Peat-free Partnership
@peatfree.bsky.social
💚 Change - Grow - Protect
🌱 Seeking legislation to end the sale and supply of peat in the UK
🔗 peatfreepartnership.org.uk
🌱 Seeking legislation to end the sale and supply of peat in the UK
🔗 peatfreepartnership.org.uk
We're anticipating news from Government on their environmental plans before Christmas.
Stay in the loop with any updates on peat by signing up to our newsletter:
peatfreepartnership.org.uk
Stay in the loop with any updates on peat by signing up to our newsletter:
peatfreepartnership.org.uk
November 28, 2025 at 1:35 PM
We're anticipating news from Government on their environmental plans before Christmas.
Stay in the loop with any updates on peat by signing up to our newsletter:
peatfreepartnership.org.uk
Stay in the loop with any updates on peat by signing up to our newsletter:
peatfreepartnership.org.uk
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
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
More success!
In May 2024 we responded to a consultation on the #LEAFMarque standard that recognises #farming with reduced impact on the #environment.
Beginning next May, the new version will include measures aimed at eliminating peat-based growing media.
Another step forward for #peatfree 🙌
In May 2024 we responded to a consultation on the #LEAFMarque standard that recognises #farming with reduced impact on the #environment.
Beginning next May, the new version will include measures aimed at eliminating peat-based growing media.
Another step forward for #peatfree 🙌
November 7, 2025 at 10:15 AM
More success!
In May 2024 we responded to a consultation on the #LEAFMarque standard that recognises #farming with reduced impact on the #environment.
Beginning next May, the new version will include measures aimed at eliminating peat-based growing media.
Another step forward for #peatfree 🙌
In May 2024 we responded to a consultation on the #LEAFMarque standard that recognises #farming with reduced impact on the #environment.
Beginning next May, the new version will include measures aimed at eliminating peat-based growing media.
Another step forward for #peatfree 🙌
Preventing #offshoring would direct focus to real #climate action, including on #peat extraction. For #gardening and #horticulture imported peat remains difficult to escape.
Join us in demanding a #PeatFree future by signing up to our newsletter:
peatfreepartnership.org.uk/who-we-are/
Join us in demanding a #PeatFree future by signing up to our newsletter:
peatfreepartnership.org.uk/who-we-are/
October 17, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Preventing #offshoring would direct focus to real #climate action, including on #peat extraction. For #gardening and #horticulture imported peat remains difficult to escape.
Join us in demanding a #PeatFree future by signing up to our newsletter:
peatfreepartnership.org.uk/who-we-are/
Join us in demanding a #PeatFree future by signing up to our newsletter:
peatfreepartnership.org.uk/who-we-are/
Welcome report from #WoodlandTrust and collaborators on domestic #tree production.
It's vital that #peatfree is a part of sustainable tree production. Many have already switched and avoid #HiddenPeat in cells.
Read the report: hta.org.uk/strong-roots
It's vital that #peatfree is a part of sustainable tree production. Many have already switched and avoid #HiddenPeat in cells.
Read the report: hta.org.uk/strong-roots
October 14, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Welcome report from #WoodlandTrust and collaborators on domestic #tree production.
It's vital that #peatfree is a part of sustainable tree production. Many have already switched and avoid #HiddenPeat in cells.
Read the report: hta.org.uk/strong-roots
It's vital that #peatfree is a part of sustainable tree production. Many have already switched and avoid #HiddenPeat in cells.
Read the report: hta.org.uk/strong-roots
Gardeners and horticulture professionals...
What's one thing you wish politicians knew about growing plants?
#Gardening #Horticulture #UKPolitics
What's one thing you wish politicians knew about growing plants?
#Gardening #Horticulture #UKPolitics
September 19, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Gardeners and horticulture professionals...
What's one thing you wish politicians knew about growing plants?
#Gardening #Horticulture #UKPolitics
What's one thing you wish politicians knew about growing plants?
#Gardening #Horticulture #UKPolitics
More delays to 2nd reading of @sarahdykeld.bsky.social bill on #peat sales for #Horticulture which was scheduled for 12th Sept.
