Garden chemicals and pesticides - Chemicals for Gardening

The Royal Horticultural Society
80 Vincent Square
London
SW1P 2PE

Phone 0845 260 5000

Garden chemicals or pesticides, such as insecticides, fungicides and weedkillers, are perfectly safe, providing they are used in exactly the way described on the container or packaging.

The RHS Advisory Service has written several advice profiles on garden chemicals; including,

Chemical labels explained
Chemicals: storing and disposing safely
Chemicals: using safely and effectively
Chemicals: using a sprayer
Chemicals: using spot and broad-scale weedkillers
Weeds: non-chemical control
Pesticide legislation
In recent years, due to pesticide legislation, several garden chemicals have been removed from sale and can no longer be used in the garden, house or greenhouse.

Changes in pesticide legislation
List of withdrawn chemicals
If you have any of these withdrawn chemicals, or excess undiluted chemicals you no longer want to use, they should be disposed off in the correct manner. Contact your local waste disposal authority if you are unsure of what to do.

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