Author Archives: John Walker

I Don’t Need a Bag…

Posted on July 15, 2007 by John Walker

Amid a media frenzy over excess packaging, garden centres seem oblivious to putting the stops on plastic – and they’re giving us their own waste to dispose of too. By John Walker. Published in Organic Gardening, July 2007.  It was … Continue reading →

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Free to Good Garden

Posted on June 15, 2007 by John Walker

It’s time to put the brakes on horticultural consumerism by obtaining all we need in the garden for free. By John Walker. Published in Organic Gardening, June 2007.  A glance at my computer screen reveals the latest clutch of gardening … Continue reading →

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Relative Merits

Posted on May 15, 2007 by John Walker

As organic gardeners, we need to challenge attempts to use the growing criticism of organic farming to tarnish our impeccable credentials.  By John Walker. Published in Organic Gardening, May 2007. Organic gardening has a problem, and it’s called organic farming. … Continue reading →

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Dear President…

Posted on April 15, 2007 by John Walker

In an open letter to the president of the Royal Horticultural Society, I ask if 2007 will be the year that Britain’s leading gardening organisation finally wakes up to the realities of global warming. By John Walker. Published in Organic … Continue reading →

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Make Pesticides History

Posted on March 15, 2007 by John Walker

Increasing attempts to discredit organic growing by chemical-happy spin-doctors point to only one thing: the pesticide manufacturers are well and truly on the back foot. By John Walker. Published in Organic Gardening, March 2007. It’s a safe bet that a … Continue reading →

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Green Resolutions

Posted on February 15, 2007 by John Walker

I review my campaigning year and suggest some resolutions for the year ahead: for us, for our energy-guzzling gardening industry, and for a certain celebrity gardener who is still in a muddle over global warming. By John Walker. Published in … Continue reading →

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Time To Power Down?

Posted on January 15, 2007 by John Walker

As concern over Western ‘energy obesity’ moves up the agenda, can we really afford, financially or morally, to continue switching on our propagators and greenhouse heaters? By John Walker. Published in Organic Gardening, January 2007. Winner of the Garden Media … Continue reading →

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Organic Gardening: The End?

Posted on October 15, 2006 by John Walker

The right to grow your own food, free from contamination by pesticides or anything else, should be inalienable – but government proposals could undermine any such right. By John Walker. Published in Organic Gardening, October 2006. Organic gardeners who have … Continue reading →

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Growing Louder

Posted on July 15, 2006 by John Walker

With low-energy light bulbs and loft insulation dominating media headlines, the part that gardens and gardeners can play in the widening environmental debate is being overlooked. By John Walker. Published in Organic Gardening magazine, July 2006 The next thousand words or … Continue reading →

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Planet Patio

Posted on June 15, 2006 by John Walker

Branded ‘environmental obscenities’ by the UK’s energy minister, patio heaters are just one symptom of ‘outdoor living’ gone mad. By John Walker. Published in Organic Gardening, June 2006 Any passing owl would have labelled me the ultimate peeping Tom. It … Continue reading →

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