What better way to end a week than to be visited by Yorkshire Wildlife Trust, Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust and Natural England.
The company was wonderful, the sun was shining and we spent the afternoon exchanging knowledge and taking a tour around BeadaMoss HQ.
Thank you Joe Carter, Sarah Pullein, Daniel Lines and Dave Blackham for coming and we look forward to seeing you again at the IUCN UK Peatland Programme conference in June!
Known for their long, down-curved bills, long legs and haunting ‘cur-lee’ call, we’re talking about Curlews as today is hashtag#WorldCurlewDay!
Unfortunately, due to a decline in the breeding population, Curlews are on the Red List on the UK Conservation Status Report, making them vulnerable, endangered waders in Britain. This is further exacerbated by drained and damaged peatlands, one of the main habitats in which Curlew breeding sites occur.
Focusing on peatland restoration will promote biodiversity and support the habitat that Curlew’s rely on from February to July. Planting Sphagnum stabilises peat surface and is a great way to produce the optimal environment for the development of native peatland communities.
For further information on peatland restoration and the work we’re doing at BeadaMoss, click the link below: https://lnkd.in/ePQxxWE2
We’ve been developing something exciting at BeadaMoss – a modified planting machine designed specifically for Sphagnum moss restoration.
Built from a vegetable planting system and adapted for peatland conditions, this machinery has the potential to:
Significantly increase planting speed
Operate without PTO or electricity
Free up skilled teams to focus on more complex terrain
Early upland trials have successfully handled tougher ground, including heather debris.
Now, we’re looking to take the next step.
We’re inviting partners to trial the machine in real-world restoration settings.
We’re particularly interested in:
Upland testing (including the three-row setup)
Higher-density planting approaches
Combined planting (e.g. Sphagnum + cotton grass)
This is a chance to:
Get early access to new restoration technology
Help shape the next iteration of the machine
Contribute to scaling peatland restoration in a meaningful way
If you’re working in restoration and would like to be involved, let’s talk.
Coming Autumn 2026 – BeadaMoss CPD training in the role of Sphagnum moss in Peatland Restoration.
Peatlands are one of the UK’s most important natural assets for carbon storage, water regulation, and biodiversity – yet many remain degraded and underperforming.
This Autumn, BeadaMoss will be launching a series of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) 5hr in-person group sessions focused on the role of Sphagnum moss in peatland restoration projects.
Designed for policymakers, environmental consultancies, and restoration practitioners, these sessions will offer a practical, science-led insight into:
▪️Sphagnum biology and its role in peat formation
▪️Peatlands as integrated, functioning ecosystems
▪️The critical re-vegetation stage in restoration
▪️Environmental benefits including carbon sequestration, water management, and biodiversity
▪️Real-world project delivery, funding models, and emerging carbon markets
Delivered at our East Leake facility, the programme combines:
▪️Classroom learning
▪️Field-based observation
▪️Laboratory identification
As peatland restoration scales to meet net zero and biodiversity targets, understanding the role of vegetation – particularly Sphagnum – has never been more important.
If you’re interested in receiving further information, please send us a direct message or get in touch. (Sorry, we can’t offer places to individuals, Government bodies, academia, eNGO & corporates only)
We’re excited to share a new BeadaMoss Academic Spotlight featuring – Jiacheng Gao!
We want to celebrate our partners and share the meaningful work that is happening in the Sphagnum space, and Allen has kindly provided insight into his research project at University of Warwick.
Thank you Jiacheng Gao for giving us a glimpse into both the rewarding and challenging aspects of your research. We’ve loved supporting you and we’re excited for what the future holds!
Full Academic Spotlight can be found here – https://beadamoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/BeadaMoss-Spotlight-Jiacheng-Allen-Gao.pdf
“BeadaHumok® are sterile.”
We hear that a lot.
But here’s the reality:
Clean doesn’t mean empty.
Wild translocation moves everything – the good microbes, the bad pathogens, invasive seeds, pests. It’s biologically rich… and biologically unpredictable.
Sphagnum biome photo credit Allen Gao
BeadaHumok® takes a different path.
We reduce harmful elements while retaining functional biology – including proven methanotroph presence. That means supporting the processes peatlands rely on, without importing unnecessary risk.
The real question isn’t:
“Does it have a biome?”
It’s:
“What kind of biome are we introducing?”
Restoration shouldn’t be random. It should be intentional.
Full article here:
https://lnkd.in/ex4CMppg
Credit to Jiacheng Gao for the video and photos
Great to host a visit from our friends at The Manchester Metropolitan University, to catch up with Chris Field, Fraser Baker & Bidhya Sharma. We are collaborating on the Horizon Palus Demos Project, in which we are scaling up Sphagnum Farming for use as a peat free alternative in horticulture. We’re looking forward to sharing results soon!
We had such a fun, informative few days on Yorkshire Peat Partnership‘s ‘Blanket Bog Indicator Species’ and ‘Introducing Sphagnum Moss’ training courses last month! We always love spending time on the bog, but it was particularly useful to have the opportunity to refresh our Sphagnum identification skills. It was also fascinating to observe the hyaline cells under a microscope.
Thank you so much for having us Yorkshire Peat Partnership, and a big thank you to Beth Thomas for delivering two fantastic courses. If you have the opportunity to, we would highly suggest booking onto both!
We are pleased to share our new case study with our partners Region Hannover for their peatland restoration project on Totes Moor, Germany using our BeadaHumok® Sphagnum moss plugs.
The full case study can be found below and also on our Resources & Research page:
We had a fantastic start to the week thanks to The Royal Parks, who invited us on a site visit to Richmond Park in preparation for a project to reintroduce Sphagnum moss to the area.
A big thank you to Bobby, Peter and Holly from The Royal Parks for giving us a tour around the boggier spots of this impressive park.
And another big thank you to Richard Lindsay and Jack Clough from University of East London for joining us, providing us with their Sphagnum identification expertise and for showing us how amazing Sphagnum looks under a microscope.
Such a valuable, knowledge-sharing experience. We can’t wait to collaborate further on such an exciting project!
