Gardening Tips

When cleaning up the vegetable area cut the foliage off the peas and beans when they are finished.  Leave the roots in the ground where the nitrogen nodules they have produced will do some good Read whole article

Find out some more great garden tips for the Autumn season.

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Autumn can be a busy time in the garden, we have some great tips to make your life easier!

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Tender perennials will succumb to winter frost if the crown is unprotected.  To keep them safe until spring cover them with bark mulch

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 Organic & Peat Free

 We stock an ever increasing range of organic products and a selection of peat free compost here at Stratford Garden Centre.

 These include various organic foods in Pownalls Fine Foods, organic plant feeds, insecticide  and weed controls in our garden shop area and peat free alternative compost

Packaging

 Here at Stratford Garden Centre we try to recycle the majority of our transport packaging that cannot be reused.  All our cardboard waste & wooden pallets are recycled.

 We promote and sell reusable shopping bags and offer a choice of carrier bags which are made from totally degradable plastic (EPI).

Watering

The rainwater which comes off the building runs into a natural pond.  The water from the pond can then be pumped into our irrigation tank to water the plants again.  Therefore recycling the water to help the environment.

FSC Policy

All the wooden furniture we stock is FSC certified. (Forestry Stewardship Council). Being FSC certified shows that you comply with the highest social and environmental standards on the market. As public concerns about the state of the world’s forests and timber resources increases, FSC provides you with a credible solution to complex environmental and social issues.

It can take 12-18 months for leaves to decompose into leaf mould but if you add some nitrogenous fertilizer, granular or liquid, the bacteria will break them down more quickly

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