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21.11.03


PART 1
What are peatlands,
why are they important?
what are the threats facing them,
w hat is it used for and
w ho uses it?


PART 2
Who uses peat?


PART 3
Who supplies the peat, where does it come from, has the market for peat alternatives increased in recent years, why do people still buy peat,
f urther information and resources.


APPENDIX


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Bibliography
Appendix 1: UK Mushroom Producers
Appendix 2: Peat suppliers to the amateur gardening market
Appendix 3: British peat extraction sites
Appendix 4: Planner contacts

Bibliography

DETR (2000) Planning Research: Monitoring and assessment of peat and alternative products for growing media and soil improvers in the UK (1996-1999).

Enviros Consulting Ltd (2003) Monitoring peat & alternatives as growing media & soil improvers in the UK 2001, www.odpm.gov.uk/stellent/groups/odpm_planning/documents/page/
odpm_plan_609226.hcsp , viewed 22/10/03.

FOE (1998) Press Release: Labour turns back on peatland protection, www.foe.co.uk/resource/press_releases/19980410000113.html , viewed 25/10/03.

FOE (2001) Last chance to see ...?: Lowland raised bog SSSIs threatened by commercial peat extraction, www.foe.co.uk/resource/briefings/last_chance_see.html , viewed 22/10/03.

FOE (2002) Peat deal saves top UK wildlife sites, www.foe.co.uk/resource/press_releases/20020227103730.html , viewed 26/10/03.

Hiller et al. (2003) United Kingdom Minerals Yearbook 2002: Statistical data to 2001, British Geological Society

Holmes et al. (2000) Peat alternatives: a review of performance, future availability and sustainability for commercial plant production in the UK, ADAS.

Irish Peatland Conservation Council (1998) Press Release: Government must declare more blanket bog Special Areas of Conservation: For Release 12th April 1999, www.ipcc.ie/prbbsac.html , viewed 4/11/03.

Key Note Ltd (2000) Horticultural Retailing, ch. 3: Industry Background.

Lindsay, R. & Immirzi, P. (1996) An inventory of lowland raised bogs in Great Britain, Scottish Natural Heritage Monitoring Report, No 78.

Noble, R. (2003). Peat substitute makes mushroom production more eco-friendly. Mushroom Journal, No. 638, pp 20-21

RSPB(2003) Habitats: Blanket Bog, www.rspb.org.uk/countryside/habitats/wetlands/blanketbog.asp , viewed 22/10/03.

SNH (2003) Commercial Peat Extraction in Scotland database.

Stuart Brooks Peatland Consulting (2003) Commercial Peat Extraction in Scotland; March, 2003, SNH.

Waller, P. & Temple-Heald, N. (2003) Research Report: Compost and growing media manufacturing in the UK, opportunities for the use of composted materials, WRAP, www.wrap.org.uk/
publications/CompostAndGrowingMediaManufacturing InTheUKOpportunities
ForTheUseOfCompostedMaterials.pdf , viewed 4/11/03

Appendix 1: UK Mushroom Producers39

James A Gooding Elite Mushrooms Flixton Mushrooms
Monahan Middlebrook Woodlands Mushroom Farm Orchard Mushrooms
Tas Valley Mushrooms J Rothwell & Son Hughes Mushrooms
Pond Chase Nurseries Capel Mushrooms McGeary Mushroom Farms
Winterpick Mushrooms Layer Mills Mill Mushrooms
Chesswood Produces Magee’s Nurseries Drinkwater’s Mushrooms
Blue Prince Mushrooms H G Bird Harpers Hill Mushrooms
Halfland Mushrooms Greenmyre Mushroom Farm Fiddleford Musrooms
Kentdown Mushrooms Springfield Mushrooms Birnam Mushrooms
Southdown Mushrooms Aylesbury Mushrooms Chislet Mushrooms
Baron Jackson Welsh Mushrooms

Appendix 2: Peat suppliers to the amateur gardening market

Garden Centres

Dobbies Garden Centres plc
Head Office: Melville Nursery, Lasswade, Midlothian, EH18 1AZ, Tel: 0131 663 6778,
Fax: 0131 654 2548, Email: postmaster@dobbies.com , Website: www.dobbies.com

Klondyke Garden Centres Ltd
Head office: Beancross Road, Polmont, FK2 0XS, Tel: (01324) 711727,
Website: www.klondyke.co.uk

Notcutts Garden Centres
The Nursery, Cumberland Street, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP12 4AF, 383344,
Website: www.notcutts.co.uk

Wyevale Garden Centres
Head office: King Acre Road, Hereford, HR4 0SE, Tel: 0800 413213,
Website: www.wyevale.co.uk

DIY Chains

B&Q
Head Office: Portswood House, 1 Hampshire Corporate Park, Chandlers Ford, Eastleigh, Hampshire, SO53 3YX, Website: www.diy.com

Homebase
Homebase Ltd, Customer Relations Department, Beddington House, Railway Approach, Wallington, SM6 0HB, Tel: 020 8784 7200, Fax: 020 8784 7755
Email: enquiries@homebase.co.uk , Website: www.homebase.co.uk

Focus Wickes
Head office: Gawsworth House, Westmere Drive, Crewe, Cheshire, CW1 6XB,
Tel: 0800 436 436, Email: info@focusdiy.co.uk , Website: www.focusdiy.co.uk

Supermarkets

Tesco40
Head office: Tesco House, Delamare Rd, Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, EN8 9SL, Tel: 01992 632222 Website: www.tesco.com

J Sainsbury plc41
Head office: Holborn Place, 33 Holborn, London EC1N 2HT, Tel: 0207 695 6227,
Website: www.j-sainsbury.co.uk

Safeway
Head Office: 6 Millington Rd, Hayes, Middlesex UB3 4AY, Tel: 01622 712987,
Website: www.safeway.co.uk

ASDA
ASDA House, Southbank, Great Wilson Street, Leeds, LS11 5AD, Tel: 0500 100055,
Fax: 0113 241 7732, Website: www.asda.co.uk

Appendix 3: British peat extraction sites

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Appendix 4: Planner contacts

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References
39 This is a list of the mushroom producers contacted by DETR in a survey of peat use by the industry (DETR 2000) It does not include all UK producers but does include most of the larger ones. Several mushroom farms have been closed in recent years, so this list may not be completely up to date. Addresses are available from Companies House: www.companieshouse.gov.uk/info
40 For more information on the company see the Corporate Watch profile at: www.corporatewatch.org.uk/profiles/food_supermarkets/tesco/tesco1.html
41 For more information on the company see the Corporate Watch profile at: www.corporatewatch.org.uk/profiles/food_supermarkets/sainsburys/sainsburys1.html