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Peat-free Partnership
@peatfree.bsky.social
💚 Change - Grow - Protect
🌱 Seeking legislation to end the sale and supply of peat in the UK
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What would legislation to #EndPeatSales contain? 👇

Our legislative asks are now up on our website. See the full description of what we're campaigning for:

peatfreepartnership.org.uk/who-we-are/o...
Our Legislative Asks - Peat Free Partnership
Read more about what legislation to end the sale of peat means in our campaign, and the time-based exemptions included.
peatfreepartnership.org.uk
What are the true carbon emissions from extracted peatlands?

We're going to be diving deeper into this question as we advocate for legislation to #EndPeatSales, protecting #nature and #climate

A free read for your Friday 👇

https://peatfreepartnership.org.uk/peatland-carbon-are-the-sums-right/
Peatland carbon: are the sums right? - Peat Free Partnership
Understanding the true carbon emissions from peat extraction and peat degradation can be challenging. What does this mean for peatland protection?
peatfreepartnership.org.uk
November 21, 2025 at 5:05 PM
We’re joining together to demand an end to peat sales once and for all.
Add your voice to the nationwide call to #EndPeatSales once and for all, to level the playing field and protect our peatlands.
actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sales
#Gardening #Horticulture #Nature
November 19, 2025 at 12:02 PM
What would legislation to #EndPeatSales contain? 👇

Our legislative asks are now up on our website. See the full description of what we're campaigning for:

peatfreepartnership.org.uk/who-we-are/o...
Our Legislative Asks - Peat Free Partnership
Read more about what legislation to end the sale of peat means in our campaign, and the time-based exemptions included.
peatfreepartnership.org.uk
November 12, 2025 at 11:04 AM
More success!

In May 2024 we responded to a consultation on the #LEAFMarque standard that recognises #farming with reduced impact on the #environment.

Beginning next May, the new version will include measures aimed at eliminating peat-based growing media.

Another step forward for #peatfree 🙌
November 7, 2025 at 10:15 AM
🚨Breaking news!🚨

UK Gov has announced they plan to introduce legislation to #EndPeatSales

This is a huge step forward in protecting our peatlands. Now we just need to turn promises into action.

Read our full statement:
peatfreepartnership.org.uk/uk-governmen...

#PeatFree #Gardening #Horticulture
UK Government announces plans to end peat sales - Peat Free Partnership
Read the Peat-free Partnership's statement on Government's announcement of their intention to end peat sales
peatfreepartnership.org.uk
October 31, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Preventing #offshoring would direct focus to real #climate action, including on #peat extraction. For #gardening and #horticulture imported peat remains difficult to escape.

Join us in demanding a #PeatFree future by signing up to our newsletter:
peatfreepartnership.org.uk/who-we-are/
October 17, 2025 at 7:02 PM
"They need more ambition."

Baroness Brown @ #BBCToday on need to ramp up adaptation for 2+ degrees of warming.

Meanwhile #emissions from #peat extraction continue. Industry efforts to go #peatfree are unmatched by Gov. willingness to legislate.

#EndPeatSales

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Government told to prepare for 2C warming by 2050
The Climate Change Committee said the UK should make climate change adaptions beyond the Paris Agreement.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 15, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Welcome report from #WoodlandTrust and collaborators on domestic #tree production.

It's vital that #peatfree is a part of sustainable tree production. Many have already switched and avoid #HiddenPeat in cells.

Read the report: hta.org.uk/strong-roots
October 14, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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A glimpse of the future? At @peatfree.bsky.social we often talk of #paludiculture as a way to keep #peat in the ground while providing income for farmers on peaty soils. Now they've grown rice on rewetted peat in Cambridgeshire www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #endpeatsales 🌱 #gardening #climatechange
UK's first rice crop ripe for picking after hot summer
Paddy fields are thriving in a quiet part of east England and might help feed us in the future.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 1, 2025 at 5:40 AM
" #Defra should swiftly legislate to stop the digging up of horticultural #peat for #garden #compost..."

New blog from Green Alliance calling for legislation on peat sales in #horticulture as part of Emma Reynold's to-do list:

greenallianceblog.org.uk/2025/09/18/n...
New Defra secretary Emma Reynolds has a big ‘to do’ list but a chance to make some publicly popular moves
Emma Reynolds has become the tenth UK environment secretary in a decade, joining the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) at a critical time for environmental protection. She …
greenallianceblog.org.uk
September 24, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Gardeners and horticulture professionals...

