It’s the perfect time to plan for the gardening year ahead – and we’ve teamed up with Garden Organic to offer a consultation with its head of organic horticulture and former Blue Peter gardener Chris Collins
Do you want to welcome more wildlife into your garden in 2025, or grow more organic veg? If you’ve always wanted to try gardening the ‘organic way’ then this fantastic competition with the nation’s leading sustainable gardening charity is for you.
Garden Organic promotes organic growing and composting, citizen science and research at its headquarters at Ryton, Coventry – as well as seed conservation through its unique Heritage Seed Library.
The Library conserves the National Collection of Heritage Vegetables, and Calendula, and aims to conserve rare heritage seeds that are not widely available. Each year, it shares the seeds with gardeners through its Seed List so they can be grown again – and in doing so protects plant diversity and food security. You can find out more about heritage seeds in the January issue of The Simple Things, which is on-sale now.
Learn to grow organic!
You can make it your New Year’s resolution to boost biodiversity in your growing space with a two-hour organic gardening consultation. Chris Collins will offer advice and guidance on how to use more natural, wildlife-friendly methods, such as composting, recycling and growing pollinator-friendly and pesticide-free flowers and vegetables.
Organic gardener Chris Collins has more than 35 years in horticulture, and has worked with Garden Organic since 2016. With a huge enthusiasm for gardening sustainably without peat or pesticides, he’ll take you step-by-step through the process - whether you want to sow more heritage seeds, nurture your soil, build a pond, or grow organic vegetables in containers.
What the prize includes
Garden Organic is offering a two-hour online consultation with its head of organic horticulture Chris Collins, which can be redeemed during 2025 once a date between the winner and Chris has been agreed
How to enter
Click on the button below and answer the following question by the closing date of 14 February 2025:
Where is Garden Organics’ HQ?
Terms and conditions
The competition closes at 11.59pm on 14 February 2025. One winner will be selected at random from all correct entries received and notified soon after. Subject to availability. The winner cannot transfer the prize or swap it for cash. Details of our full terms and conditions are on p125 and online at icebergpress.co.uk/comprules.
For more information about Garden Organic or its Heritage Seed Library, go to gardenorganic.org.uk, or find the charity on social media @gardenorganicuk.