Meanwhile we're working multiple angles across the UK to #EndPeatSales
Stay in the loop w/ our free newsletter:
peatfreepartnership.org.uk
#Gardening #UKPolitics
Meanwhile we're working multiple angles across the UK to #EndPeatSales
Stay in the loop w/ our free newsletter:
peatfreepartnership.org.uk
#Gardening #UKPolitics
September 15, 2025 at 8:49 AM
More delays to 2nd reading of @sarahdykeld.bsky.social bill on #peat sales for #Horticulture which was scheduled for 12th Sept.
Meanwhile we're working multiple angles across the UK to #EndPeatSales
Stay in the loop w/ our free newsletter:
peatfreepartnership.org.uk
#Gardening #UKPolitics
Meanwhile we're working multiple angles across the UK to #EndPeatSales
Stay in the loop w/ our free newsletter:
peatfreepartnership.org.uk
#Gardening #UKPolitics
We welcome the expansion of the ban on burning to protect more of the UK's deep peat.
But #Labour must go further to join up policy by committing to legislation to #EndPeatSales - in 2023 761,479 m3 was used for horticulture.
Level the playing field and hit a win-win for #Nature and #Horticulture!
But #Labour must go further to join up policy by committing to legislation to #EndPeatSales - in 2023 761,479 m3 was used for horticulture.
Level the playing field and hit a win-win for #Nature and #Horticulture!
September 10, 2025 at 9:34 AM
We welcome the expansion of the ban on burning to protect more of the UK's deep peat.
But #Labour must go further to join up policy by committing to legislation to #EndPeatSales - in 2023 761,479 m3 was used for horticulture.
Level the playing field and hit a win-win for #Nature and #Horticulture!
But #Labour must go further to join up policy by committing to legislation to #EndPeatSales - in 2023 761,479 m3 was used for horticulture.
Level the playing field and hit a win-win for #Nature and #Horticulture!
"But you can't grow XYZ peat-free!" Wrong.
Across the UK growers are facing up to species like #Meconopsis and #Sarracenia which can be more challenging to grow #PeatFree
See the evidence:
https://peatfreepartnership.org.uk/why-peat-free/you-can-grow-anything-peat-free/
#Horticulture #Gardening
Across the UK growers are facing up to species like #Meconopsis and #Sarracenia which can be more challenging to grow #PeatFree
See the evidence:
https://peatfreepartnership.org.uk/why-peat-free/you-can-grow-anything-peat-free/
#Horticulture #Gardening
August 1, 2025 at 9:30 AM
"But you can't grow XYZ peat-free!" Wrong.
Across the UK growers are facing up to species like #Meconopsis and #Sarracenia which can be more challenging to grow #PeatFree
See the evidence:
https://peatfreepartnership.org.uk/why-peat-free/you-can-grow-anything-peat-free/
#Horticulture #Gardening
Across the UK growers are facing up to species like #Meconopsis and #Sarracenia which can be more challenging to grow #PeatFree
See the evidence:
https://peatfreepartnership.org.uk/why-peat-free/you-can-grow-anything-peat-free/
#Horticulture #Gardening
Hate to tell you this, but peat is hiding in your weekly shop 😬
Things are starting to change, but legislation means you don't have to worry about #HiddenPeat and supply chains go peat-free faster.
That's why it's so important for us to finally #EndPeatSales
#PeatFree #Gardening #Allotment
Things are starting to change, but legislation means you don't have to worry about #HiddenPeat and supply chains go peat-free faster.
That's why it's so important for us to finally #EndPeatSales
#PeatFree #Gardening #Allotment
July 31, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Hate to tell you this, but peat is hiding in your weekly shop 😬
Things are starting to change, but legislation means you don't have to worry about #HiddenPeat and supply chains go peat-free faster.
That's why it's so important for us to finally #EndPeatSales
#PeatFree #Gardening #Allotment
Things are starting to change, but legislation means you don't have to worry about #HiddenPeat and supply chains go peat-free faster.
That's why it's so important for us to finally #EndPeatSales
#PeatFree #Gardening #Allotment
Today is basically Christmas for us. It's #BogDay 🎉
Time to celebrate one of the UK's least loved habitats. Remote, severe, and damp underfoot, peat bogs are iconic landscapes.
Follow to stay tuned for action this August to #EndPeatSales - we'll need your help 💪
#Nature #Climate #PeatFree
Time to celebrate one of the UK's least loved habitats. Remote, severe, and damp underfoot, peat bogs are iconic landscapes.
