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Organic Gardening:
Useful Contacts for the UK Organic Gardener
by Frann Leach
This list of addresses, for most of which a link is provided, will give the organic gardener in the UK a number of useful resources at his fingertips, including:
Organic Growing Associations,
Conservation Societies,
Environmental Organisations,
and Suppliers of both seeds and plants and garden supplies and equipment (though many seed merchants also sell related products).
Organic Growing Associations
Biodynamic Association formerly Biodynamic Agricultural Association
Organic Farmers and Growers (OF&G) formerly British Organic Farmers/The Organic Growers Association (BOF/OGA)
Organic Research Centre - Elm Farm
Free expert advice on conversion and organic production
Garden Organic formerly the Henry Doubleday Research Association (HDRA)
The national charity for organic growing
Worldwide Opportunities on Organic Farms (WWOOF)
Voluntourism
Conservation Societies
British Beekeepers Association
British Butterfly Conservation Society
British Hedgehog Preservation Society
Hogalogue
The Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
Natural England (formerly English Nature
The Countryside Council for Wales
The Marine Conservation Society
International Tree Foundation (formerly Men of the Trees)
National Council for the Conservation of Plants and Gardens (NCCPG)
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB)
The Wildlife Trusts
Find out the address of your local Wildlife Trust
Environmental Organisations
Centre for Alternative Technology
Useful site about Composting, Wildlife Gardening, Permaculture and similar topics
The International Pesticides Action Network
Charity fighting inappropriate pesticide use worldwide
National Society for Clean Air and Environmental Protection
The site was being renewed when I last visited
Suppliers
Seeds and plants
D.T. Brown's
Seeds and plant supply
John Chambers Wildflower Seeds
15 College Street
Irthlingborough
Wellingborough
Northamptonshire
NN9 5TU Map
01933 652562
Seeds of native wild flowers and mixes, grasses, herbs and green manure crops.
Chiltern Seeds
The most amazing selection of seeds. Utterly incredible.
Dobies of Devon
Suppliers of plants and seeds
Mr Fothergill's Seeds
Seed Supply
Kings Seeds
Vegetable seeds, including organic seeds, seeds for flowers, herbs, green manures.
Marshalls Seeds
Seed and plant supply majoring in vegetables and fruit
Seed Parade
Nice comprehensive selection of vegetable seeds, plus ornamentals
Seed Savers Exchange
Yearly publications through which members can offer and track down unique vegetable varieties
Suffolk Herbs Limited
Amazing selection of herbs, veggies and country garden flowers
Tamar Organics
Seed and Organic Garden Supplies
Thompson & Morgan (Ipswich) Limited
Seed suppliers
Unwins Seeds Limited
Seed and plant supply
Wallis Seeds
A small firm, with an interesting selection of more unusual vegetable seeds
Garden supplies and equipment
Agriframes Limited
Supplier of ventilated polythene tunnel cloches, garden furniture
DIY Plastics
(Use the search feature and put in "horticultural")
Plastics and plastic sheet for every project
Maxicrop Garden Products Limited
(Click on Products) Supplier of liquid seaweed
Metpost Limited
Gate, fence and railing system, rot-proof trellis and metal products
TransPack
Suppliers of black polythene, bubble wrap, silica gel etc.
Two Wests & Elliott's
Quality equipment for Greenhouse, Conservatory and Garden
