News: January 2005

Two of Britain's foremost conservation charities have joined forces to offer members plant 'plugs' produced in an entirely peat-free medium.

The RSPB and National Trust, in association with Suttons Seeds are offering more than 100 different types of plant plugs which have been produced in a peat-free medium. The plants will be available to members of both charities in their Spring catalogues. The scheme has won strong backing from leading TV horticulturalist Chris Beardshaw.

Anon. 'Plugging' the peat-free message. Viewed on the web at http://www.rspb.org.uk/gardens/whatyoucando/peat/peatfreeplants.asp on January 17th 2005.