Organic gardening does not use man-made pesticides or fertilizers or other dangerous chemicals. It's natural and rewarding, and is simpler than you think! This section provides useful links and advice on organic gardening - from creating an organic garden to maintaining it.
"To forget how to dig the earth and tend the soil is to forget ourselves." - Mahatma Gandhi
The Mexican Hammock Company (www.hammocks.co.uk) has been supporting fair trade in Mexico since 1983. The company was established with the specific aim of generating an alternative source of income in an area of high unemployment and relative poverty. Their hammocks are luxuriously roomy, incredibly comfortable and very simple to hang. They also stock a comprehensive selection of stands and fixings as well as hammock chairs, chimeneas, and other unique items for the home and garden.
Sitting Spiritually - creating unique, highest quality 'green' garden swing seats through innovative design and attention to detail. www.sittingspiritually.co.uk/
Bucket of Worms is a website giving information on composting with worms, from building your own wormery to worm and wormery care. They sell composting worms online along with products to help you care for your worms/wormeries. Bucket of Worms also sell the easy to use and successful Worm Works Wormery. www.bucketofworms.co.uk
Grow with ‘Nature’s Natural Cycle’ - waste free. All of their gardening products, which have been sustainably and mainly organically grown, will be put to use, then returned to the soil to further enhance it. They just borrow and return, nothing is wasted, but something is gained. Even their packaging is in re-usable jute bags, which, after re-use, will compost easily. Nature wastes nothing, and it's a pity we did not learn from the old girl earlier! www.thenaturalgardener.co.uk/
Would you like to lead a happier, healthier, greener life? www.healthylifeessex.co.uk is a web site encouraging people to take responsibility for their own health and wellbeing, that of the community and the planet for now and for future generations. This is a site providing a lot of information covering a range of topics including complementary and alternative therapies, health issues, countryside and wildlife, spirituality, sustainability, and much more. Sign up for the newsletter to keep you informed, place a comment on the blog, or even add your details to one of the directories (keep looking - more will be added!)
Buzz Organics was established primarily to supply biological pest controls to hobby and allotment gardeners and has continued to develop and expand ever since. The business now operates as a specialist all year round supplier to a much wider customer base. Their products include: Biological pest controls, barriers traps and pheromone lures. Horticultural products and services, gardening DVDs, professional soil testing service and testing kits, cloches and tunnels, organic flower and wild meadow seeds animal barriers, GroundGuard ground protection kits. Wild bird foods. www.buzzorganics.co.uk
Garden Boutique is a chic collection of garden design accessories, tools and gifts handpicked by leading Garden Designer Alice Bowe. Their eco-friendly range of garden products includes Rain Chains, Water Butts, Composters, Bokashi Bins, recycled sundials, candles, votives and solar lighting. www.gardenboutique.co.uk
The wall mounted boot rack - a space saving way to store wellies, boots, hiking boots, all sorts of boots or shoes. www.wellyracks.com
The GREEN PEST CONTROL Co believe that most pests can be controlled without the use of toxic chemicals and poisons. They advocate non chemical; this does not mean they don’t kill pests, BUT they believe this can be done in a way that is humane to the target species and not distressing to the person carrying out the treatment. The company is run, as it all ways has been by Owen, who can be contacted at owen.w@btinternet.com
Gutter Mate saves water and consequently reduces your water bill. It can be produced in the same colour as the drainpipe. The material is UV stabilised, so it will not discolour due to sunlight. All water is filtered and a filter basket collects debris. It’s easy to clean in only 30 seconds, avoiding you having to pay someone to clean your gutters. Save water, save money and save yourself! www.guttermate.co.uk/
Eco friendly, cottage garden plants, grown in peat free compost in a hairy coir pot.The pots are made from coconut husks combined with organically grown latex and are planted straight into the ground where they biodegrade naturally.This innovative, CO2 busting product has been ethically sourced and really doesn't cost the earth. www.hairypotplants.co.uk/
The ethos of Harrod Horticultural is Organic Gardening - with over 900 superior gardening products available online.
Other useful Gardening providers
Hen and Hammock are a small independent business which sells products to help make your garden a more beautiful place by offering only products which are good for the environment.
