Garden Organic
@gardenorganicuk.bsky.social
🍃 Inspiring you & your community to grow #organically
🔬 Advancing #organic growing research
🌱 Home to the Heritage Seed Library
https://linktr.ee/gardenorganic
🔬 Advancing #organic growing research
🌱 Home to the Heritage Seed Library
https://linktr.ee/gardenorganic
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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
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...
www.jackwallington.com
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...
seeog.org.uk
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...
Reversing #InsectDecline is essential not optional. 🦋We've joined #conservation charities in calling for governments, land managers, businesses & the public to take immediate steps to reverse declines in populations👉https://gardenorganic.org.uk/news/insect-decline-declaration #BristolDeclaration
September 30, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Reversing #InsectDecline is essential not optional. 🦋We've joined #conservation charities in calling for governments, land managers, businesses & the public to take immediate steps to reverse declines in populations👉https://gardenorganic.org.uk/news/insect-decline-declaration #BristolDeclaration
🎉Exciting news!🎉It's our #HeritageSeedLibrary's 50th birthday in October & we'll be celebrating this magnificent milestone with the UK's first-ever 'Seed Relay'! Read more here gardenorganic.org.uk/news/hsl-see... and look out for updates via our hashtags #HSL50 & #SeedStories.
September 23, 2025 at 2:11 PM
🎉Exciting news!🎉It's our #HeritageSeedLibrary's 50th birthday in October & we'll be celebrating this magnificent milestone with the UK's first-ever 'Seed Relay'! Read more here gardenorganic.org.uk/news/hsl-see... and look out for updates via our hashtags #HSL50 & #SeedStories.
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What a difference a day makes 💜 #Coventry Grows with
@coventrycc.bsky.social, e.on, Grapevine, @gardenorganicuk.bsky.social and Citizen Housing is helping communities take ownership of “unloved” pieces of land towards a greener future. Stoke Heath is progressing nicely we see!
@coventrycc.bsky.social, e.on, Grapevine, @gardenorganicuk.bsky.social and Citizen Housing is helping communities take ownership of “unloved” pieces of land towards a greener future. Stoke Heath is progressing nicely we see!
September 11, 2025 at 9:49 AM
What a difference a day makes 💜 #Coventry Grows with
@coventrycc.bsky.social, e.on, Grapevine, @gardenorganicuk.bsky.social and Citizen Housing is helping communities take ownership of “unloved” pieces of land towards a greener future. Stoke Heath is progressing nicely we see!
@coventrycc.bsky.social, e.on, Grapevine, @gardenorganicuk.bsky.social and Citizen Housing is helping communities take ownership of “unloved” pieces of land towards a greener future. Stoke Heath is progressing nicely we see!
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Want to see more butterflies and moths in your garden? 🦋🪴
We’ve teamed up with @gardenorganicuk.bsky.social to share advice on how you can make your garden a haven for butterflies and other wildlife without using synthetic pesticides 👉 butterfly-conservation.org/blog/organic...
📷: Sue Earnshaw
We’ve teamed up with @gardenorganicuk.bsky.social to share advice on how you can make your garden a haven for butterflies and other wildlife without using synthetic pesticides 👉 butterfly-conservation.org/blog/organic...
📷: Sue Earnshaw
September 18, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Want to see more butterflies and moths in your garden? 🦋🪴
We’ve teamed up with @gardenorganicuk.bsky.social to share advice on how you can make your garden a haven for butterflies and other wildlife without using synthetic pesticides 👉 butterfly-conservation.org/blog/organic...
📷: Sue Earnshaw
We’ve teamed up with @gardenorganicuk.bsky.social to share advice on how you can make your garden a haven for butterflies and other wildlife without using synthetic pesticides 👉 butterfly-conservation.org/blog/organic...
📷: Sue Earnshaw
Help support the rescue mission for #butterflies and moths! 🦋 We've partnered with
@savebutterflies.bsky.social
to call for #butterfly-killing synthetic #pesticides to be removed from supermarket and garden centre shelves. Find out more in our blog: gardenorganic.org.uk/news/rescue-...
@savebutterflies.bsky.social
to call for #butterfly-killing synthetic #pesticides to be removed from supermarket and garden centre shelves. Find out more in our blog: gardenorganic.org.uk/news/rescue-...
September 10, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Help support the rescue mission for #butterflies and moths! 🦋 We've partnered with
@savebutterflies.bsky.social
to call for #butterfly-killing synthetic #pesticides to be removed from supermarket and garden centre shelves. Find out more in our blog: gardenorganic.org.uk/news/rescue-...
