In Dec CAWR & Garden Organic got together to celebrate Dr Margi Lennartsson on her retirement. Margi joined Garden Organic in 1987 for almost 30 years before moving to CAWR. Many well-wishers turned up. Margi will continue her association with CAWR as an Honorary Research Fellow.

🦇 We are lucky enough to have 18 species of bat in the UK, 17 of which are known to be breeding here - that's almost a quarter of our mammal species. Learn more about each unique species here:

Now for the fun bit 🥳 I've worked out what #seed I already have - now it's time to go shopping 💚 First stop: the Heritage Seed Library run by @gardenorganicuk.bsky.social & 50 this year. Love choosing my 6 rare veg varieties, free with membership www.gardenorganic.org.uk/what-we-do/hsl #gardening 🌱

How did your #crops grow in 2025? Help us unearth #climate trends & valuable #FoodGrowing data by filling in our #survey. Download the #Fryd app - where you can also plan your 2026 plantings & be part of an #OrganicGardening community - or fill in the form cognitoforms.com/GardenOrgani....

🦇 Bats do not make nests, but choose various places throughout the year to roost. Bats roost in houses, both new and old but some species prefer hollow trees, or caves. In buildings they often shelter behind hanging tiles and boarding or in roof spaces. Learn more here: buff.ly/3PNgDhB

Learn how to plan your growing space – and your growing year – when it comes to #seed production and #SeedSaving at two FREE webinars on 27 Jan & 12 Feb. The webinars, are part of our #SeedSearch project, funded by @heritagefunduk.bsky.social 👉 gardenorganic.org.uk/events

🎄 In many countries, people decorate their houses with Christmas trees. Cosy for happy family and friends meetings. But did you ever consider to look for a #pesticide-free tree? www.pan-europe.info/blog/we-wish...

Deck the halls with boughs of holly! Fa-la-la-la-laa! Everybody up! It's Christmas week! 🎄 #MondayMotivation

If you're hoping for a kiss under the mistletoe, you might be joined by an unexpected visitor 👀 Meet the Mistletoe Marble (Celypha woodiana) The English name for this micro-moth comes from its caterpillar foodplant, you guessed it, mistletoe! 📷: Bill Urwin, Patrick Clement

It’d be amazing to reach 5,000 signatures by the end of the year - enough is enough! Ban peat compost now. actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal...

Smashed through 3000 signatures and still climbing... we knew there was strong public support for legislation to #endpeatsales and now we're proving it. Keep signing, keep sharing, let's take this as far as it'll go 🙏 actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal...

Vague timescales & woolly words make the government's Environmental Improvement Plan (#EIP) a disappointing read - with a worrying lack of commitment to ending #peat & #pesticide use. Read more about the Plan & our response here: www.gardenorganic.org.uk/news/eip-res... @peatfree.bsky.social #PANUK

Just one more day to double your #donations to our @biggive.bsky.social #ChristmasChallenge to support our vital #conservation work. ➡️Go to donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05.... #HSL50 #PeoplesSeedBank

🦇This month, our Built Environment Manager Jo Ferguson featured in @gardenorganicuk.bsky.social 's podcast. She had a chat with Chris Collins and Garden Organic's Chief Executive Fiona Taylor, about how you can look after bats in urban gardens - www.gardenorganic.org.uk/our-views/th...

It takes up to 1,000 years to produce just 2-3cm of soil & yet, more than 95% of our #food comes from #soil. This year's #WorldSoilDay focuses on the urban landscape - so follow our 5 tips to nurture your #garden soil👉https://gardenorganic.org.uk/news/why-healthy-soils-equal-healthy-cities

If #seed is not in the ground, it cannot respond to #climate changes. Which is why, each year, our #HeritageSeedLibrary distributes 30K #HeritageVeg seed to ‘everyday’ growers. ➡️Double your donations to our library today @biggive.bsky.social #ChristmasChallenge ➡️ donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...

Doubling your donations to our #HeritageSeedLibrary via our @biggive.bsky.social #ChristmasChallenge #fundraiser - even £5 or £10 - will help us maintain and expand our #PeoplesSeedBank at a crucial time for #biodiversity, #FoodSecurity and #climate extremes ➡️ donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...

Our #HeritageSeedLibrary is celebrating its 50th birthday - but we'd like to secure its future for another 50. This #GivingTuesday ensure our #PeoplesSeedBank continues its vital work by doubling your donations via @biggive.bsky.social #ChristmasChallenge! ➡️ donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05....

Meet the people keeping heirloom veg alive in UK gardens… and doing it all peat-free. @gardenorganicuk.bsky.social distributes more than 30,000 packets of heritage seed to 'everyday' growers each year - see their Hort Short for more 👇🌱 #EndPeatSales #PeatFree #Gardening #HeirloomVeg

Can you help us reach 1000 signatures by next week? At 677 and counting, organisations across the UK are supporting the call for legislation in 2026. It's time to #EndPeatSales once and for all, delivering a win for #climate and #nature, while levelling the playing field for #horticulture.

Less than a week to go before our #ChristmasChallenge fundraiser - when you can double your donations to our #HeritageSeedLibrary through @biggive.bsky.social. From 2-9 Dec, u can help us secure this people's seed bank for the next 50 years. Find out more👉 gardenorganic.org.uk/news/big-giv...

We've waited long enough. It’s time for decisive action from Government to #EndPeatSales.❌Add your name to the @peatfree.bsky.social petition to ban #peat sales by 2026. ✍️ actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sales Find out why it's so important: gardenorganic.org.uk/news/petition-peat-sales

Rugby volunteers aren't going to let a bit of rain put them off.

Have you filled in our #HowDidYourVegGrow survey? #Fryd co-founder Florian Haßler & our research manager Anton Rosenfeld chat about the #survey in our Q&A👉 youtu.be/MG-jXnLBUNI?.... If you'd like to take part, find out more at gardenorganic.org.uk/news/fryd-veg-survey.

We’re joining together to demand an end to peat sales once and for all. Add your voice to the nationwide call to #EndPeatSales once and for all, to level the playing field and protect our peatlands. actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sales #Gardening #Horticulture #Nature

Let’s get #peat out of #gardening, once and for all. 🚫 Sign the petition to end #PeatSales & protect vital #peatland habitats. Alongside the @peatfree.bsky.social, we’re calling on Government to #EndPeatSales by 2026. 🤚 SIGN the petition here actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sales.

Excited to launch our #HSLSeedList2026 today - in our 50th anniversary year! Members can now browse & request #HeritageVegetable #seeds online. Find the Seed List here 👉 gardenorganic.org.uk/shop/seeds and useful information here: gardenorganic.org.uk/news/hsl-see... #HSLSeedList2026

How did you #veg grow this year...did a warm spring bring early gluts, did droughts devastate your greens? We'd like to know what 2025 was like for #GYO food & we've created a #HowDidYourVegGrow survey via the #Fryd app! More at gardenorganic.org.uk/news/fryd-ve.... Survey open until 30 Nov.

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

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.

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

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....

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

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.

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

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

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...

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

🎉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.

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!

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

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-...

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

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....