Give peas a chance this Christmas

Give peas a Chance this Christmas - Adopt a Vegetable!

The perfect gift for the gardener who has everything - Adopt a Vegetable for a loved one and the proceeds from this unusual gift will help Garden Organic's Heritage Seed Library to save Britain's rarest vegetables from the threat of extinction, including the Robinson pea.

With over 800 vegetable varieties currently in the Heritage Seed Library collection your support will prevent them, and others from being lost from the nation's gardens forever.

Twelve months adoption costs just £20 and adopters will receive a packet of rare seeds, a certificate of adoption and background information on their chosen vegetable. There are four vegetables to choose from offering a fantastic opportunity to see, taste, and feel Britain's vegetable heritage in your own back garden.

The Tiger Tom tomato, District Nurse climbing French bean, Robinson pea and the Yellow Intermediate mangel are all waiting so visit www.gardenorganic.org.uk/aav or call 02476 308210 to Adopt a Veg now. The last date for guaranteed Christmas delivery is 14th December.

Want a greener garden – get Garden Organic membership

Get more from your gardening and begin to understand what the phrase 'green fingers' really means by joining Garden Organic, the UK's leading charity dedicated to researching and promoting organic gardening, farming and food.

Garden Organic passionately believes that an organic approach to gardening and growing food can help build a sustainable future for people and the planet. The charity works with schools, gardeners, farmers and communities across the UK to make this a reality. To help Garden Organic continue its work, and in return receive a host of expert gardening advice, magazines, growing guides and free access to the charity's demonstration gardens, join them or give membership as a gift from as little as £20. Call 024 76 308210 or visit our Join page for more details.

Help protect Britain's vegetable heritage

The country's gone 'grow your own' crazy, but did you know that over the last century hundreds of Britain's vegetables have disappeared due to rules and legislation? This has led to less variety in our gardens affecting everything from our plots to our plates.

To help prevent more delicious veggies from vanishing why not join or buy gift membership to Garden Organic's Heritage Seed Library? With your support the charity's unique and increasing collection of over 800 old, endangered and heirloom vegetables will be saved for generations of gardeners and food lovers to come.

Members will receive a quarterly update and can choose six rare veg varieties each year to grow in their own garden from seed. Prices start from as little as £20 per year, visit Heritage Seed Library pages or call 024 76 308210 for more info.

Green-fingered art and no dirty fingernails!

To mark the nation's new found love of growing its own, Garden Organic has teamed up with leading online art gallery - Keep Calm Gallery - to release a limited edition set of prints to support the charity's horticultural work.

The 'Grow Your Greens' collection from Keep Calm Gallery showcases three brand new prints in aid of Garden Organic. Put together by artists Matthew Green, Lucy McLauchlan, Hayley Thwaites and Lucas Lepola, the collection consists of three striking designs each inspired by the grow your own message.

Garden Organic, which believes encouraging people to grow their own food, at whatever scale, is vital for reconnecting them with the food they eat, hopes that the prints will raise enough funds to support its valuable work. Each print is screen printed by hand onto recycled paper using environmentally friendly inks, and is signed and numbered. Prices range between £30 and £120 with 35% of profits from each print sold going to the charity. Visit www.keepcalmgallery.com to order yours.

Green-up your life with a Garden Organic course

Growing vegetables and gardening organically are just two things we can do to make our lifestyles greener but we're not always sure where to start. Worry not; help has arrived in the shape of Garden Organic's 2010 courses – the perfect gift to add to this year's Christmas wish list.

With everything from expert workshops in making willow structures, pruning, and starting an organic allotment, to 'lifestyle' courses including artisan bread making, making your own herbal cosmetics and natural Christmas decorations – there's sure to be something to capture your interest and kick start a greener 2010.

What is more, all of the charity's courses are led by expert horticulturists and home economists and prices start from as little as £24. Discounts on all courses are available to Garden Organic Members. Visit our courses list or call 024 76303517 to book