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Join us for our podcast special on successful seed sowing.

It’s too early to sow outside, but why not get ahead of the game and start sowing indoors.

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Find out more about the Tyfu Dyfi project

Tyfu Dyfi project ‘A call for community growing in the Dyfi Biosphere’

We're delighted to be part of the Tyfu Dyfi (food, nature, and wellbeing) ENRaW (Enabling Natural Resources and Wellbeing) project. Tyfu Dyfi is funded through the Welsh Government Rural Communities - find out how you or your organisation can get involved.

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Results are in for last year’s Big Butterfly Count

Worryingly, the decline in numbers for butterflies and moths across the UK continues.

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Government authorises use of bee-harming pesticides

Government puts bees at risk

The Government, for the second year running, has allowed for a banned bee-harming pesticide to be used by sugar beet farmers in England, threatening our precious pollinators.

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2022 courses and events

Make 2022 the year to discover organic growing.

Make 2022 the year to discover organic growing or simply enhance your skills.
We'll support you on your journey with a programme of self-guided online learning, webinars, & face-to-face workshops. Choose from a selection of topics, suitable for organic growers of all levels, from our First Steps in Organic Gardening to Planning Your Plot and Successful Composting, there is something to tempt everyone.

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Reflections & Resolutions

Gardening can be a hit and miss affair, especially where veg is concerned. So now is the perfect time to reflect on last year’s successes and failures, before planning the new growing year’s resolutions.
 

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UK supermarkets and how they rate on pesticides

Pesticide Action Network UK (PAN UK) has released its 2021 ranking which scores the UK’s top ten supermarkets on their efforts to tackle pesticides. 

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Help us fight against the use of peat in horticulture by supporting out Christmas Appeal.

Help us fight against the use of peat in horticulture by supporting out Christmas Appeal.

Help us fight against the use of peat in horticulture by supporting our Christmas Appeal. Money raised will support us with the progression of our For Peat's Sake campaign for 2022.

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Our New Year podcast special: the secret of good soil

We kick off the new year with a podcast special: the secret of good soil.  It's your essential guide to what makes your soil great.

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For Peat's Sake campaign update

Plans to phase out the use of peat in the amateur horticulture sector announced

Plans to ban the use of peat in horticulture in England and Wales by the end of this Parliament were set out by the Government today (Saturday 18 December) in an effort to protect precious peatland habitats and meet net zero targets. 

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