Follow to stay tuned for action this August to #EndPeatSales - we'll need your help 💪
#Nature #Climate #PeatFree
July 27, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Today is basically Christmas for us. It's #BogDay 🎉
Time to celebrate one of the UK's least loved habitats. Remote, severe, and damp underfoot, peat bogs are iconic landscapes.
Follow to stay tuned for action this August to #EndPeatSales - we'll need your help 💪
#Nature #Climate #PeatFree
Time to celebrate one of the UK's least loved habitats. Remote, severe, and damp underfoot, peat bogs are iconic landscapes.
Follow to stay tuned for action this August to #EndPeatSales - we'll need your help 💪
#Nature #Climate #PeatFree
It's #BogDay this Sunday! Celebrate all things peaty with 3 activities:
1. Visit your local peat bog
2. Draw or paint these peatland species!
3. Sign up for our newsletter:
peatfreepartnership.org.uk
📸 Richard Lindsay
1. Visit your local peat bog
2. Draw or paint these peatland species!
3. Sign up for our newsletter:
peatfreepartnership.org.uk
📸 Richard Lindsay
July 25, 2025 at 11:01 AM
It's #BogDay this Sunday! Celebrate all things peaty with 3 activities:
1. Visit your local peat bog
2. Draw or paint these peatland species!
3. Sign up for our newsletter:
peatfreepartnership.org.uk
📸 Richard Lindsay
1. Visit your local peat bog
2. Draw or paint these peatland species!
3. Sign up for our newsletter:
peatfreepartnership.org.uk
📸 Richard Lindsay
Have the summer holidays started for you yet? School's out and it's time for the kids to learn about the bogs 🤓
Head over to a peat-free open garden near you this summer to get inspired to take action for peatlands this summer.
#EndPeatSales
#Gardening #Garden #Horticulture
Head over to a peat-free open garden near you this summer to get inspired to take action for peatlands this summer.
#EndPeatSales
#Gardening #Garden #Horticulture
July 23, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Have the summer holidays started for you yet? School's out and it's time for the kids to learn about the bogs 🤓
Head over to a peat-free open garden near you this summer to get inspired to take action for peatlands this summer.
#EndPeatSales
#Gardening #Garden #Horticulture
Head over to a peat-free open garden near you this summer to get inspired to take action for peatlands this summer.
#EndPeatSales
#Gardening #Garden #Horticulture
It's 17 July, and our #Peat extraction counter has surpassed half a million cubic metres. ⚠️
#DEFRA have yet to release the Growing Media Monitor peat use stats, so our data is from 2022 - three years of unknowns.
#Horticulture is changing, but legislation is necessary to deliver a #PeatFree UK.
#DEFRA have yet to release the Growing Media Monitor peat use stats, so our data is from 2022 - three years of unknowns.
#Horticulture is changing, but legislation is necessary to deliver a #PeatFree UK.
July 17, 2025 at 3:31 PM
It's 17 July, and our #Peat extraction counter has surpassed half a million cubic metres. ⚠️
#DEFRA have yet to release the Growing Media Monitor peat use stats, so our data is from 2022 - three years of unknowns.
#Horticulture is changing, but legislation is necessary to deliver a #PeatFree UK.
#DEFRA have yet to release the Growing Media Monitor peat use stats, so our data is from 2022 - three years of unknowns.
#Horticulture is changing, but legislation is necessary to deliver a #PeatFree UK.
Ed Miliband's statement on #ClimateChange and #Nature this afternoon emphasised the cross-party support for #ClimateAction
But still no commitment to ban #peat sales, despite cross-party/industry support and clear environmental damage...
Gardeners, growers, and MPs know it's time to #EndPeatSales
But still no commitment to ban #peat sales, despite cross-party/industry support and clear environmental damage...
Gardeners, growers, and MPs know it's time to #EndPeatSales
July 14, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Ed Miliband's statement on #ClimateChange and #Nature this afternoon emphasised the cross-party support for #ClimateAction
But still no commitment to ban #peat sales, despite cross-party/industry support and clear environmental damage...
Gardeners, growers, and MPs know it's time to #EndPeatSales
But still no commitment to ban #peat sales, despite cross-party/industry support and clear environmental damage...
Gardeners, growers, and MPs know it's time to #EndPeatSales
Today's the day!
