If you’ve been following the PlantGrow blog and social media for a while, you’ll know that we love our family of PlantGrow Champions! Our champions help spread the word about the benefits of peat-free growing and how the PlantGrow range can help you get fantastic results in your garden. Every champion has joined us because they love our products and

Lots of people think that there’s not much to do in your garden in February, but it’s actually a time to start getting your garden ready for spring. There are plenty of things to keep you busy in your garden and greenhouse in February – read our guide to find out some of the jobs you can do to prepare

Here at PlantGrow we’ve been working on some fantastic new products for the 2022 gardening season! We listened to you and developed some new food and fertilisers that you told us you needed. As always, our new PlantGrow products work with nature and encourage healthier ecosystems in and around your garden. Here’s a breakdown of our new products and what

The latest champion to join the PlantGrow family is Jason Williams from @cloudgardeneruk! When we discovered Jason we knew that he would fit right in as a PlantGrow Champion, as he knows how much gardening can improve your mental health and wellbeing. Jason took some time to explain how he got into gardening and how it got him through lockdown. “My ‘Cloud

If you follow us on social media and read our blog, you will have seen that we were nominated for the Norfolk Business Awards’ Marketing Innovation Award. We’re delighted to announce that we won! On 25th November, we swapped our wellies for formal attire and headed to the Norfolk Showground for an evening celebrating the county’s best businesses’ successes. When it came

We are still enjoying plentiful harvests this month – plenty of fruit crops, as well as pumpkins, squashes, carrots, beetroot and more. There is lots to be added to the plot to overwinter, too – so although it feels like we are heading into winter, things don’t have to slow down in the edible garden.  As thoughts start to turn

Now that COP26 has drawn to a close, it might have given you some food for thought about how you can help do your bit to reverse climate change. We all know that something needs to change, but it can be difficult to see how you can make a change as an individual. Luckily, there is plenty you can do

It’s a worrying fact that, primarily due to climate change, decades of unsustainable land use, and the widespread use of chemical insecticides, that vast areas of Britain’s natural habitats are being lost. Consequently, the plant and animal species that rely on the habitats for their survival are in dramatic decline. In fact, since records began, Britain has lost over 50%

If you’re a regular reader of the PlantGrow blog you would have seen that Amy from Chickandveg kindly shared her views on growing pollinator-friendly blooms. After launching this blog we were inundated with tremendous feedback from our customers suggesting that they wanted to see more, equally we wanted the same so we decided to do something about it!  We’re excited to announce

PlantGrow has been shortlisted for the prestigious Marketing Innovation Award at the Norfolk Business Awards 2021! The awards, which are organised by Archant, look to celebrate the best businesses in Norfolk in categories such as customer excellence, education in business and special recognition. We’re delighted to be a finalist for the Marketing Innovation Award, which recognises businesses that have created

If there’s one plant pest that causes more worry to gardeners than any other, it’s probably the Black vine weevil (Otiorhynchus sulcatus). The adults are flightless beetles, black in colour with dull yellow spots on their backs and about 1cm long. They also have distinctive elongated snouts and so are sometimes called snout beetles. And they are usually first seen

There’s a concerted effort to try and stop foreign species of flora and fauna from entering Britain through the importation of various goods. However, there are always going to be some that slip through the net, which then trigger alarm bells, particularly when our native ecology could be at risk from the invasive species. Occasionally though, the appearance of a