A pioneering project looking at ways that farmers can farm on waterlogged land while also protecting environmentally important peatlands and combatting climate change will continue with a year-…

Lancashire Wildlife Trust is excited to be part of a new project bringing together partners from the UK, Ireland and the Netherlands to help take wetter farming from theory to reality.

Our team has been braving the elements to plant sphagnum moss at our bulrush wetter farming trial in Lancashire. But why?

Our first wetter farming trial crop of bulrushes are growing well on a re-wetted peatland in Greater Manchester.

The Wildlife Trust for Lancashire, Manchester & North Merseyside has received a share of £3.5million from Co-op and their charity, the Co-op Foundation, to continue a pioneering wetter farming…

We’re excited to announce the start of works on our latest wetter farming project, growing bulrushes on an area of re-wetted agricultural peat near Liverpool.

Our Rindle wetter farming trial has just been planted up with this years crop of celery and lettuce. But how do you grow crops on a peat bog, and why would you even try?

How do you sow seeds on re-wetted farmland? By drone!

The first stage of our exciting bulrush wetter farming trial, to re-wet the peat, is complete. Find out what we’ve been doing, why and what’s next.

Swaying bulrushes on a Manchester peatland could soon sashay their way onto the catwalks of the fashion world.