Peat-free Partnership
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💚 Change - Grow - Protect 🌱 Protecting peatlands through sustainable horticulture ⬇️ Check out our website! https://t.co/xUk22dnQWU
Joined January 2024
Why #peatfree? 🌍#Peatlands in the UK store around 3.2 billion tonnes of CO2 🌱These unique habitats are home to many specialist species ⚠️#Peat continues to be extracted for use by the UK's #horticulture industry Let’s protect our peatlands and #EndPeatSales now
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RT @PeatlandACTION: We will be hosting two webinars this month. 📌18 Feb Designing the required pipeline for peatland restoration projects 📌…
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Sunny days are on their way 🌞 Only a few more gloomy winter Mondays left before spring is upon us! Look forward to sunny weather with these pics from @TheBotanics, who have been #peatfree since 1991 💚
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Keep an eye out for our new website, coming next week, with new features including our Extraction Counter that estimates the peat extracted for horticulture every day in the UK. ⚠️ (4/4)
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Look for Peatland ACTION's stand today at #NFUS2025 to learn more about their work and get all your peatland Qs answered! 🤔
We're all set up and ready to answer your peatland questions here at #NFUS2025. If you're attending the @NFUStweets Annual Conference this week do stop by to learn more about support available for peatland restoration.
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The range of great #peatfree products is only growing! Check out @WhichUK’s recs, who have not used #peat in trials for years. ⚠️Except – a 2024 #peatban never actually happened! We are still working to #EndPeatSales across the UK, but not there yet…
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Not all of us are master gardeners & if you’ve just started, peat-free #gardening might go against what you think you know... Jonathan Guthrie doesn’t compromise on the fact of damaged #peatlands – but shares great advice from @The_RHS on going #peatfree
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RT @Lancswildlife: The Lancashire Wildlife Trust, led by the Lancashire Peat Partnership, have been working with landowners to restore the…
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So cute! Kind of Ghibli vibes... just me? Perhaps it needs some little eyes and legs to run around... 🌟
We recently started monitoring our #Sphagnum plugs. They are doing quite well: in 10 months, they increased to 10 times their original size #SphagnumMonday #GreatNorthBog #PeatlandRestoration
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RT @Seeder_Wood: Growing season is almost here… always #peatfree but what do you think we’re getting ready to sow?
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How are you spending #WorldWetlandsDay 2025? 🌍 Wetlands Day on 2nd February marks the adoption of the Convention on Wetlands 1971, and since 2021 it has been a UN International Day. The theme this year is “Protecting Wetlands for Our Common Future”:
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Sphagnum moss appreciation post 💚 These tiny mosses can hold 20x their own weight in water and form the basis of our #peatlands! With an array of beautiful colours, they give areas of peat their characteristic blanket-like patchwork 👇 #sphagnum
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Last year we published our key ask for the first 100 days of @Keir_Starmer's UK Labour government. As of Jan 20th, >200 days have passed and still no legislation to #EndPeatSales Need a reminder? Check out @SallyNex’s blog from way back when...
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DYK: Curlews rely on peatlands too! Many #Curlew breeding sites are located on peatlands across the UK, and they are 1 of many threatened species supported by peatlands. The IUCN’s @ClareSimm writes about endangered peatland species here: #LovePeatlands
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RT @gardenorganicuk: Last chance to add your name to the open letter calling on retailers to use clearing labelling for products containing…
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Today’s #peatfree myth: ❌Plant longevity declines in peat-free mixes ✅Peat-free mixes might need different watering/feeding, but with proper care, there is no evidence that peat-free compost decreases plant longevity Tips for gardening peat-free ⬇️
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HELP NEEDED ⚠️ Growild Nursery have unfortunately suffered huge damage to their nursery structures due to #StormÉowyn 😢 This is what UK #ClimateChange looks like - businesses broken overnight. Support their crowdfunding page to help them rebuild ⬇️
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