Category: Featured grower

A sense of community

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 […]

Building a food forest

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 […]

Get to know your garden

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 […]

Keep things simple

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 […]

Fun, productive, and therapeutic

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 […]

Reuse and recycle

CoirProducts.co.uk Featured Grower this week is Sarah (@sambos_allotment). In this blog post, Sarah tells us how she started gardening and talks to us about her biggest inspiration, her grandad, while also sharing with us what she loves to grow and lessons she has learnt along the way. Sarah also spoke to us about her plot […]

A Rustic Garden

Our Featured Grower this week is Kay Maynard (@brook_cottage_), who shared with us her gardening journey. Having started gardening a few years ago, in this blog post, Kay recounts how she is a huge fan of trees, how she loves to garden for wildlife, and some of the lessons she has learnt along the way. […]

I could spend all day in the garden

As part of our Gardening Inspirations series, CoirProducts.co.uk featured grower this week is Ellen (country_allotment). In this blog post, Ellen talks to us about how she was inspired by her great great uncle in her early gardening years and wanted to keep the legacy of the garden going. Having been hooked on gardening since then, […]

Gardening is my favourite and most effective therapy

As part of CoirProducts.co.uk Gardening Inspirations series, our Featured Grower this week is Kerry (@lottie_thyme_). Having inherited her love for gardening and growing from her parents and grandparents, Kerry and her family have been growing their own since their children were young. In this blog post, Kerry shared with us their family’s gardening successes, what […]

It gives me a sense of well-being

CoirProducts.co.uk Featured Grower this week is Lisa (@allotment_life_uk). With her love for gardening sown at a young age, in this blog post, Lisa shared with us what she loves to grow, her first successes, and some of the benefits of gardening. She also shared with us her habit of keeping a diary when it comes […]