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🍃 Inspiring you & your community to grow #organically
🔬 Advancing #organic growing research
🌱 Home to the Heritage Seed Library
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🔬 Advancing #organic growing research
🌱 Home to the Heritage Seed Library
https://linktr.ee/gardenorganic
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Excited to launch our #HSLSeedList2026 today - in our 50th anniversary year! Members can now browse & request #HeritageVegetable #seeds online. Find the Seed List here 👉 gardenorganic.org.uk/shop/seeds and useful information here: gardenorganic.org.uk/news/hsl-see... #HSLSeedList2026
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Meet the people keeping heirloom veg alive in UK gardens… and doing it all peat-free.
@gardenorganicuk.bsky.social distributes more than 30,000 packets of heritage seed to 'everyday' growers each year - see their Hort Short for more 👇🌱
#EndPeatSales
#PeatFree #Gardening #HeirloomVeg
@gardenorganicuk.bsky.social distributes more than 30,000 packets of heritage seed to 'everyday' growers each year - see their Hort Short for more 👇🌱
#EndPeatSales
#PeatFree #Gardening #HeirloomVeg
November 27, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Meet the people keeping heirloom veg alive in UK gardens… and doing it all peat-free.
@gardenorganicuk.bsky.social distributes more than 30,000 packets of heritage seed to 'everyday' growers each year - see their Hort Short for more 👇🌱
#EndPeatSales
#PeatFree #Gardening #HeirloomVeg
@gardenorganicuk.bsky.social distributes more than 30,000 packets of heritage seed to 'everyday' growers each year - see their Hort Short for more 👇🌱
#EndPeatSales
#PeatFree #Gardening #HeirloomVeg
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Can you help us reach 1000 signatures by next week?
At 677 and counting, organisations across the UK are supporting the call for legislation in 2026.
It's time to #EndPeatSales once and for all, delivering a win for #climate and #nature, while levelling the playing field for #horticulture.
At 677 and counting, organisations across the UK are supporting the call for legislation in 2026.
It's time to #EndPeatSales once and for all, delivering a win for #climate and #nature, while levelling the playing field for #horticulture.
@yorkshirepeat.bsky.social is highlighting the lack of Government action on the horticultural peat ban despite overwhelming support.
Please sign the @peatfree.bsky.social petition, write to your MP & go #PeatFree in your own garden.
www.yppartnership.org.uk/blog/lyndon-marquis/bogs-not-bags
Please sign the @peatfree.bsky.social petition, write to your MP & go #PeatFree in your own garden.
www.yppartnership.org.uk/blog/lyndon-marquis/bogs-not-bags
Bogs not bags... | Yorkshire Peat Partnership
In 2011, the UK Government set a voluntary target for the use of peat in amateur horticulture to be phased out by 2020. In 2021, Defra launched a consultation on whether the use of peat in horticultur...
www.yppartnership.org.uk
November 28, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Can you help us reach 1000 signatures by next week?
At 677 and counting, organisations across the UK are supporting the call for legislation in 2026.
It's time to #EndPeatSales once and for all, delivering a win for #climate and #nature, while levelling the playing field for #horticulture.
At 677 and counting, organisations across the UK are supporting the call for legislation in 2026.
It's time to #EndPeatSales once and for all, delivering a win for #climate and #nature, while levelling the playing field for #horticulture.
Less than a week to go before our #ChristmasChallenge fundraiser - when you can double your donations to our
#HeritageSeedLibrary through @biggive.bsky.social. From 2-9 Dec, u can help us secure this people's seed bank for the next 50 years. Find out more👉 gardenorganic.org.uk/news/big-giv...
#HeritageSeedLibrary through @biggive.bsky.social. From 2-9 Dec, u can help us secure this people's seed bank for the next 50 years. Find out more👉 gardenorganic.org.uk/news/big-giv...
November 27, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Less than a week to go before our #ChristmasChallenge fundraiser - when you can double your donations to our
#HeritageSeedLibrary through @biggive.bsky.social. From 2-9 Dec, u can help us secure this people's seed bank for the next 50 years. Find out more👉 gardenorganic.org.uk/news/big-giv...
#HeritageSeedLibrary through @biggive.bsky.social. From 2-9 Dec, u can help us secure this people's seed bank for the next 50 years. Find out more👉 gardenorganic.org.uk/news/big-giv...
We've waited long enough. It’s time for decisive action from Government to #EndPeatSales.❌Add your name to the @peatfree.bsky.social petition to ban #peat sales by 2026.
✍️ actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sales
Find out why it's so important: gardenorganic.org.uk/news/petition-peat-sales
✍️ actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sales
Find out why it's so important: gardenorganic.org.uk/news/petition-peat-sales
Sign the petition to end peat sales!
