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I have joined eBid because it is no longer possible for me to sell some of my multiple items on eBay at the kind of price my buyers appreciate.

I am a vegan, animal lover, scientist, environmentalist and ageing hippy.

I have M.E. and chemical sensitivity, especially to artificial perfumes (which is pretty much all perfumes these days).

This led me to research these chemicals, and I was shocked to discover that not only are they linked to many health problems but also that most have not been tested for safety.  Most are made from petrochemicals, and many are also damaging to wildlife and the natural environment.

I have published my findings on the human health aspects here:

vivienpomfrey.co.uk/parfum/index.html

I sell mostly plants, so the info below is about these.  The URLs are for photos of some of my plants plus butterflies and a damselfly on them.  I haven't yet worked out whether I can actually insert the photos here.  I'll get them uploaded to my website and post a link when I have time, as it seems that eBid don't allow me to post a link to my eBay page that shows them.

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Karuna Nurseries, Cornwall

- gardening the natural way

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All photos on this page were taken at Karuna Nurseries

Do you love plants, but don't want them to be

• grown in peat or other unsustainable media?
• grown or sold in brand-new plastic pots and with plastic labels?
• sprayed with pesticides?
• imported?
• unsustainably packaged?

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Karuna Nurseries is a cottage industry run on Green, vegan principles from my Cornish garden.

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My cultivation methods involve

·        no power tools

·        no quarried lime

·        no perlite

·        no rooting hormones

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I do not buy commercial growing media or fertiliser, but instead use natural soil, compost and leafmould and make my own comfrey and nettle liquid fertiliser.

Karuna Nurseries enables you to garden with a clear conscience, and it won't cost the earth!

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I do not buy in packaging materials apart from tape and string, but instead recycle clean, empty cans, plastic bottles, cardboard, etc. Roots are wrapped in damp cloth, obtained as offcuts from a small local clothing factory, and then in washed second-hand plastic bags or recycled plastic. Stakes used to keep plants in place in the packaging are twig sections harvested sustainably by myself. This policy is not only for environmental reasons, but also to keep down postage costs and consequently keep down the total costs to buyers. It should not compromise the protection of the goods, and I offer a full refund or replacement should goods arrive damaged.

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Following notification that an item arrived with no postage label, I obtain proof of posting for all items. It appears that at least one member of Post Office staff does not stick labels on sufficiently firmly. If anyone else has had to pay excess postage, please contact me and I will make a complaint to the Post Office.

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I will strive to meet the needs of any buyer who requires an item urgently.

I generally charge progressively less postage per item the more you buy, so as to charge no more than it costs me. If you want a postage quote for a particular selection of items, please contact me.

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I offer a wide range of plants, including

• English oak
• hydrangea (mophead)
• honeysuckle (2 types)
• feverfew
• Japanese quince
• Guelder Rose (Viburnum opulus)
• Buddleia
• flowering currant
• yellow flag iris
• birch
• red valerian (up to 2 colour varieties)
• evening primrose
• tutsan
• oregano
• marjoram
• spearmint
• water mint
• lemon balm
• willows
• hazel
• dotted loosestrife
• bugle
• Astilbe
• meadowsweet
• perennial cornflower
• wild strawberry
• red campion
• ash
• hawthorn
• elder
• wild angelica
• St John's wort
• wild rose (white-flowered)
• Kiftsgate rose
• thyme
• blackcurrant
• Chinese bramble Rubus tricolor
• rose of Sharon
• snowberry
• blackthorn (sloe)
• lavender
• Himalayan honeysuckle/Pheasant berry (Leycesteria formosa)
• beech
• variegated Euonymus (evergreen yellow-and-green-leaved shrub)
• various cacti and succulents
• variegated oleaster (Elaeagnus)
• primrose
• purple toadflax

and possibly

• hardy fuchsia
• rosemary
• primrose
• antirrhinum
• daffodil
• crocus
• pink-flowered wild rose
• orange-flowered daylily
• Cotoneaster horizontalis
• evergreen cotoneaster

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Karuna Nurseries is run from 6 Monks Park Cottages, Launceston, Cornwall, PL15 9QW. No visitors, please, except by prior arrangement, as it is also a residential property.