In September, we had the chance to visit two upland sites, Aushaw Moss and Darwen Moors, with Alex Hubberstey from the Lancashire Peat Partnership.
They were being actively worked on by contractors and volunteers and despite the rain in the morning, all the volunteers were in great spirit planting Bilberry and Cross Leaved Heath that were supplied by us. Great to see the amazing work, planning and effort that is going into the conservation of those vital sites.
Power to the Peatlands 2026 was an incredibly useful event for us. With our ambitions to support the European peatland sector in meeting its restoration targets, we could not have landed among a more engaged and welcoming community.
We’ve come away with a host of new contacts, exciting project opportunities and valuable insights that should keep us busy until P2P 2028!
A huge thank you to the lead organisers Natuurmonumenten, Natuurpunt & Radboud University.
We’re celebrating World Wetlands Day today by shining the spotlight on our favourite type of wetland – peatlands. They provide crucial ecoservices such as promoting biodiversity, carbon storing and sequestration, flood and wildfire control, and water filtration to name a few.
Sphagnum moss, the dominant peat former, can store huge quantities of water in its cells, and can hold up to 20x its own weight in water. Re-wetting damaged peatlands and reintroducing Sphagnum is key to preventing further CO2 emissions being lost from exposed peat and to help restore peatlands to carbon-sequestering sinks.
On Monday, we swapped our desks for the bog and visited our partners, Yorkshire Wildlife Trust and the Natural England Humberhead Peatlands National Nature Reserve team, on Hatfield Moor. A big thank you to Joe Carter for giving us a fun and educational tour and to Julian Small, Natural England, for providing an insight into different approaches required for lowland bogs in comparison to blanket bogs. It helped to put what we do into perspective.
We wanted to highlight this recently published video from LIFE Moor Site, showcasing the peatland restoration in action across the Humberhead Peatlands, carried out by Natural England staff and dedicated volunteers:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6iKE1-zKWU
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Kinder Scout was first planted with Sphagnum over a decade ago. Thanks to the hard work of Moors for the Future Partnership, the National Trust and many dedicated volunteers, Kinder has become a valuable demonstrator site for the benefits of upland peatland restoration. Before these interventions, the site was a net emitter of CO₂e.
Today, with millions of our BeadaHumok® Sphagnum moss plugs planted on Kinder Scout to accelerate Sphagnum establishment, it is sequestering carbon, supporting richer biodiversity, and delivering improved water management across the landscape.
We’re proud to play a part in such a transformational project:
We hosted our partners from Moors for the Future Partnership at BeadaMoss HQ this week.
It was a great opportunity to showcase some of our micropropagation processes, our three acres of glasshouse production, and our packing and despatch operations for our BeadaHumok® plugs – but also to hear first-hand from one of our largest partners about the real-world challenges of upland peatland restoration.
A genuinely fun and informative morning – thanks to the team at Moors for the Future Partnership for coming.
For more information about our work and our sustainable facilities, see the link below: https://beadamoss.com/about-us-2/
We will be in Derry~Londonderry from 30th September to 2nd October for the 15th annual IUCN UK Peatland Programme Conference. We’re looking forward to another chance to network with fellow attendees, visit peatland sites and participate in knowledge-sharing sessions. If you’re also attending, please do pop by our exhibition to say hello to us and our Sphagnum!
