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RHS Lists Peat-Free Growers
The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) has surveyed hundreds of UK nurseries and growers to find their peat-free status and movement towards transitioning away from using peat.
The survey is the most detailed of its kind and provides a baseline from which to measure the horticultural industry’s progress towards being peat-free, whilst highlighting a list of nurseries and growers that have been verified as being 100% peat-free.
The RHS hopes the list of 100% peat-free growers will enable more gardeners and suppliers to access peat-free plants as well as marking the progress of the industry.
One third is growing peat-free
The survey results show that industry progress is being made, with almost a third of 427 respondents, growing peat-free across all plant ranges, (with the exception of young or plug plants) a further 17% of respondents are now verified as being 100% peat free across all operations.
Close to 100 further growers were found to be at least 80% free, including some of the largest businesses in the horticulture industry.
To see the full list of peat free nurseries and growers, visit: www.rhs.org.uk/peatfreenurseries
Source : Reproduced with kind permission from George Bullivant at GardenForum
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