Organic growing involves:

• Treating the soil and growing environment as a resource to be husbanded for future generations rather than mined for short term gain.

• Providing plants with a balanced food supply by feeding the soil organisms with composts, manures and other organic materials.

• Choosing renewable resources, thereby creating a sustainable future.

• Reducing pollution of the environment, by recycling garden, household and other wastes, rather than dumping or burning.

• Combating pests and diseases without using pesticides that may prove harmful to human health and that of domestic and wild animals.

• Encouraging and protecting wildlife, by creating suitable habitats and by minimising use of harmful pesticides.

• Creating a safe and pleasant environment in which to work and play.

• Using good horticultural practices. For example crop rotation

• Taking new scientific discoveries and ideas into account.

• The whole garden - flowers, trees, shrubs and lawns, as well as fruit and vegetables.