We're delighted that Sara Venn of Edible Bristol will be sharing a nugget of wisdom with us each month - she will share her gardening know-how and experiences acquired over many years running the community growing scheme, Edible Bristol. If you think small changes don't make a difference, read on...
In 2016 Edible Bristol, made an open commitment to go peat free. Now, it’s fair to say we had been 90% peat free up to that point, but as a community based organisation every now and then we are gifted compost, and it was mainly that we were turning those gifts down, and committing to paying a premium for peat free products.
Not the easiest thing to do you might think?
What we did was lead the way.
Now the local authority is peat free, the local waste company is making compost, the local garden centres are peat free!
That’s community making change.
Sara.
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