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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 Beds & Borders Compost

Professional quality, 100% Peat-Free & Coir-Free compost. Soil Association Approved for Organic growing. Synthetic Chemical free and natural. 100% sustainable: grown, harvested, sourced & manufactured in the UK. Suitable for a wide range of garden applications including potting, potting-on and planting out. Ideal for all flower bed planting of Shrubs, Perennials and Evergreen plants. Animal product free. Available in 40 litre bags.

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Miracle-Gro Peat Free Premium Orchid Compost

Miracle-Gro® Peat Free Premium Orchid Compost caters the special needs of orchids. Its unique formulation contains all the necessary nutrients and large pieces of high quality pine bark to provide the perfect environment for your orchids to thrive. Ideal for Orchids. Perfect for use in pots, containers and hanging baskets.

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Jack's Magic All Purpose Compost

Jack’s Magic Reduced Peat All Purpose Compost blends the finest natural ingredients to create a pure and balanced growing medium, which produces super, natural growth and exceptional health for plants and blooms all over your house and garden.

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Organic Chicken Manure

Professional quality, highly refined, natural, powdered Chicken Manure from Somerset. 100% sustainable: harvested, sourced & produced in the UK. Suitable for a wide range of garden applications including feeding beds & borders, and as a topical fertiliser. Ideal for blending with compost to boost Nitogen levels. Available in 20 litre bags.

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Levington Peat Free Organic Blend Soil Conditioner

Levington Peat Free Organic Blend Soil Conditioner is made of a blend of high-nutrient peat free composted materials that will improve poor soil structure. Also ideal for suppressing weeds when used as mulch, this soil conditioner aids plant establishment and is ideal for roses, trees and shrubs. Perfect for roses, and also trees and shrubs.

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Peat-Free Herb & Alpine Compost

Professional quality, 100% Peat-Free compost. Soil Association Approved for Organic growing. Synthetic chemical free and natural. 100% sustainable: grown, harvested, sourced & manufactured in the UK. Suitable for Herb plants, Succulents and Alpine plants. Vegan friendly. Available in 20 litre bags.

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Westland Ericaceous Planting & Potting Mix

Westland Ericaceous Planting & Potting Mix has been specially blended with added zinc complex. This helps to naturally support plant health for an abundance of stronger, healthier acid-loving plants such as rhododendrons, azaleas and also camellias.

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Levington Essentials Multi Purpose Compost

Essentials Multi Purpose Compost can be used in pots and containers, beds and borders and hanging baskets. Works well for all young and established plants, flowers, fruits and vegetables, and will feed them for up to 4 weeks. Great for houseplants, bedding plants, perennials, herbs, shrubs, trees, fruit and vegetables.

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SylvaGrow Farmyard

A rich source of organic matter for all soils, adding nutrients, improving fertility and yield, soil structure and workability and enhancing water-holding capacity. 100% peat-free, approved by the Soil Association and suitable for use by vegans. Available in 40 litre bags and 0.6m3 bulk bags

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SylvaGrow Ericaceous

Superb quality, 100% peat-free compost for lime-hating plants, based on blends used by professionals. Suitable for a wide range of garden applications where a lower pH is required including potting, containers and planting out. Suitable for use by vegans. Available in 40 litre and 15 litre bags.

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Miracle-Gro Multipurpose Compost

Multi purpose compost is suitable for almost all jobs in the garden. It is nutrient rich and helps to promote superior root growth while improving moisture retention.

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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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