The Growing Media Initiative (GMI)
What is the Growing Media Initiative (GMI)? The GMI is a horticultural industry scheme, led by the HTA, to encourage the purchase of peat-free and peat-reduced growing media.
Open to retailers and manufacturers the GMI has brought together all sides of the peat debate in horticulture to agree a national scheme that meets both environmental and industry objectives.
Peat has been the growing medium of choice for gardeners and professional growers for over 50 years. They have come to appreciate peat’s qualities as a clean, efficacious and reliable product. However, as concerns for the environment grow, there have also been increased efforts to find other more renewable kinds of growing media.
Becoming a member of the GMI has helped the Scotts Miracle-Gro Company demonstrate its progress towards peat reduction and commitment to offering sustainable growing media to its consumers.