No more delays: Let's get peat out of gardens once and for all. The time for uncertainty has ended.
actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk
November 25, 2025 at 4:28 PM
We've waited long enough. It’s time for decisive action from Government to #EndPeatSales.❌Add your name to the @peatfree.bsky.social petition to ban #peat sales by 2026.
✍️ actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sales
Find out why it's so important: gardenorganic.org.uk/news/petition-peat-sales
✍️ actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sales
Find out why it's so important: gardenorganic.org.uk/news/petition-peat-sales
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Rugby volunteers aren't going to let a bit of rain put them off.
Our #HSL50 #SeedRelay has arrived at #HillmortonCommunityGarden in #Rugby. Now in its 5th year, this #community group has transformed the grounds of its local church hall into a veg plot.🥕Thank u to the volunteers who braved Storm Claudia for a photo!⛈️@rugbybc.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Rugby volunteers aren't going to let a bit of rain put them off.
Have you filled in our #HowDidYourVegGrow survey? #Fryd co-founder Florian Haßler & our research manager Anton Rosenfeld chat about the #survey in our Q&A👉 youtu.be/MG-jXnLBUNI?.... If you'd like to take part, find out more at gardenorganic.org.uk/news/fryd-veg-survey.
Revolutionising our citizen science with Fryd
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November 24, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Have you filled in our #HowDidYourVegGrow survey? #Fryd co-founder Florian Haßler & our research manager Anton Rosenfeld chat about the #survey in our Q&A👉 youtu.be/MG-jXnLBUNI?.... If you'd like to take part, find out more at gardenorganic.org.uk/news/fryd-veg-survey.
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We’re joining together to demand an end to peat sales once and for all.
Add your voice to the nationwide call to #EndPeatSales once and for all, to level the playing field and protect our peatlands.
actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sales
#Gardening #Horticulture #Nature
Add your voice to the nationwide call to #EndPeatSales once and for all, to level the playing field and protect our peatlands.
actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sales
#Gardening #Horticulture #Nature
November 19, 2025 at 12:02 PM
We’re joining together to demand an end to peat sales once and for all.
Add your voice to the nationwide call to #EndPeatSales once and for all, to level the playing field and protect our peatlands.
actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sales
#Gardening #Horticulture #Nature
Add your voice to the nationwide call to #EndPeatSales once and for all, to level the playing field and protect our peatlands.
actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sales
#Gardening #Horticulture #Nature
Let’s get #peat out of #gardening, once and for all. 🚫 Sign the petition to end #PeatSales & protect vital #peatland habitats. Alongside the @peatfree.bsky.social, we’re calling on Government to #EndPeatSales by 2026. 🤚 SIGN the petition here actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sales.
November 19, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Let’s get #peat out of #gardening, once and for all. 🚫 Sign the petition to end #PeatSales & protect vital #peatland habitats. Alongside the @peatfree.bsky.social, we’re calling on Government to #EndPeatSales by 2026. 🤚 SIGN the petition here actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sales.
Excited to launch our #HSLSeedList2026 today - in our 50th anniversary year! Members can now browse & request #HeritageVegetable #seeds online. Find the Seed List here 👉 gardenorganic.org.uk/shop/seeds and useful information here: gardenorganic.org.uk/news/hsl-see... #HSLSeedList2026
November 18, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Excited to launch our #HSLSeedList2026 today - in our 50th anniversary year! Members can now browse & request #HeritageVegetable #seeds online. Find the Seed List here 👉 gardenorganic.org.uk/shop/seeds and useful information here: gardenorganic.org.uk/news/hsl-see... #HSLSeedList2026
How did you #veg grow this year...did a warm spring bring early gluts, did droughts devastate your greens? We'd like to know what 2025 was like for #GYO food & we've created a #HowDidYourVegGrow survey via the #Fryd app! More at gardenorganic.org.uk/news/fryd-ve.... Survey open until 30 Nov.
November 17, 2025 at 2:56 PM
How did you #veg grow this year...did a warm spring bring early gluts, did droughts devastate your greens? We'd like to know what 2025 was like for #GYO food & we've created a #HowDidYourVegGrow survey via the #Fryd app! More at gardenorganic.org.uk/news/fryd-ve.... Survey open until 30 Nov.
