Learn how peat moss—a common element of container gardening—affects climate change and what you can use as a sustainable alternative.

Sophie creates a beautiful carnivorous plant bog in a small pot, to bring the wonder of the wetlands to her doorstep.

Environmentalists, the government, and gardening organisations all agree that the use ... of plant, insect and bird life that depends on the layers of peat that make up this lowland raised bog.

In low situations, where the water has no free outlet, and yet where it cannot collect to form ponds or lakes, certain small plants ... and are called "peat bogs," such as in Ireland ; we call ...

When most of us think of bog bodies, we think of northwestern Europe—Ireland, say, or Denmark. But North America has its peat bogs ... of edible and/or medicinal plants. Berries and other ...

Over the past few centuries, and likely before then, men harvesting peat in European bogs have struck upon remarkable and, to the peat cutters, no doubt frightening discoveries. More than a ...

Port Ellen, a historic distillery on Islay, is renowned for its return after years of closure, while The Flow Country, the ...

Peat lands only cover about 3% of the Earth’s land area but they hold up to one third of the world’s earth carbon. When peat is harvested the carbon dioxide ...

Bogs mainly consist of a plant called moss ... Remember to avoid buying peat-based compost to use in your garden or bog. 2. Endangered habitat research Pupils could search news websites or ...

The most common plants you’ll find in nurseries are sarracenias and Venus flytraps. They’re both moisture-loving bog dwellers that catch insects. The enjoy lots of light, humidity ...