How to make compost Making compost from garden and household waste is one of the best things any gardener can do. It’s easy and costs very little in time or effort. Making compost will help you reduce pollution – cut down that landfill! Your plants will grow healthier and look happier for it. It will […]
COMPOSTING PART 3: Composting Questions Answered
What is garden compost? Compost looks like rich, dark soil. It is made of recycled kitchen and garden waste. It is used to feed and condition the soil and in making potting mixes. Is it the same as multipurpose compost? No. Sowing, potting and multipurpose composts that you buy in garden centres are mixtures of […]
Press Features
Below is a list of recent and previous press releases of Vision 21: 1st Nov 2016 – Broad assertion is an affront to all who work in or raise funds for charity 29th Oct 2016 – Could donated furniture be Mackintosh? 25th Oct 2016 – Compost leaves to help global warming 18th Oct 2016 […]
Energy Saving Tips
Tips on how to save energy across your home: Shopping Shop ethically. Refer to our list of services and producers. Don’t buy MDF; buy Forestry Sustainable Commission (FSC) logo wood and/or use reclaimed wood. Recycle / Reduce / Reuse. Eliminate junk-mail: Contact Mailing Preference Service: www.mpsonline.org.uk Buy products with the least packaging. Avoid non recyclable […]
Reclaim Cycles
Reclaim Cycles – It says it all in the name. 25b Lansdown Industrial Estate, Gloucester Road, Cheltenham, GL51 8PL 01242 228823 Monday – Saturday – 9:30 – 4:30 Reclaim Cycles is based at our Reclaim showroom on the Lansdown Industrial Estate and forms part of our volunteer training programme. Reclaim Cycles will be selling used bikes […]
Local Food
Gloucestershire has the climate and soils to produce some of the best food and drink in Britain. Buying local products makes everyone a winner. When local food products are purchased, money often goes directly back to the primary producers, especially if the goods are purchased at a Farmer’s Market. There are over 700 registered Farmer’s […]