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Nature and Growing

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Compost on a spade

Home Composting

Home composting is key to sustainable and organic gardening, as well as being the ideal way to recycle waste. CAT’s gardeners have tried out all sorts ofl…

Forest garden

The Edible Forest Garden

A forest garden takes as its model the most wonderfully healthy and productive organic system in Britain – the deciduous woodland. It consists of trees and shrubs…

Wildflowers

Saving Water in the Garden

As we start to feel the effects of climate change, droughts are expected to become more common in the UK. Hosepipe bans are therefore likely in many areas…

Lettuce growing in the CAT gardens

Growing Year-Round

Traditionally, summer is salad season, and root vegetables are the main winter crop. However, with a little planning you can extend the growing season and plant…

CAT Gardener and Volunteer surrounded by flowers in the CAT gardens

Organic Gardening

To look at the thriving gardens at CAT it is hard to imagine that 50 years ago the site was mostly bare slate waste. Hard work and a lot of compost has resulted in…

Log in the woods

Sustainable Woodland Management

Sustainably managed woodland can be both productive and beneficial to the environment. Broadleaf woodlands full…

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