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Waitrose to sell Evergreen peat-free in 2022 as it looks to roll out peat-free plants plan

Waitrose has put plans in place to go peat-free for bagged growing media: the high-end supermarket chain is to go bagged peat-free by the start of 2022.

Waitrose to go bagged peat-free by 2022

After the Government announced in May that bagged peat sales will be end by 2024, Waitrose is to stop selling gardening compost made from peat, with a pledge that its range of bagged gardening compost will be peat-free by the start of 2022.

Peat and trees action needed to beat global warming finds Climate Change Committee report

The Government must take urgent action to ensure the UK can cope with the impact of global warming, committee concludes.

Analysis

Six questions with garden designer Maxwell Parker Smith

Rising star Maxwell Parker Smith is designing in-house for Hortus Loci after studyng at the Inchbald.

How is the horticulture industry responding to Defra’s latest proposals to phase out peat use?

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