Useful Links
Below are some useful information websites and UK suppliers to help you on your Natural Garden journey
Responsible UK plant nurseries
This is a list of plant nurseries that don't use either peat or pesticides. It is by no means exhaustive and some of the suppliers will fit into more than one category. Please contact me to recommend a plant supplier or if you would like to be added to, or indeed removed from this list.
Plants
Bulbs
Wild Native Bulbs - https://wildnativebulbs.co.uk/contact-us.html
Vegetables
Seeds
Peat alternatives
Not all peat alternatives are free from environmental impact so please research further before use, though they are almost certainly better than the digging of peat.
https://www.rhs.org.uk/soil-composts-mulches/peat-free
https://plantura.garden/uk/gardening-tips/soil/peat-alternatives
https://www.farmersalmanac.com/peat-moss-alternatives
Native plant resources and identification
Plant Life - https://www.plantlife.org.uk
Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) - https://bsbi.org
BSBI Code of Conduct - Code of conduct
Plant Atlas 2020 - https://plantatlas2020.org/
First Nature - https://www.first-nature.com/index.php
Native Plant Trust -https://gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org
Hardy Orchid Society - www.hardyorchidsociety.org.uk
Plants for a Future - https://pfaf.org
UK Wild Flowers - www.ukwildflowers.com
Wild Flower Web - www.wildflowerweb.co.uk
Database of Insects and their Food Plants - http://dbif.brc.ac.uk/hosts.aspx
Ecological Flora of the Britain and Ireland - http://ecoflora.org.uk
iNaturalist - www.inaturalist.org
Field Studies Council - https://www.field-studies-council.org
The Woodland Trusthttps://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk
British Bryological Society -https://www.britishbryologicalsociety.org.uk
National Plant Monitoring Scheme (NPMS) - https://www.npms.org.uk
Wild Plant Guides -https://wildplantguides.com
Insect resources
Bug Life:https://www.buglife.org.uk
https://www.buglife.org.uk/campaigns/no-insectinction/five-things-to-do-to-reverse-insect-decline
Amateur Entomologist' Society - https://www.amentsoc.org
UK Moths - https://ukmoths.org.uk
Butterfly Conservation -https://butterfly-conservation.org
UK Fly mines -http://www.ukflymines.co.uk
UK Beetles -https://www.ukbeetles.co.uk
Bumblebee Conservation Trust -https://www.bumblebeeconservation.org
UK Butterflies -www.ukbutterflies.co.uk
Larval food plants of British and Irish butterflies - https://www.ukbutterflies.co.uk/foodplants.php
Other animal resources
Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Trust -https://www.arc-trust.org
The Mammal Society -https://www.mammal.org.uk
Biodiversity information
These organisations supply a great deal of information on biodiversity and the extinction crisis.
Global Biodiversity information Facility (GBIF) - https://www.gbif.org
Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) - https://jncc.gov.uk
National Biodiversity Network Trust (NBNT)species.nbnatlas.org
WWF Living Planet Report 2022 - https://livingplanet.panda.org/en-GB
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) - https://www.iucn.org
Conservation resources
Here, in no particular order, a lot of information can be found about almost every aspect of our natural world
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds - www.rspb.org.uk
Rewilding Britain - https://www.rewildingbritain.org.uk
Rewilding Europe - https://rewildingeurope.com
The Wildlife Trusts - https://www.wildlifetrusts.org
Wildlife Gardening Forum - http://www.wlgf.org
Natural History Museum - www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/insect-pollination.htm
Natural England - https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/natural-england
Ancient woodland digital map - https://naturalengland-defra.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/ancient-woodland-england/explore
National Vegetation Classification (NVC) -https://jncc.gov.uk/our-work/nvc
The Wilderness Society -https://www.wilderness.org
Wildwood Trust -https://wildwoodtrust.org
Conservation Handbooks (woodlands) -https://www.conservationhandbooks.com
The Conscious Challenge -https://www.theconsciouschallenge.org
British Ecological Society -https://www.britishecologicalsociety.org
Open Spaces Society -https://www.oss.org.uk
Beyond Pesticides -https://www.beyondpesticides.org
Forest Research -https://www.forestresearch.gov.uk
International Peatland Society -https://peatlands.org
British Naturalist Association (BNA) -https://bna-naturalists.org
The Seed Site -http://theseedsite.co.uk
Farming for Nature -https://www.farmingfornature.ie
Compassion in World Farming -www.ciwf.org.uk
Biodynamic Land Trust -https://biodynamiclandtrust.org.uk
Reverse the Red -https://www.reversethered.org
Centre for Alternative Technology -https://cat.org.uk
Permaculture Association - https://www.permaculture.org.uk
Survival International -https://www.survivalinternational.org
The Species Recovery Trust - https://www.speciesrecoverytrust.org.uk/
Inspirational and educational videos
Lost Life - A requiem for a vanished world
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