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New logo guarantees plants free from peat and pesticides
A new logo, guaranteeing the plants you buy are enjoyed by pollinating insects and also free of insecticides, is now in use on plants sold in Wales.
“76% of plants on sale contained pesticides”
To use the Saving Pollinators label, launched by the National Botanic Garden of Wales (NBGW), growers must guarantee those plants have been grown without pesticides, and in peat-free compost. Twenty-three nurseries in Wales (several of which offer plants by mail order) are part of the pilot scheme, which runs until 2022, after which it’s hoped the label will expand UK-wide. The NBGW runs inspections, to check nurseries are complying.
To identify which plants are most beneficial
