News: Eco & Environmental

How to compost waste into valuable nutrients for your plants

Read our 'how to compost waste into valuable nutrients for your plants guide.'

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Why having a diverse plant selection matters

What's the importance of selecting many different varieties of plants for your garden? This guide will cover some of the many reasons it’s such an important part of gardening.

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Why are pollinators so important?

Here’s the lowdown on why pollinators are important and how to help them.

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Gardening with natural resources in mind

We’ve put together our top tips on gardening more sustainably, making the best use of our natural resources and avoiding waste.

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Making your own compost

When making your own compost there are a few aspects to know about to ensure your compost breaks down well and becomes the perfect compost for your plants to grow in. Homemade compost is invaluable to have in the garden meaning you will be able to use it as a mulch, soil improver or as an organic growing medium.

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Water saving solutions for your garden

These water-saving solutions for your garden will help you to use less water while keeping your garden looking great.

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8 great gardening hacks

Gardening doesn’t have to be hard on your pocket, your time or the environment. Our list of great gardening hacks will help you save time and money as well as gardening more sustainably. Pick one and try it today!

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Sustainable upcycling garden activities

These sustainable upcycling garden activities will help to give you some inspiration for reusing and recycling some of your household or garden items that you might otherwise throw away. 

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Introducing Allotmint Soap

Unique environmentally-friendly soap made by pupils of Wicor Primary School and a local company, Southsea Bathing Hut. Called Allotmint... 

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Garsons PYO Farm Eco Punnets

PRESS RELEASE: Family-run garden centre and farm shop, Garsons of Esher, is mounting its own war on plastics. This summer, it has introduced fully bio-degradable cardboard punnets for its Pick Your Own fruit and vegetables and plans to phase out all plastic punnet versions by the end of this year.

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The Wicor School Jack Sausage

Green-fingered pupils from Wicor Primary School have joined forces with the butchers at Garsons of Titchfield to create a new sausage using an ingredient foraged from the school grounds. The Wicor Jack Sausage has been made by Owton’s, which runs the butchery counter within the award-winning garden centre, using a wild herb called Jack by the Hedge, or Hedge Garlic, picked by the children.

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Funds in the bag for marine conservation charity

PRESS RELEASE: Family-run garden centre and farm shop, Garsons of Titchfield has raised £2,138 for marine conservation along the southeast coastline, simply by asking for 5p for plastic carrier bags. The sum has been collected over a 12-month period from the sale of bags at both Garsons of Titchfield and its sister site in Esher, Surrey and will be donated to the Marine Conservation Society.

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