Fryd to revolutionise how we collect data for our much-loved annual survey - marking a new era for citizen science in UK horticulture.

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    Seeds for free

    Catrina Fenton, head of the Heritage Seed Library, tells us how to be thrifty and thoughtful with seeds so you can reduce expense and seed miles.

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    Soup up your pumpkin harvest!

    Project coordinator for the Shropshire Master Composters, Rachel Phillips-Street, warms you up with her favourite roasted squash and tomato soup recipe.

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    We've signed the declaration to halt UK insect decline

    We're proud to stand up for insects by adding our name to a Declaration on UK Insect Declines.

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    We're part of the Environment 100!

    Our senior project coordinator for the Shropshire Master Composters programme has been named as one of 2025's 'Environment 100'.