Peat bogs are rare ecosystems – wild areas which are home to a wealth of plants, birds and insects. They also store three times more carbon than a forest. Digging out peat for use in garden compost is environmental vandalism.

The horticultural industry has ignored targets to use alternatives in potting composts. We want to send them a message that peat has no place in the garden.

Join us, and be peat-free and proud!

PLEDGE TO BE PEAT FREE AND PROUD!

Sign up to our peat-free pledge and commit to going peat-free on your plot.

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DONATE TO OUR CAMPAIGN

Please donate now and help us to ban peat in horticulture for good!

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MORE WAYS TO GET INVOLVED

Go peat-free in your own growing

Let us help you kick the peat habit. You can be peat free, and proud!
What goes into a bag?

What goes into a bag?

Tune in to our feature podcast to find out what goes into a bag of peat-free compost.

Contact your local garden centre

Write to ask your local garden centre if they sell peat-free plants and bagged compost - and if not, why not?

Latest Campaign Updates

Northern Ireland Peatland Strategy 2021-2040 released

Northern Ireland Peatland Strategy 2021-2040 released

The Department for Agriculture, Environment, and Rural Affairs has released The Northern Ireland Peatland Strategy 2021-2040.

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Garden Organic welcomes England Peat Action Plan as a step in the right direction

Launched on Tuesday 18th May, the plan includes a statement that Defra is proposing to ban peat in bagged composts by the end of 2024, after decades of campaigning by organisations including Garden Organic. 

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New report reveals why peat extraction is an environmental disaster

Recent research from the RSPB has shown the true environmental cost of extracting peat.  And it's shocking.

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peat free organic gardening

Co-op switches to selling peat-free only compost

Co-op supermarkets will be selling peat-free only compost at their food stores and forecourts. 

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