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Gardening, horticulture, local food and sustainability
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Allotment Forestry
A really useful website created by the local woodlands initiative - a community project working with gardeners to increase the use of local woodland products in the garden and allotment. The intro to the site says: "Britain’s gardeners have for centuries used locally grown wood for all manner of uses. The Rustic Gardens they created established a style born out of necessity that is appreciated today for its naturalism and intrinsic good environmental sense. A sad fact of gardening in Britain today is that it is easier to buy a Chinese ‘twig’, in the form of bamboo, than a locally grown hazel ‘twig’ to support runner beans. Our individual actions as gardeners may seem small and insignificant but cumulatively they have a massive power to do good or harm. Britain’s woodlands can provide many products for the garden that are currently imported from places where forests and forest peoples are threatened. By using home-grown wood products we create new rural jobs, protect British woodland wildlife, at the same time as reducing damage to the rainforests." The site provides loads of resources to help plotholders and associations source or grow and use their own woodland products including peasticksand beanpoles plus lots of plans and factsheets for building all sorts of useful structures - fencing, trellis, benches etc. Well worth a visit!
113Royal Horticultural Society (RHS)
Established in 1804, the Royal Horticultural Society is now the Uk's leading gardening charity dedicated to advancing horticulture and promoting good gardening. The RHS's goal is to help people share a passion for plants, to encourage excellence in hor ...
113The Agroforestry Research Trust
The Agroforestry Research Trust is a non-profit making charity, registered in England, which researches into temperate agroforestry and into all aspects of plant cropping and uses, with a focus on tree, shrub and perennial crops. The site also includes in ...
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