What peatlands mean to the people restoring them
Often, nature conservation can feel like a “humans v. nature” debate. When climate change and biodiversity loss is unambiguously driven by anthropogenic activities, that certainly does ring true. But it’s...
The battle between peat restoration and extraction in Northern Ireland
This April, we at the Peat-free Partnership are supporting Ulster Wildlife to raise awareness about peatlands in Northern Ireland. As we push for legislation to end peat sales, we also...
Why we need quality controls for peat-free compost
It’s a sunny Friday morning as I open the Teams link to meet Jayne Horswill-Walsh, ready to dive into the ins-and-outs of peat-free compost quality controls. Jayne works at Evergreen...
New service to give advice for peat-free gardeners
Change is hard. You’ve learned one way of doing things: you’ve got used to it over the years. And it works pretty well for you. So it’s no wonder that...
Peat-free Heroes – Knoll Gardens
The transition to peat-free Knoll Gardens hasn’t always been peat-free. Having first opened in the 1970’s, it wasn’t until after Neil Lucas and his team took over the garden in...
MP Sarah Dyke introduces Bill to end peat sales
We’re never ones to give up easily here at the Peat-free Partnership. As you know, there is still no legislation in sight to end peat sales for horticulture – despite...
Demystifying compost and growing media products at the garden centre
When you’re at the garden centre there can sometimes be a mystifying array of different products and brands in the compost area. But how are they different and how do...
Bog-trotting in Scotland
The sun definitely shines in Scotland – we have proof! It was brilliantly sunny for our visit to the IUCN Peatlands Conference in the beautiful Cairngorm Mountains last week: in...
Dear Prime Minister, let’s #EndPeatSales now
100+ signatories urge PM Keir Starmer to #EndPeatSales Today we publish a ground-breaking open letter to the Prime Minster, Sir Keir Starmer, urging him to bring an end to years...
The start of a new term
There’s a back to school feeling in the air this week: MPs are returning to Westminster, MSPs are taking their seats again in Holyrood and the Assembly is back in...