AGP Executive Report
Last update: 3 hours agoRoyal Garden Spotlight: Princess of Wales visited Southend’s Garon Park during Addiction Awareness Week, helping pot plants at the Forward Trust’s “Forward Growing” project and highlighting how outdoor gardening supports recovery and wellbeing. Community Gardening & Food: Oregon’s McMenamins Edgefield has long run a pesticide-free, no-till vegetable garden that feeds its restaurants and distilleries, with tours and a Sept. 27 plant sale. Local Events: The Chester Gardening Club is hosting a free, RSVP-required flower arranging class tonight, while Iowa’s Oct. 10 “Seeds for Thought” garden symposium in Grinnell brings speakers on cheap tricks gardening and Iowa weather. Native Plant Push: West Newbury’s Wild and Native plant sale was postponed to Oct. 3 due to storms, aiming to help gardeners establish native roots. Garden Policy Watch: England’s Awaab’s Law is facing renewed criticism after residents say damp and mold fixes focus on visible mold rather than underlying causes. Pesticide Policy: HHS and EPA will jointly study glyphosate health effects, feeding into the EPA’s cancer review expected in early 2027.
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