Links

FREE Link for non-commercial websites
This site achieves top 5 Google search results and a page rank of 4/10. If you would like us to include a link to a relevant horticultural site that you think our visitors would benefit from please let us know. We do ask that you have a reciprocal link to our webpage as follows:
The Gardeners Guild (HTTP://www.thegardenersguild.co.uk)
Find a professional gardener at the UK's leading trade network for qualified gardeners.

Commercial link requests please click here

Associations

Crop Protection Association
Details of which chemicals are approved for use in the garden. see also chemicals section.
http://www.garden-care.org.uk/

Consumer Rights

→ For information on consumer-related issues www.oft.gov.uk

Charities

→ Perennial – formerly known as the Gardeners’ Royal Benevolent Society is your charity. Perennial is the national charity for those who work or have worked in horticulture, providing help, advice and support for anyone experiencing need or difficulties, whatever their age or horticultural trade.

Not heard of them? Take a look at www.perennial.org.uk.

The Gardeners Guild plans to support the work of Perennial and invites you to think about supporting them also, for more information or for an informal chat please contact Susan Bowers on 08456 760630 or email sbowers@perennial.org.uk.”

Chemicals

→ A database of banned chemicals can be found at http://www.pesticides.gov.uk/databases.asp
→ You can also call and ask if a chemical is legal - Chemicals Regulation Directorate's Plant Protection Products Information section on 01904 455775.
→ Aminopyralid - An agricultural weed killer used to keep weeds down in fields. Livestock eat the grass and the chemical is passed on in their manure. Gardeners who unknowingly use this manure on their garden have reported that their plants have died and it was traced to this chemical. The manufacturer of this chemical have set up some advice pages - visit http://www.dowagro.com/uk/grass_bites/faq/allotment.htm if you think your crops are affected.
→  Chemicals Regulation Directorate
http://www.pesticides.gov.uk/

Employment

→ For all things employment related go to ACAS website at www.acas.org.uk
→ Business Link offer much advice including an online tool for creating an employment agreement. Visit www.businesslink.gov.uk

Environment

→ Go to the specialists! The government has launched a new website to help you find a local facility designed specifically to manage the waste you produce - in our case green waste. Make a search and find a local composting facility. Visit www.wastedirectory.org.uk .

Government

→ News and helpful information for businesses www.berr.gov.uk
→ Business Link - Free government business consultancy (even if you just want a chat) visit www.businesslink.gov.uk
→ The Environment Agency - Get info on waste carriers licenses www.environment-agency.gov.uk
→ This is a link to environment legislation for air, chemicals, conservation, energy, environmental permitting, land, noise and statutory nuisance legislation, pesticides and biocides, radioactive substances, waste legislation and water legislation http://www.netregs.gov.uk/netregs/legislation/current/default.aspx?dm_i=2WX,15D4,8LEFT,33YQ,1
→  Sign up for government contracts aimed at small traders http://www.supply2.gov.uk
→  Advice on how to tender for a government contract http://www.supply2.gov.uk/tenderingAdvice.shtml

Health and Safety

→Health and safety information www.hse.gov.uk and www.hsebooks.co.uk (some are free)
www.businesslink.gov.uk
→www.raynauds.org.uk - useful information on vibration white finger.

Mushrooms

Wild mushroom season starts in March with the appearance of the delicious morel. If the credit crunch has inspired you to do a spot of foraging, then Fungi Forays has all the information you'll need including what to look for where, and how to cook it when you find it.
www.fungiforays.co.uk

Other Links

Open gardens, events, forum, online store, specialist nurseries etc
www.gardenarena.co.uk