What's one thing you wish politicians knew about growing plants?

#Gardening #Horticulture #UKPolitics
September 19, 2025 at 7:01 AM
New page on our site for #consultation responses 📢

Public consultations are a key part of #advocacy work and our responses give more insight on our position.

Head to peatfreepartnership.org.uk/consultation-responses to dive into the lore 📚

#EndPeatSales
#Conservation #Environment #UKPolitics
September 17, 2025 at 9:30 AM
More delays to 2nd reading of @sarahdykeld.bsky.social bill on #peat sales for #Horticulture which was scheduled for 12th Sept.

Meanwhile we're working multiple angles across the UK to #EndPeatSales

Stay in the loop w/ our free newsletter:
peatfreepartnership.org.uk

#Gardening #UKPolitics
September 15, 2025 at 8:49 AM
We welcome the expansion of the ban on burning to protect more of the UK's deep peat.

But #Labour must go further to join up policy by committing to legislation to #EndPeatSales - in 2023 761,479 m3 was used for horticulture.

Level the playing field and hit a win-win for #Nature and #Horticulture!
September 10, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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Find out about the depth and extent of upland #peat on the Isle of Man by viewing our new interactive peatland map 😁 You can also view photographs 📸 of restoration areas, at fixed points, which will show changes over time. Visit our website to find out more www.manxpeat.org/map
September 3, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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The newest #HortShorts episode is now up! 👇

Down in Cornwall, Harriet’s Plants is on a mission to sustainably and thoughtfully grow #houseplants. Growing from seeds and cuttings, they're hitting 100% peat-free production.

#EndPeatSales #Gardening

https://youtu.be/z4GJxPXIexg
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August 15, 2025 at 11:02 AM
The newest #HortShorts episode is now up! 👇

Down in Cornwall, Harriet’s Plants is on a mission to sustainably and thoughtfully grow #houseplants. Growing from seeds and cuttings, they're hitting 100% peat-free production.

#EndPeatSales #Gardening

https://youtu.be/z4GJxPXIexg
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August 15, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Check out this free #allotment sign you can download to show that you're growing #peatfree 😊
August 4, 2025 at 8:29 AM
"But you can't grow XYZ peat-free!" Wrong.

Across the UK growers are facing up to species like #Meconopsis and #Sarracenia which can be more challenging to grow #PeatFree

See the evidence:
https://peatfreepartnership.org.uk/why-peat-free/you-can-grow-anything-peat-free/

#Horticulture #Gardening
August 1, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Hate to tell you this, but peat is hiding in your weekly shop 😬

Things are starting to change, but legislation means you don't have to worry about #HiddenPeat and supply chains go peat-free faster.

That's why it's so important for us to finally #EndPeatSales

#PeatFree #Gardening #Allotment
July 31, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Are you caught up on our #HortShorts?

Our industry-focused series lets you hear from real professionals in #horticulture who are thriving with #PeatFree growing.

Don't let us tell you it's perfectly possible - hear it from them 👇

https://peatfreepartnership.org.uk/get-involved/hort-shorts/
Hort Shorts - Peat Free Partnership
peatfreepartnership.org.uk
July 30, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Today is basically Christmas for us. It's #BogDay 🎉

Time to celebrate one of the UK's least loved habitats. Remote, severe, and damp underfoot, peat bogs are iconic landscapes.

Follow to stay tuned for action this August to #EndPeatSales - we'll need your help 💪

#Nature #Climate #PeatFree
July 27, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Saturday morning is the perfect time to catch up on our #blog 🍵

Read about endangered #peatland species, what peatlands mean to Ulster Wildlife's team, and what we hoped the Labour government would have delivered...

https://peatfreepartnership.org.uk/latest-news/

#Nature #Environment #Writing
Latest News - Peat Free Partnership
peatfreepartnership.org.uk
July 26, 2025 at 9:30 AM
It's #BogDay this Sunday! Celebrate all things peaty with 3 activities:
1. Visit your local peat bog
2. Draw or paint these peatland species!
3. Sign up for our newsletter:

peatfreepartnership.org.uk

📸 Richard Lindsay
July 25, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Have the summer holidays started for you yet? School's out and it's time for the kids to learn about the bogs 🤓

Head over to a peat-free open garden near you this summer to get inspired to take action for peatlands this summer.

#EndPeatSales
#Gardening #Garden #Horticulture
July 23, 2025 at 11:02 AM