News from Garden Organic
Certified organic
The skills of budding organic gardeners will be nurtured in the coming academic year through a brand new qualification launched by the UK’s leading organic growing charity.
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Summer outdoors for green fingered kids
At a time when over a million children in the UK have never been outside of an urban area, the leading authority on organic growing, Garden Organic, is urging families to get outdoors this summer and interact with their environment.
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Grow your own glorious organic allotment
Half of our vegetables and 95% of our fruit comes from beyond our shores, but the UK’s leading organic growing charity is promoting an alternative to imported produce; planting and harvesting our own food on the great, British allotment.
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Garden Organic puts on a right Royal show
Garden Organic, the UK’s leading organic growing charity, received a Royal visitor on Friday 25th July 2008 when it launched its inaugural Young People's Produce Show as part of its 50th anniversary celebrations.
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Local artist to commemorate our anniversary
Garden Organic, is teaming up with a Warwickshire-based artist this Bank Holiday weekend to produce a commemorative piece of art to mark its 50th anniversary.
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Heaps of compost help
Almost 40% of the contents of our dustbins could be composted rather than sent to landfill, so sustainability experts, Garden Organic, are tackling the waste problem head on by spreading the word about composting through a popular initiative.
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Raymond Blanc says GO Organic
World–renowned chef and restaurateur Raymond Blanc has joined forces with Garden Organic, the UK's leading organic growing charity, to launch 'Go Organic' – an initiative designed to encourage more people to grow, cook and eat organic food, while at the same time supporting the work of Garden Organic's Heritage Seed Library (HSL) in its battle to conserve rare vegetable varieties under threat of extinction.
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Showcase for young organic growers
Britain's green fingered youngsters are being invited to showcase their growing skills in a bid to get more children inspired to grow their own organic vegetables.
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Turn to the Victorians
'Organic' might be a modern buzzword, but aspiring gardeners across Essex are being encouraged to visit a stunning kitchen garden this bank holiday to pick up some organic tips from the growers of the past.
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Learn to love bugs
In a world where insect habitats are increasingly threatened by concrete, tidy gardens and chemical controls, the UK’s leading organic growing charity is urging people to learn to love their back garden bugs by going organic before it’s too late.
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Community food
Communities which work together to grow, eat and distribute their own food feel happier, healthier and take more positive steps to improve the environment – both local and global.
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Do One Thing
Start doing something for the environment and for our wildlife on International Biodiversity Day on May 22nd 2008
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Note to Editors:
- Garden Organic, formally known as HDRA, is the UK's leading organic growing and lifestyle charity dedicated to researching and promoting organic gardening, farming and food.
- The charity, which is looking to grow its membership of 40,000, is based at Garden Organic Ryton in Warwickshire and celebrates its 50th year in 2008.
- Garden Organic also manages demonstration gardens at Garden Organic Ryton in Warwickshire and Audley End Organic Kitchen Garden in Essex in association with English Heritage. To find out more visit www.gardenorganic.org.uk
- The organisation runs major research and international development programmes that play a leading role in helping commercial growers across the UK and overseas adopt organic methods.
- Garden Organic actively campaigns on issues vital to both people and the environment, including health, sustainability, climate change, GM trials and Garden Grabbing, among others.
- Over 10% of all schools in the UK are now signed up to Garden Organic's educational programme, Duchy Originals Garden Organic for Schools, which helps pupils grow their own organic vegetables.
Our Headquarters, Garden Organic Ryton are five miles south east of Coventry and signposted off the A45. They are open daily. Tel 024 7630 3517.
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