@savebutterflies.bsky.social
to call for #butterfly-killing synthetic #pesticides to be removed from supermarket and garden centre shelves. Find out more in our blog: gardenorganic.org.uk/news/rescue-...
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Waste Prevention Webinars led by our partner
@gardenorganicuk.bsky.social
These talks will provide you with the resources and contacts you need to get involved and make a difference.
- 18th Sept 1-2pm lnkd.in/eaekZMrN
- 25th Sept 7-8pm lnkd.in/eYWfc8Xi
@gardenorganicuk.bsky.social
These talks will provide you with the resources and contacts you need to get involved and make a difference.
- 18th Sept 1-2pm lnkd.in/eaekZMrN
- 25th Sept 7-8pm lnkd.in/eYWfc8Xi
September 3, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Waste Prevention Webinars led by our partner
@gardenorganicuk.bsky.social
These talks will provide you with the resources and contacts you need to get involved and make a difference.
- 18th Sept 1-2pm lnkd.in/eaekZMrN
- 25th Sept 7-8pm lnkd.in/eYWfc8Xi
@gardenorganicuk.bsky.social
These talks will provide you with the resources and contacts you need to get involved and make a difference.
- 18th Sept 1-2pm lnkd.in/eaekZMrN
- 25th Sept 7-8pm lnkd.in/eYWfc8Xi
Golden and gentle #September sunshine marks the beginning of #autumn - and #OrganicSeptember - so it's time to celebrate your #organic harvest and collect and save #seeds. 🍅🥕🌽Find more #OrganicGrowing advice at gardenorganic.org.uk/expert-advic....
September 2, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Golden and gentle #September sunshine marks the beginning of #autumn - and #OrganicSeptember - so it's time to celebrate your #organic harvest and collect and save #seeds. 🍅🥕🌽Find more #OrganicGrowing advice at gardenorganic.org.uk/expert-advic....
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🍐🍊 New figures released by the EFSA reveal that 42% of European food sold across Europe contains #pesticide residues. Fruits such as pears and oranges are at the top of the list.
www.pan-europe.info/press-releas...
www.pan-europe.info/press-releas...
Increase of pesticide cocktails in European food: New EFSA Report confirms widespread exposure
New figures released by the European Food Safety Authority [1] reveal that 42% of European food sold across Europe contains pesticide residues, with fruits such as pears and oranges being at the top o...
www.pan-europe.info
August 29, 2025 at 9:41 AM
🍐🍊 New figures released by the EFSA reveal that 42% of European food sold across Europe contains #pesticide residues. Fruits such as pears and oranges are at the top of the list.
www.pan-europe.info/press-releas...
www.pan-europe.info/press-releas...
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Cycle of the Seed Mini-conference - Sat 6 September, 10am-12pm The Beehive, Hogmoor Inclosure, Bordon
Led by the Pillar expert, Paddy Halling and Chris Collins, from @gardenorganicuk.bsky.social includes a group discussion and demo on food growing in communities.
greening-campaign.org/events/
Led by the Pillar expert, Paddy Halling and Chris Collins, from @gardenorganicuk.bsky.social includes a group discussion and demo on food growing in communities.
greening-campaign.org/events/
August 28, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Cycle of the Seed Mini-conference - Sat 6 September, 10am-12pm The Beehive, Hogmoor Inclosure, Bordon
Led by the Pillar expert, Paddy Halling and Chris Collins, from @gardenorganicuk.bsky.social includes a group discussion and demo on food growing in communities.
greening-campaign.org/events/
Led by the Pillar expert, Paddy Halling and Chris Collins, from @gardenorganicuk.bsky.social includes a group discussion and demo on food growing in communities.
greening-campaign.org/events/
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Peat extraction ban - we're still waiting 😔 and meanwhile peatlands still being destroyed - nature trashed and carbon released.
www.wildlifetrusts.org/news/vast-ar...
www.wildlifetrusts.org/news/vast-ar...
Vast areas of peatland destroyed since peat ban announced exactly 3 years ago | The Wildlife Trusts
It has been three years since the UK Government announced that it would ban the sale of peat for use in the amateur gardening sector, yet there is still no sign of legislation to enact the ban.
www.wildlifetrusts.org
August 27, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Peat extraction ban - we're still waiting 😔 and meanwhile peatlands still being destroyed - nature trashed and carbon released.
www.wildlifetrusts.org/news/vast-ar...
www.wildlifetrusts.org/news/vast-ar...