Our #HSL50 #SeedRelay has arrived at #HillmortonCommunityGarden in #Rugby. Now in its 5th year, this #community group has transformed the grounds of its local church hall into a veg plot.🥕Thank u to the volunteers who braved Storm Claudia for a photo!⛈️@rugbybc.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Our #HSL50 #SeedRelay has arrived at #HillmortonCommunityGarden in #Rugby. Now in its 5th year, this #community group has transformed the grounds of its local church hall into a veg plot.🥕Thank u to the volunteers who braved Storm Claudia for a photo!⛈️@rugbybc.bsky.social
Our #HeritageSeedLibrary #SeedRelay has arrived at #GreenPatchKettering! We're excited our #HeritageTomato #seeds will be sown, saved & shared among volunteers to grow again! Thank u to Clifford & #GroundworkNorthants for supporting. More at gardenorganic.org.uk/hsl-50-anniversary #HSL50
November 13, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Our #HeritageSeedLibrary #SeedRelay has arrived at #GreenPatchKettering! We're excited our #HeritageTomato #seeds will be sown, saved & shared among volunteers to grow again! Thank u to Clifford & #GroundworkNorthants for supporting. More at gardenorganic.org.uk/hsl-50-anniversary #HSL50
We're delighted our #HSL50 seed relay parcel has arrived
at the Raymond Blanc #gardening school @lemanoir.bsky.social! Head tutor August will be growing our #HeritageTomato 'Golden Grape' in the garden next year.
at the Raymond Blanc #gardening school @lemanoir.bsky.social! Head tutor August will be growing our #HeritageTomato 'Golden Grape' in the garden next year.
November 12, 2025 at 9:27 AM
We're delighted our #HSL50 seed relay parcel has arrived
at the Raymond Blanc #gardening school @lemanoir.bsky.social! Head tutor August will be growing our #HeritageTomato 'Golden Grape' in the garden next year.
at the Raymond Blanc #gardening school @lemanoir.bsky.social! Head tutor August will be growing our #HeritageTomato 'Golden Grape' in the garden next year.
Delighted our #HSL50 #SeedRelay has dropped through the letterbox @plantheritage.bsky.social! The plant #conservation #charity was central to our living library achieving 'National Collection' status for #HeritageVegetables & calendula. Next stop: Grow Together Bucks! 🏃#SeedStories
November 3, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Delighted our #HSL50 #SeedRelay has dropped through the letterbox @plantheritage.bsky.social! The plant #conservation #charity was central to our living library achieving 'National Collection' status for #HeritageVegetables & calendula. Next stop: Grow Together Bucks! 🏃#SeedStories
Excited that our #GOCitizenScience is going mobile! If you'd like to take part in our #HowDidYourVegGrow survey via the #Fryd app, simply download via the App Store or Play Store... and follow this tutorial. The survey is open until Nov 30. More at 👉http://gardenorganic.org.uk/news/fryd-veg-survey
November 3, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Excited that our #GOCitizenScience is going mobile! If you'd like to take part in our #HowDidYourVegGrow survey via the #Fryd app, simply download via the App Store or Play Store... and follow this tutorial. The survey is open until Nov 30. More at 👉http://gardenorganic.org.uk/news/fryd-veg-survey
For 65 years, we've been running #CitizenScience projects to help #gardeners embrace #organic techniques. Now we've teamed up with the #Fryd app to allow you to fill in our annual #HowDidYourVegGrow survey using your mobile phone!📱Find out more at gardenorganic.org.uk/news/fryd-ve...
November 3, 2025 at 9:45 AM
For 65 years, we've been running #CitizenScience projects to help #gardeners embrace #organic techniques. Now we've teamed up with the #Fryd app to allow you to fill in our annual #HowDidYourVegGrow survey using your mobile phone!📱Find out more at gardenorganic.org.uk/news/fryd-ve...
Our #HSL50 #SeedRelay parcel has travelled across London to be passed on to #HamptonCourtPalace #gardener Martin Einchomb! We're thrilled our 50th birthday #HeritageSeedLibrary seeds will be grown in this Royal kitchen garden. Take part👉 gardenorganic.org.uk/hsl-50-anniv....
October 31, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Our #HSL50 #SeedRelay parcel has travelled across London to be passed on to #HamptonCourtPalace #gardener Martin Einchomb! We're thrilled our 50th birthday #HeritageSeedLibrary seeds will be grown in this Royal kitchen garden. Take part👉 gardenorganic.org.uk/hsl-50-anniv....
Our head of #organic horticulture Chris Collins explains why he's celebrating 50yrs of #SeedConservation at the #HeritageSeedLibrary. Like to get involved? We'd love to hear your #SeedStories...or click here to find other ways to take part: gardenorganic.org.uk/hsl-50-anniv....
October 30, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Our head of #organic horticulture Chris Collins explains why he's celebrating 50yrs of #SeedConservation at the #HeritageSeedLibrary. Like to get involved? We'd love to hear your #SeedStories...or click here to find other ways to take part: gardenorganic.org.uk/hsl-50-anniv....
