So… what’s the problem?

At first glance, the moorlands of North Yorkshire look just fine. You’ve got the purple heather, the soft tufts of cotton grass, and maybe the distant call of a…

In 2011, the UK Government set a voluntary target for the use of peat in amateur horticulture to be phased out by 2020. In 2021, Defra launched a consultation on whether the use of peat in…

In August and September of 2025, I was able to take part in the Peatland Restoration Practitioner course, put together and hosted by the Yorkshire Peat Partnership and accredited by LANTRA, and I…

From bog pools to carbon cool: peatlands in the hot seat

We (Emma, Gautier and I) are on some peatland in a side dale off Wensleydale to set up five monitoring plots as part of the Ure Dales project (more on why this is important later) funded by Defra…

The language we use to discuss peatlands undermines and maligns them; they absolutely deserve more from us...

On 12th April, we will be opening a really special exhibition in Ilkley. It’s the culmination of a 2-year project to help people in the surrounding areas get closer to the peatlands – closer in…

Over recent years, we have seen increasing awareness about the use of peat in compost we buy...

As autumn trudges in, we trudge out onto the moors to start the restoration season, swaddled in layers, heads bowed in obeisance to the weather.

Swarth Moor is a pocket of unique and wonderful habitat within the Yorkshire Dales...