Garden Organic Ryton

With 10 acres of organic displays, Garden Organic Ryton is home to organic growing charity Garden Organic. The displays demonstrate all aspects of domestic horticulture including herbs, roses, lawns, shrubberies, herbaceous planting and vegetable and fruit growing. The gardens are full of information for gardeners on organic techniques including composting and pest and disease control. There is also a large conservation area with native trees and wild flowers, a bee garden, living willow structures and the world's first public biodynamic garden. The Vegetable Kingdom, an interactive visitor centre, houses Garden Organic's world renowned Heritage Seed Library which conserves hundreds of threatened vegetable varieties. The onsite restaurant, the Garden Café, won Britain's Best Organic Restaurant 2007 award in the Organic Industry Awards by the Soil Association.