# Beyond peat Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/gardening-with-the-rhs-5547058/beyond-peat Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/gardening-with-the-rhs-5547058/beyond-peat.md Podcast: [Gardening with the RHS](https://stenobird.com/podcast/gardening-with-the-rhs-5547058) Published: 2026-01-29T12:45:00+00:00 Episode link: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/PIXP8667927573.mp3 Audio file: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/PIXP8667927573.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/gardening-with-the-rhs-5547058/episodes/beyond-peat Duration seconds: 1736 ## Resource This week we’re telling the story of peat: from the value of this amazing otherworldly habitat, to the threats facing these rare landscapes and work being done to protect them, and how growers and horticulturists are adapting to a peat-free future. We’ll be speaking to Beth Thomas from the Yorkshire Wildlife Trusts, RHS Peat-Free Research Technician Scott Spriggs, and plantsperson Mairi Longdon from Tissington Nursery. HOST: Jenny Laville CONTRIBUTORS: Beth Thomas, Scott Spriggs, Mairi Longdon LINKS: Yorkshire Peat Partnership RHS Soil analysis service RHS Gardening Advice service RHS peat hub RHS peat petition Tissington nursery ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/gardening-with-the-rhs-5547058/episodes/beyond-peat/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/gardening-with-the-rhs-5547058/beyond-peat.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.