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:
Tag: Restoration
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Millions of BeadaHumok® on Kinder Scout as restoration project nears end
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‘The most important plant in the world’ selected for the 2025 Frome International Climate Film Festival
We’re delighted that ‘The most important plant in the world’ by Caroline Vitzthum has been selected for the 2025 Frome International Climate Film Festival and has recently been screened at the Little Tree Cinema in Frome. It is also currently showing in LIMBO, a group exhibition on peatlands as terrains in flux at De Proef. (Drenthe, NL). The exhibition is initiated by RE-PEAT, and the film showing will run until 7th December. You can find out more here: https://www.iucn-uk-peatlandprogramme.org/news/re-peat-presents-limbo-collective-exhibition-peatlands-terrains-flux
The film, commissioned by IUCN UK Peatland Programme, focuses on a collaboration between Moors for the Future Partnership and BeadaMoss to reintroduce Sphagnum moss to a peatland site in the Peak District.
It first premiered at the IUCN UK Peatland Programme’s Peatlands, People, and Nature conference in Aviemore in September 2024.
Screenshot The link to the full film can be found below – we would highly recommend giving it a watch!
For more information regarding our BeadaHumok and our Sphagnum restoration work, please see the link below: https://beadamoss.com/peatland-restoration-our-work/
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BeadaHumok® Sphagnum plugs showcased on CountryFile
“I never knew plugging moss could make me so happy” says Anita Rani.
We couldn’t have asked for a better way to start the week than seeing Sphagnum moss getting the attention it deserves on the latest episode of Countryfile! A huge shout out to Sian Russell and the team at Somerset Wildlife Trust for their hard work planting our BeadaHumok® Sphagnum plugs on Westhay Moor.
With millions of viewers per episode, we’re delighted that Sphagnum moss and the benefits it provides to peatland restoration can be brought to a wider audience through a programme like Countryfile.
Check out Sunday’s episode here if you didn’t catch it:
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Moors for the Future Partnership visit BeadaMoss
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/
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Peatland planting season is well underway
The BeadaMoss team are hard at work fulfilling partner orders as the peatland planting season gets underway. This time of year marks the ramp-up of restoration activity across the UK’s moorlands. One of our vans can carry around 90,000 individual BeadaHumok® sphagnum plugs, these are all bound for restoration projects across the Peaks.
Hopefully the weather holds and the contractors can make the most of the planting window!
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IUCN UK Peatland Partnership #PeatConf25 in Derry~Londonderry!
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!
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Sphagnum research project receives Jeff Bezos investment
The founder of Amazon, Jeff Bezos, is backing a University of Manchester research project through the Bezos Earth Fund Greenhouse Gas Removal Ideation Prize. This will help the team to research the best way to restore Sphagnum moss in peatlands across the UK and within wider northern Europe.
We’re proud to be working with our partners at the University of Manchester, helping to supply different species of Sphagnum for their research.
The importance of this research project cannot be understated. Sphagnum moss is vital to the environment. It sequesters carbon, supports biodiversity and is a highly absorbent plant that can reduce the risk of flooding and drought. In short, Sphagnum moss is an eco-hero.
Further information on peatland restoration and our Sphagnum restoration work can be found below: https://beadamoss.com/peatland/
Find the full BBC article here – https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvg8n1vgdqqo