Peatlands not only make for dramatic landscapes, but they are also vital for our survival. They store carbon and are important for the earth’s ecosystems. Yet, peatlands around the world are under increasing threat. This month is Peat Free April, a campaign that encourages people to make that all important switch to peat-free compost. In […]
CoirProducts.co.uk Featured Grower this week is Emily (@live_sow_grow). Emily shared with us how she first got into gardening, which was in a slightly unexpected way! Emily also spoke to us about how gardening has benefitted her, the environmentally-friendly practices she adopts, what she loves to grow, and also shared a few tips and suggestions. She […]
Sustainable gardening is healthy for the planet, and it can be done on a budget too. One of the reasons that drove us to launch our online shop was because we saw growers and gardeners being overcharged for some of the coir products they buy, especially in smaller quantities. We have continued to bring an […]
For our Featured Grower series this week, we spoke to Katrina and Clayton (@buildingafoodforest_scotland). Katrina and Clayton live with their family in East Ayrshire, Scotland and share their daily life in the garden on instagram. They practice permaculture principles in the garden, reducing and repurposing waste whenever they can. Clayton completed the Grow and Learn […]
March 20-26, 2023 is #TreesAreTheKey Awareness Week, a new campaign that coincides with the International Day of Forests, which falls on 21st March. In this blog post, we share some tips and suggestions on planting trees in your garden. At the same time, March 22, 2023 is also World Water Day, where this year’s theme […]
Our Featured Grower this week is Dawn (@dawns_gardening). In this blog post, Dawn spoke to us about how she started growing, what she loves to grow, and what she enjoys the most about gardening. She emphasised the need for gardeners and growers to get to know their garden, and also shared with us how gardening […]
With our environment constantly under threat, being more conscious of how our everyday gardening practices impact the environment around us, is important. Eating your own, home-grown produce can help ‘save significant amounts of greenhouse gas emissions’, while spending time in nature also has a multitude of benefits for our physical and mental health and wellbeing. […]
CoirProducts.co.uk Featured Grower this week is Dawn Warden(@dawns_gardening). Dawn spoke to us about how she started growing, what she loves to grow, and what she enjoys the most about gardening. Dawn also shared with us some of the environmentally-friendly methods she adopts when gardening as well as her experiences of using CoirProducts. Gardening has helped Dawn […]
In celebration of International Women’s Day, we, at CoirProducts.co.uk, spoke to growers and gardeners about women of past and present who inspire them, what a sustainable future means to them, and how women can play a role in driving such a sustainable future. Many of the growers and gardeners emphasised the role of individual and […]
CoirProducts.co.uk Featured Grower this week is Julia (@parkers_patch). For Julia, gardening is fun, productive, and 100% therapeutic. In this blog post, Julia spoke to us about what she loves to grow, her process of growing and working with plants, sustainable gardening practices that she adopts, and what she finds the most rewarding as well as […]
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