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The horticultural industry is working together to create responsibly sourced composts and soil mixes which lower potential impact on the environment

The Responsible Sourcing Scheme for Growing Media has been developed by the Growing Media Association under the auspices of the Horticultural Trades Association and in collaboration with leading retailers, Defra and NGO’s.It assesses the impact of each raw material that accounts for more than 5% of the volume of the mix against seven criteria. Learn More

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Peat-Free Farmyard Manure

Professional quality, 100% Peat-Free & Coir-Free Manure. Synthetic Chemical free and natural. 100% sustainable: harvested, sourced & produced in the UK. Well-rotted, and green waste compost free. Suitable for a wide range of garden applications including feeding roses and rose beds, and as a topical soil improver. Ideal for adding nutrients, minerals, fibre, microbes to any bed or border. Available in 40 litre bags.

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Bulrush Peat Free Growbag

Non-peat grow bag

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Growbag

Peat-free and Carbon Neutral growbag. Based on a mix of coir, composted bark, recycled wood fibre and green compost with added nutrients. Harmony Gardens Growbag is the perfect planting bag to produce exceptional crops.

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Peat-Free Top Soil

Professional quality, 100% Peat-Free & Coir-Free Grade 1 soil. Highly refined, crumbly, and stone free. Synthetic Chemical free and natural. 100% sustainable: harvested, sourced & produced in the UK. Green waste compost free. Suitable for a wide range of garden applications including turf laying, grass seed sowing, potting, potting-on and planting out. Animal product free. Available in 20 litre bags.

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Levington John Innes Ericaceous

Ideal for final potting of ericaceous or acid loving plants like azaleas, rhododendrons or heathers. Specially developed, with a unique combination of NPK and trace elements, vital minerals for maintaining plants growth and health. Ideal for final potting of acid loving plants like azaleas, rhododendrons or heathers.

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All Purpose Compost (Peat Free)

A high-performance peat free compost blend, finely screened, free flowing and easy to work with, improving air and nutrient supply for healthy, happy plants. With its excellent moisture retention properties, it serves as an excellent all-rounder for your indoor/outdoor garden.

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John Innes No.3 Compost

Our John Innes No.3 Peat Free compost is made from the 50 year old recipe of loam and horticultural grit combined with bark fines and COIR. Our formula provides mature plants with a stockpile of nutrients for potting on and final potting of mature plants into large containers or pots. Our John Innes No.3 Peat Free helps to promote strong root development, healthy growth and maintenance of plants along with a long lasting moisture retention feature that will help to reduce the need for watering and prevent drying out. The unique properties of this compost is free draining and helps to prevent the roots becoming waterlogged and keeps porosity to allow plants to respire. The compost is specially formulated to act as an anchor for roots of mature plants with its heavier composition of other composts.

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Premium Bark Chunks

Professional quality, decorative pine bark pieces. 100% sustainable: harvested, sourced & produced in the UK. Suitable for a wide range of garden applications including laying bark pathways, mulching beds, suppressing weeds and saving water in beds & borders. Available in 50 litre bags.

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Miracle-Gro Peat Free Premium Moisture Control Compost

Miracle-Gro Peat Free Premium Moisture Control Compost is part of the high-performing Miracle-Gro peat-free range. With its unique 3-part patented formulation, this peat-free compost caters for the needs of all mature plants in pots and hanging baskets and will feed for 3 months. This unique compost provides the optimum structure for roots to grow strong and controls water availability according to their needs. Ideal for annual and perennial plants. Works well for mature pot plants. Perfect for use in hanging baskets, pots and containers.

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Humax Professional Original Compost

Humax Original Peat Free Compost uses top of the range sustainable raw materials to provide the perfect growing medium for plants. Suitable for • Baskets • Bedding plants • Large pots and containers • Veg plants • Potting into larger pots • Potting small plug plants into small pots Features & benefits • Highest quality sustainable raw materials - sourced and made at our growing media facility • H2Gro wetting agent – Spectacular 3-in-1 mode of action allows for all your customers’ plants’ water needs: - Wetting and spreading agent - Penetrating agent - Re-wetting agent • Starter fertilizer - our professional grade starter fertilizer giving plants and vegetables the perfect initial boost • Silver Sand - Improves feel and flowability of the growing media

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John Innes SEED Compost

Our John Innes Seed Peat Free compost is made from the 50 year old recipe of loam and horticultural grit combined with bark fines and COIR. It has a peat free formula but with the addition of loam gives the seeds a base fertiliser to begin their germination and establishment of young plants. Our John Innes Seed Peat Free compost is a best seller for sowing seeds and seedlings as it provides a balanced nutrient supply, the loam based composition makes it easier to water and to re-wet it also acts as a store for water retention. Our compost has a pH of 5.5 which is the optimum level for the absorption of nutrients such as calcium and nitrogen from the soil to young roots that are developing."

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Levington John Innes No 1

Approved by the John Innes Institute, Levington John Innes No.1 is a great start for your young plants and root cuttings. It has been specially developed, with a unique combination of 14 vital minerals for maintaining plants growth and health. Ideal for all young plants and root cuttings

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