Are you meeting your MP at the #ActNowChangeForever mass lobby?
Get ready for a day of action, connection, and inspiration for peatlands 📢
#EndPeatSales #PeatFree #Nature
Are you meeting your MP at the #ActNowChangeForever mass lobby?
Get ready for a day of action, connection, and inspiration for peatlands 📢
#EndPeatSales #PeatFree #Nature
July 9, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Today's the day!
Are you meeting your MP at the #ActNowChangeForever mass lobby?
Get ready for a day of action, connection, and inspiration for peatlands 📢
#EndPeatSales #PeatFree #Nature
Are you meeting your MP at the #ActNowChangeForever mass lobby?
Get ready for a day of action, connection, and inspiration for peatlands 📢
#EndPeatSales #PeatFree #Nature
The amazing Godalming Flower Co. are full steam ahead at #RHSHamptonCourt 👑
Come say hi and take the #PeatFreePledge by taking a photo in our Living Throne! 💖
Tell the Government it's time to #EndPeatSales surrounded by 100% #PeatFree sustainable floristry 💐
#Bloomscrolling #Florist #Gardening
Come say hi and take the #PeatFreePledge by taking a photo in our Living Throne! 💖
Tell the Government it's time to #EndPeatSales surrounded by 100% #PeatFree sustainable floristry 💐
#Bloomscrolling #Florist #Gardening
June 29, 2025 at 4:54 PM
The amazing Godalming Flower Co. are full steam ahead at #RHSHamptonCourt 👑
Come say hi and take the #PeatFreePledge by taking a photo in our Living Throne! 💖
Tell the Government it's time to #EndPeatSales surrounded by 100% #PeatFree sustainable floristry 💐
#Bloomscrolling #Florist #Gardening
Come say hi and take the #PeatFreePledge by taking a photo in our Living Throne! 💖
Tell the Government it's time to #EndPeatSales surrounded by 100% #PeatFree sustainable floristry 💐
#Bloomscrolling #Florist #Gardening
A strong call for legislation from Rymer Trees, who prove what you can do when growing without peat. Without it, we can’t eliminate peat from growing… and, as Harry says, the change should have happened yesterday.
#HortShorts
#EndPeatSales
#Gardening #Horticulture
#HortShorts
#EndPeatSales
#Gardening #Horticulture
June 23, 2025 at 9:28 AM
A strong call for legislation from Rymer Trees, who prove what you can do when growing without peat. Without it, we can’t eliminate peat from growing… and, as Harry says, the change should have happened yesterday.
#HortShorts
#EndPeatSales
#Gardening #Horticulture
#HortShorts
#EndPeatSales
#Gardening #Horticulture
Peat-free #TuesdayBlue Meconopsis at Macplants in #Scotland 💙
Many think Meconopsis cannot be grown #PeatFree but we took Min. Jim Fairlie along to see how businesses are thriving without peat.
These businesses need legislation to #EndPeatSales so we can level the playing field for #Horticulture.
Many think Meconopsis cannot be grown #PeatFree but we took Min. Jim Fairlie along to see how businesses are thriving without peat.
These businesses need legislation to #EndPeatSales so we can level the playing field for #Horticulture.
June 10, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Peat-free #TuesdayBlue Meconopsis at Macplants in #Scotland 💙
Many think Meconopsis cannot be grown #PeatFree but we took Min. Jim Fairlie along to see how businesses are thriving without peat.
These businesses need legislation to #EndPeatSales so we can level the playing field for #Horticulture.
Many think Meconopsis cannot be grown #PeatFree but we took Min. Jim Fairlie along to see how businesses are thriving without peat.
These businesses need legislation to #EndPeatSales so we can level the playing field for #Horticulture.
Happy #WildWednesday!
We often use these photos from Gaick we took during the @iucn-uk-peat.bsky.social conference to show #peatland restoration. Ending peat sales would mean the #nature and #climate benefits afforded by these efforts wouldn't be undermined by extraction elsewhere.
We often use these photos from Gaick we took during the @iucn-uk-peat.bsky.social conference to show #peatland restoration. Ending peat sales would mean the #nature and #climate benefits afforded by these efforts wouldn't be undermined by extraction elsewhere.
May 14, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Happy #WildWednesday!
