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SHGC Winter Meeting

Held at the Whaplode Manor Hotel at 7.30 pm on 19 November 2012

PEAT IN ENGLISH HORTICULTURE - A GROWING PROBLEM

Prof Jack Rieley, University of Nottingham

Prof Rieley is Special Professor of Geography at the University of Nottingham with 40 years experience of vegetation, ecology, nutrient cycling and conservation of peatland ecosystems.

DEFRA's Sustainable Growing Media Task Force was established as a result of the Natural Environment White Paper. The Task Force Chairman has published his report and draft roadmap 'Towards Sustainable Growing Media' outlining DEFRA's ambition to progressively phase-out peat use in horticulture to zero by 2030.

Prof Rieley draws a balanced view of the current position and future of peat-based growing media.