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Market conditions in commercial horticulture are tough right now and growers are faced with difficult choices when deciding how to…
Read More Why on earth is anyone still using peat?
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Peat comes from peat bogs. A peat bog is an area of wetland that has been overgrown by vegetation. As…
Read More Aspire Zone - Qatar’s green aspiration
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The weather in Qatar can exceed 40 degrees Celsius in the sweltering summer. The native flora is sparse but well…
Read More Turning over a new leaf
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In the UK, nearly one in three new trees planted in urban environments dies within its first year; a…
Read More The Edible Bus Stop® - Transforming the forgotten and neglected sites across London’s Transport Network into community growing, design-led spaces.
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Turning busy London bus stops into gardens where people are more than happy to while away the inevitable wait, Mak…
Read More Enriched biochar reduces tree stress from transplanting and drought, Bartlett trials find
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Horticulture Week, 15 January 2015, by Gavin McEwan Biochar, a charcoal-like substance created by pyrolysis (high-temperature, low-oxygen burning) of green…
Read More Tei Tei Taveuni regenerate island’s soils with locally produced biochar
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Tei Tei Taveuni is an NGO formed by a group of farmers with an interest in sustainable farming, soil regeneration,…
Read More ‘Elemental’ show garden by Ian Price Design wins Gold at RHS Tatton Park
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Ian Price Design’s Elemental garden has won Gold in the Elements category at RHS Flower Show Tatton Park, with a…
Read More Biochar attracts academic acclaim in ARB Magazine
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If you’re having trouble reading this, please click on each scan to enlarge: With thanks to Bartlett Tree Experts and…
Read More Writtle College wins gold in Young Gardeners of the Year at the Ideal Home Show 2014
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A team of FE horticulture students are celebrating after winning gold in the Young Gardeners of the Year competition! The…
Read More Carbon Gold's enriched biochar range reaps praise from professional growers
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Leading horticulturalists have revealed that adding enriched biochar to their growing systems gives good germination and excellent plant health. By…
Read More Rijk Zwaan gets incredible results using Carbon Gold’s biochar compost
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Martin Kyte is the organic field trials manager for the world’s sixth largest seed company, Rijk Zwaan. For the…
Read More Coconut and sand (and biochar!) but no holiday for Forest Green Rovers' organic football pitch
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Eight hundred litres of compost tea, 180 tonnes of sand, three tonnes of organic fertiliser – and six different types…
Read More Daily Telegraph: Why peat-free composts should be top priority
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Fantastic article in the Daily Telegraph Gardening supplement today about why peat-free composts should be a top priority for gardeners…
Read More Biochar compost to help save water in Crabtree & Evelyn’s 'Avant Garden' Chelsea Fringe pop-up
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Carbon Gold, the world’s leading biochar company, has provided biochar-based compost for an innovative pop-up herb garden to celebrate the…
Read More Get your seeds off to the best start this season with biochar
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As the 2013 growing season begins, with hopes for more sunshine and less rain then 2012, gardeners, allotment holders and…
Read More How biochar can stop nutrients leaching from your soil
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9 January 2013: Comment from Simon Manley, CEO of Carbon Gold, following claims by Professor Mike Gooding, head of agricultural…
Read More First commercial trials of biochar show it’s better than peat
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9 November 2012: The UK’s first-ever commercial biochar trials with professional horticulturalists have shown that biochar helps to boost root…
Read More Less talk, more action as Carbon Gold has the solution to the peat problem
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10 April 2012: While the government and teams of growing media experts continue to debate how to phase out the…
Read More Gardeners should end their love affair with peat - Guardian Environment blog
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Mining peat unlocks stored carbon into the atmosphere, and there are far better alternatives to help your garden grow writes…
Read More Green Entrepreneur of the Year award for biochar-based garden products
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2 March 2011: The GroChar biochar-based range, of two growing composts and a garden soil improver, have been rewarded with…
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