We often use these photos from Gaick we took during the @iucn-uk-peat.bsky.social conference to show #peatland restoration. Ending peat sales would mean the #nature and #climate benefits afforded by these efforts wouldn't be undermined by extraction elsewhere.
We often use these photos from Gaick we took during the @iucn-uk-peat.bsky.social conference to show #peatland restoration. Ending peat sales would mean the #nature and #climate benefits afforded by these efforts wouldn't be undermined by extraction elsewhere.
Yesterday DEFRA published a new #peat map for England, a tool for #conservation monitoring showing depth, erosion features, drainage, &c.
But at the same time, extraction remains a problem - and DEFRA keep delaying on the figures. The last report we have on peat use in #horticulture is from 2022.
But at the same time, extraction remains a problem - and DEFRA keep delaying on the figures. The last report we have on peat use in #horticulture is from 2022.
May 13, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Yesterday DEFRA published a new #peat map for England, a tool for #conservation monitoring showing depth, erosion features, drainage, &c.
But at the same time, extraction remains a problem - and DEFRA keep delaying on the figures. The last report we have on peat use in #horticulture is from 2022.
But at the same time, extraction remains a problem - and DEFRA keep delaying on the figures. The last report we have on peat use in #horticulture is from 2022.
Welwn ni chi yn y Senedd... Cadwch lygad yr wythnos yma am ein lluniau a'n fideos ni o'r digwyddiad! 🌱📢
#RhoiTerfynArWerthuMawn
See you at the Senedd... Keep an eye out for our photos and videos from the event! 🌱📢
#EndPeatSales
@carolynthomasms.bsky.social
#RhoiTerfynArWerthuMawn
See you at the Senedd... Keep an eye out for our photos and videos from the event! 🌱📢
#EndPeatSales
@carolynthomasms.bsky.social
May 2, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Welwn ni chi yn y Senedd... Cadwch lygad yr wythnos yma am ein lluniau a'n fideos ni o'r digwyddiad! 🌱📢
#RhoiTerfynArWerthuMawn
See you at the Senedd... Keep an eye out for our photos and videos from the event! 🌱📢
#EndPeatSales
@carolynthomasms.bsky.social
#RhoiTerfynArWerthuMawn
See you at the Senedd... Keep an eye out for our photos and videos from the event! 🌱📢
#EndPeatSales
@carolynthomasms.bsky.social
We have to talk about #Horticulture business when discussing legislation to #EndPeatSales 📢
Progress will stall without it. Businesses want to plan for the future, not be dragged along by shifting deadlines.
Start a conversation with your MP: peatfreepartnership.org.uk/get-involved
#Gardening
Progress will stall without it. Businesses want to plan for the future, not be dragged along by shifting deadlines.
Start a conversation with your MP: peatfreepartnership.org.uk/get-involved
#Gardening
April 29, 2025 at 11:51 AM
We have to talk about #Horticulture business when discussing legislation to #EndPeatSales 📢
Progress will stall without it. Businesses want to plan for the future, not be dragged along by shifting deadlines.
Start a conversation with your MP: peatfreepartnership.org.uk/get-involved
#Gardening
Progress will stall without it. Businesses want to plan for the future, not be dragged along by shifting deadlines.
Start a conversation with your MP: peatfreepartnership.org.uk/get-involved
#Gardening
Our #PeatExtraction counter has surpassed 300,000 m3.
This is an estimate, but the reality is that diggers are out right now shifting vast amounts of peat for #Gardening and #Horticulture.
We know how devastating this is - legislation is the only way forward.
#EndPeatSales
#Nature #Climate
This is an estimate, but the reality is that diggers are out right now shifting vast amounts of peat for #Gardening and #Horticulture.
We know how devastating this is - legislation is the only way forward.
#EndPeatSales
#Nature #Climate
April 29, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Our #PeatExtraction counter has surpassed 300,000 m3.
This is an estimate, but the reality is that diggers are out right now shifting vast amounts of peat for #Gardening and #Horticulture.
We know how devastating this is - legislation is the only way forward.
#EndPeatSales
#Nature #Climate
This is an estimate, but the reality is that diggers are out right now shifting vast amounts of peat for #Gardening and #Horticulture.
We know how devastating this is - legislation is the only way forward.
#EndPeatSales
#Nature #Climate