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🍃 Inspiring you & your community to grow #organically 🔬 Advancing #organic growing research 🌱 Home to the Heritage Seed Library https://linktr.ee/gardenorganic
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There are just a few days left until our annual seed swap this Sunday (2 to 4pm at St John's URC, EN5 1RH)! Could 2025 be the year you grow more of your own food? 🥔NEW for 2025 - We'll be trialling selling a few seed potatoes for the first time. Come early to avoid disappointment.🥔

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ICYMI Organic Research Centre have produced new free online tool. It allows growers or policy makers or researchers to model agroecosystem and look at impacts of pesticide use and how might be reduced while minimising impacts on crop yield. Link www.organicresearchcentre.com/resources/to...

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We're launching a unique #SeedSearch project that aims to find, share & preserve #HeritageVegetable #seeds in the #Midlands.🫘The 2-year project is supported by @heritagefunduk.bsky.social & National Lottery players. Like to get involved? Learn more: gardenorganic.org.uk/seed-search.

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As spring approaches, why not give birds a helping hand by leaving out nesting materials? Piles of twigs, moss & grass cuttings, or natural wool all go down well with busy nest builders! 🍃

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Our head gardener Emma shows you how ponds play a key role in supporting wildlife - and how to build your own pond this spring. Read more at gardenorganic.org.uk/news/how-to-.... 🐸 #OrganicGardening #biodiversity #wildlife #nature #ClimateAction #ProtectNature #pond #ponds

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British farmers are reliant on expensive unsustainable fertilisers whilst we undervalue waste materials that could be viable alternatives. A new coalition is calling on Govt to help food growers access high quality affordable compost. enrichtheearth.co.uk/changing-pol...

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I created Sizzle to make it easier for people to take choices that are good for them and the environment. To help gardeners shift from peat to more sustainable alternatives we are seeking to change legislation, improve communications and provide a Wonderfuel new product. mailchi.mp/78caf9d20800...

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Our new paper, based on data from 1,705 studies, shows that pesticides are toxic to organisms they are not intended to harm, including fungi, microbes, plants, insects, & vertebrates such as ourselves. Questions the wisdom of applying over 3 million tonnes of them every year...

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This #NationalNestboxWeek, remember not all birds nest the same way! Here's a few options to get you started... 🧵👇 Robins and Wrens like to keep hidden, tucking their nests away in dense cover. An open-fronted box placed low down and out of sight is just their style. (1/4)

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6 adverts for #volunteerstoday: @gardenorganicuk.bsky.social seeks a Composting Champion Volunteer, Shropshire to help residents reduce their waste, and a Bucks Waste Busters Volunteer in Buckinghamshire to help their local community to compost their kitchen and garden waste. See:

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Love is in the air this #FlyDay and so are Starlings! Have you ever noticed, their plumage is covered in tiny white love hearts? 🤍

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Do you garden in your #community? Excited to be part of a group of organisations involved in a nationwide #CommunityGardening research project, led by the RHS. Fill in the #survey before 31 Mar 👉https://rhs.org.uk/get-involved/community-gardening/future-of-community-gardens-survey

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This year I'm taking part in the @gardenorganicuk.bsky.social Veg Planner experiment where we're all growing Cobra French Beans www.gardenorganic.org.uk/what-we-do/c...

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#Hedgerows increase soil carbon storage by 40% (and that's in addition to their value for crop protection, livestock health, biodiversity, pollution sequestration and prevention of runoff and soil erosion) www.leeds.ac.uk/main-index/n...

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If you want a quick intro to my new ‘Just in Case’ report on civil food resilience, listen to the first story in Feb 6 BBC Farming Today: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m.... Food resilience ought to be centred on society, the public, citizens, us. Read ‘Just in Case’ to walk you through the realities.

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We'd like to make it easier for #gardeners to know when to plant #veg in their regions of the UK. Sign up to our #CitizenScience trial, where we'll be using #beans as a barometer to build a better veg growing calendar 👉https://cognitoforms.com/GardenOrganic1/BuildABetterVegPlanner #VegCalendar

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It's #sow time! February is full of anticipation, with more light & warmth to germinate #seeds - but quiet enough to continue to get your #garden ready for the #growing season ahead. Find out what u can do in your #OrganicGarden gardenorganic.org.uk/expert-advice/monthly-organic-gardening-advice.

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We share the disappointment of many campaigners that debate around #CANBill has been rescheduled for 11 July. This Bill is vital for making UK climate & environment targets legal binding. Write to your MP & ensure it's given priority: www.parliament.uk/.../contact-... #ClimateAndNatureBill

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Reminder: Starting this week - 'SOIL: The world at your feet' exhibition, uniting visionary artists and thinkers from around the world to explore the remarkable power and potential of soil...read more on thedirt.news #exhibition #Soil #SomersetHouse #TheLandGardeners thedirt.news/soil-the-wor...

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The @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social are calling on retailers to label all peat containing products to help consumers avoid buying it. You can sign their open letter here to support them www.wildlifetrusts.org/peat-inspect... I’ve signed!

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RSPB withdraws flat bird feeders due to the concerns they may facilitate the transmission of the fatal diseases such as trichomonosis... read more on thedirt.news #birdfeeder #RSPB #Trichomonosis #finches #gardenbirds #wildflife thedirt.news/rspb-suspend...

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“fertilisers create conditions that allow fast-growing grasses to dominate, crowding out other grasses and flowers” this is a real problem in meadows and pasture, I see it around us every year www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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You might catch sight of hibernating #insects and early risers over the next few weeks, says our resident #wildlife expert Sally Cunningham in her latest blog. Let us know what you spot in your #winter #garden. 🐝🐞🪱https://gardenorganic.org.uk/news/look-out-for-winter-insects

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Our recent #BiodiversitySurvey shows you're taking big steps to protect #wildlife in your growing spaces - with many of you embracing #nodig, ditching #pesticides and planting UK natives. Find the full results of our survey here: gardenorganic.org.uk/news/how-do-.... #OrganicGardening

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