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- Wise Use of Peatlands – DVD
- Using Peat Moss
- Environmental Information
- Horticultural Information
- Promotional Items
- Retailers
To view PDF files please download Adobe Reader.➤ USING PEAT MOSS
Handy brochures on “How to use Peat moss” and others:
Vegetable and Flower Gardening
Easy Care Lawns and Lawn Repair Tips
Transplanting Trees and Shrubs
Getting the Most from your Compost
Guide to Yardening
The Secret of Great Gardening: The Soil
➤ ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION
Wise Use of Peatlands – DVD:
Short Clip from the DVD
Wise Use brochure
CSPMA Preservation and Reclamation Policy:
Full Text Version
Backgrounder
Issues Paper: Canadian Peat Harvesting and the Environment (2001):
Executive Summary
Canadian Peatland Facts and Harvesting Activities
Full Text Version
➤ Please email us if you’d like a hard copy of this entire document sent to you by postal mail.
➤ See here our selection of video clips about “Canadian Peat and the Environment“.
➤ HORTICULTURAL INFORMATION
Understanding Soil Amendments: Slide Presentation
- Peat Moss: Gardener’s Problem Solver
- Building Healthy Soil
- Peat Moss: A Sustainable Resource
- Peat Moss: The Case for Mushrooms
- Peat Moss: The Growing Medium
Many of the images on our website come from this Slide Presentation.
Please email us for more information about it, or if you’d like to receive your own copy on CD at no charge.
The Evaluation of Sphagnum Peat Moss, Coir Fiber and Green Compost in Two Mineral Soils for the Growth of Tomatoes and Impatiens.
Please email us for a copy.
Growing Media & Soil Amendment: A Horticultural Curriculum.
• Instructor’s Guide
• Student Handouts
➤ PROMOTIONAL ITEMS (for members & their retail customers only):
Please email the CSPMA if you would like to receive any of the following:
The Peat Promo Pack
Complete with advertising slicks, radio copy and press releases that can either be sent to a local paper or used as in-store handouts, this package allows retailers to create their promotional campaign. (Free)
The “Selling Success” Sales Training Video
Expert sales people are the key to any successful retail operation. This video, designed specifically to teach good sales skills to lawn and garden centre employees, emphasizes good customer relations, sound communication and add-on sales. Of course, it also tells you how to make your plants grow with peat moss as well as your profits. Retailers who have used the video swear by it. (Free)
➤ Below view a small segment of this video
Canadian Sphagnum Peat Moss: Your Questions
- This brochure answers most questions you or your customers might have about peat and the environment. (Free in packages of 50)
Great Results are Easy when Soil is Conditioned with Canadian Peat Moss
- This is a customer guide with an easy guide to conditioning your soil with Canadian Peat Moss. (Free in packages of 50)
English – Great Results
Français – Excellents Résultats
Canadian Peat and the Environment Video 2001
- This video includes information on the use of peat, how peat is harvested and highlights the very successful restoration research and work that is going on in the industry today. The cost is $6 US each including postage and handling.
➤ View here a short clip of this video.
1993
This twelve minute video was taped in New Brunswick to show the similarities between virgin and restored Canadian bogs, and showcase research designed to speed the restoration process. Featuring interviews with industry and garden experts, the videotape takes viewers through the harvesting process and back to grower and retailer operations. The cost is $6 US each including postage and handling.
➤ View here a short clip of this video.
➤ Topical Brochures ($0.45 US per set of 4)
➤ Peat Reference Cards ($0.20 US per card)
➤ RETAILERS
Retailer Items
