** IMPORTANT NEWS ON F1 HYBRID SEEDS** Do you know about CMS F1 Hybrid Seeds? - If you care about sustainability please read all about them at www.biodynamic.org.uk

Here's a list of really useful contacts!

• Soil Association - www.soilassociation.org There is a section for gardeners, and members of the Soil Association are given gardening advice in their members magazine.The 'organic farm school' (master classes) have a whole section on gardening. 
• Biodynamic Agricultural Association - www.biodynamic.org.uk The aim of of biodynamic farming and gardening is to revitalise nature, grow nourishing food and advance the physical and spiritual health of humanity. Each biodynamic farm or garden is conceived of as an organism with its own individual qualities and diversity of life. Reliance on home produced compost, manures and animal feeds is a key objective and external inputs are kept to a minimum.  Stormy Hall is their supplier of Biodynmaic and Organic seeds.
• Garden Organic - www.gardenorganic.org.uk  Garden Organic, the UK's leading organic growing charity, has been at the forefront of the organic horticulture movement for 50 years and is dedicated to researching and promoting organic gardening, farming and food.
• Chase Organic - www.OrganicCatalogue.com- The catalogue for organic and environmentally friendly gardeners – organic seeds for vegetables, heritage and modern varieties, herbs, flowers and green manures, organic composts and fertilisers, biological pest controls, organic gardening books and gifts.
• Tamar Organics - www.tamarorganics.co.uk Tamar Organics is a UK supplier specialising in organic fruit, vegetable and herbs.  It started in 1994 as a small market garden.
• Rocket Gardens - www.rocketgardens.co.uk Rocket Gardens sell boxes brimfull of baby organic vegetable and herb plants packed into golden straw and delivered to your door.
• Ark Wildlife - www.arkwildlife.co.uk  Ark Wildlife is totally dedicated to garden wildlife, helping native species by supplying supplimentary feeding, planting and the provision of suitable habitats for domestic environments.
• Bee Happy Plants -www.beehappyplants.co.uk info@beehappyplants.co.uk
• Bubble House Worms - www.bubblehouseworms.com -

At Bubble House Worm Farm they aim to encourage and inspire you to turn your food waste into something wonderful. They breed worms for composting and  make wormeries using recycled plastic components that have been manufactured in the UK. The wormeries vary in size from the desktop version to the massive 285 litre model.

Each year in Britain we throw away 28 million tonnes of rubbish from home and about half of it is organic. When organic waste is sent to landfill not only does it produce methane but it's potential value is lost forever. This food waste could be gobbled up by worms and turned into wonderful wormcasts, they are so full of nutrients that they are known by gardeners as 'black gold'. The bokashied food waste breaks down releasing all the nutrients into the soil and reintroduces millions of beneficial micro-organisms. As well as household systems Bubble House Worms provide environmentally friendly food waste solutions for businesses and schools. 

Desk Top Wormery - feed it tea bags, apple cores etc      Herb Garden Wormery - herbs in lid! 

And to make sure that your pets don't leave non-organic deposits in your's (or anyone elses!) garden (and live sustainably healthy lives) -

Organipets offers a range of award winning Organic Complete Pet Foods for dogs and cats made with human-grade, free range organic chicken.  Organipets is hypoallergenic as it includes no artificial colours, preservatives or additives and no wheat and more importantly no soya. We are accredited by The Ethical Company, PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) and approved by the Campaign for Real Pet Food.

Winner of The 2008 Greenshoots Award - Oxfordshire's most environmentally friendly new business

And here's even more information you might find useful!

• Living Roof - www.livingroof.org - The website on the UK's leading green roof organisation.  Founded by Dusty Gedge, who established a PHD in 2003 to look at invertebrates on roofs.  He is working with Buglife to retrofit green roofs in London for bugs and bees.   Check out the features on green roofs and bees on his blog at www.dustygedge.co.uk/roadblog
• Permaculture UK - www.permaculture.org.uk - Permaculture is a design system for creating sustainable places to live, from local through to global scale. There are three ethics that underpin the permaculture approach - earth care, people care, fair shares - and a set of principles which inform permaculture design. The Permaculture Association supports people and projects through education, networking and research.

A big network of people  connected via Permaculture - supporting one another.