Our #HSL50 Seed Relay is currently making steady progress across England. Along the way, we're sharing seeds, and the important work of our unique #HeritageSeedLibrary. We'd love to hear your #SeedStories!🫘
Help us celebrate at gardenorganic.org.uk/hsl-50-anniversary
Help us celebrate at gardenorganic.org.uk/hsl-50-anniversary
October 24, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Our #HSL50 Seed Relay is currently making steady progress across England. Along the way, we're sharing seeds, and the important work of our unique #HeritageSeedLibrary. We'd love to hear your #SeedStories!🫘
Help us celebrate at gardenorganic.org.uk/hsl-50-anniversary
Help us celebrate at gardenorganic.org.uk/hsl-50-anniversary
Just 1 MONTH to go until our #HeritageSeedLibrary Seed List 2026🥳We're thrilled to be bringing u the #HSLSeedList2026 earlier this year. Members can select 6 packets from 166 varieties, with special #seeds to celebrate our 50th anniversary. Join at gardenorganic.org.uk/join.
October 20, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Just 1 MONTH to go until our #HeritageSeedLibrary Seed List 2026🥳We're thrilled to be bringing u the #HSLSeedList2026 earlier this year. Members can select 6 packets from 166 varieties, with special #seeds to celebrate our 50th anniversary. Join at gardenorganic.org.uk/join.
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Every autumn, trees gift us a golden carpet of leaves — and while many people see them as garden “mess,” we know better😉
So before you reach for the rake and green bin, check out our video with @gardenorganicuk.bsky.social
#ShropshireWildlife #Wildlife #Gardening #Compost #MessyGardens #Garden
So before you reach for the rake and green bin, check out our video with @gardenorganicuk.bsky.social
#ShropshireWildlife #Wildlife #Gardening #Compost #MessyGardens #Garden
October 14, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Every autumn, trees gift us a golden carpet of leaves — and while many people see them as garden “mess,” we know better😉
So before you reach for the rake and green bin, check out our video with @gardenorganicuk.bsky.social
#ShropshireWildlife #Wildlife #Gardening #Compost #MessyGardens #Garden
So before you reach for the rake and green bin, check out our video with @gardenorganicuk.bsky.social
#ShropshireWildlife #Wildlife #Gardening #Compost #MessyGardens #Garden
Our UK Seed Relay is a go! 🎉 CEO Fiona joined former #GardenOrganic directors Alan & Jackie Gear MBEs, Braintree Organic Gardening Club & SouthEast Essex Organic Gardeners at Doubleday Gardens, Bocking - 1st home of #HSL. Help us celebrate 👉http://gardenorganic.org.uk/hsl-50-anniversary. #HSL50
October 15, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Our UK Seed Relay is a go! 🎉 CEO Fiona joined former #GardenOrganic directors Alan & Jackie Gear MBEs, Braintree Organic Gardening Club & SouthEast Essex Organic Gardeners at Doubleday Gardens, Bocking - 1st home of #HSL. Help us celebrate 👉http://gardenorganic.org.uk/hsl-50-anniversary. #HSL50
It's less than a week before our Seed Relay journeys across the UK! We're so excited to be marking 50yrs of vital #conservation work at our #HeritageSeedLibrary - and would love to hear your #SeedStories. Tag two friends - so we can spread the seedy message! gardenorganic.org.uk/hsl-50-anniversary
October 9, 2025 at 12:53 PM
It's less than a week before our Seed Relay journeys across the UK! We're so excited to be marking 50yrs of vital #conservation work at our #HeritageSeedLibrary - and would love to hear your #SeedStories. Tag two friends - so we can spread the seedy message! gardenorganic.org.uk/hsl-50-anniversary
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If you're still using peat based compost, it really is time to stop. It's dug straight out of precious natural habitat and releases tonnes of carbon into the atmosphere (literally) in the process. Here's a guide, there are loads of good brands out there www.jackwallington.com/how-to-figur...
How to figure out if a compost brand is good or not and the brands of peat free compost I use | Jack Wallington | Nature & Gardens
Around the world the vast majority of plants on earth grow in a mix of mineral soil and composted organic matter - only those in peatland grow in peat. Over the last ten years I have grown almost ever...
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October 2, 2025 at 5:02 PM
If you're still using peat based compost, it really is time to stop. It's dug straight out of precious natural habitat and releases tonnes of carbon into the atmosphere (literally) in the process. Here's a guide, there are loads of good brands out there www.jackwallington.com/how-to-figur...
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Vital importance of seeds celebrated with unique ‘Seed Relay’! Braintree Organic Gardening Club and SEEOG are involved! seeog.org.uk/2025/09/vita...
Vital importance of seeds celebrated with unique 'Seed Relay' - South East Essex Organic Gardeners
”… Garden Organic started life in a comfrey patch in Bocking, Essex. It was here that keen organic grower Lawrence Hills began experimenting with the herb as a natural fertiliser in 1954.” https://www...
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September 19, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Vital importance of seeds celebrated with unique ‘Seed Relay’! Braintree Organic Gardening Club and SEEOG are involved! seeog.org.uk/2025/09/vita...