Smart ideas to spend less on your garden

Follow our guide and it won’t break the bank to enjoy your favourite pastime

Gardening can definitely be an expensive hobby. It’s’s often disheartening to gog to a garden centre, clap eyes on the perfect plant for you, only to find one too many zeros on the price tag tag. And the cost of good containers and compost isn’t always cheap, either. But with a bit of thought, research and creativity, it needn’t cost the earth to indulge in something you love. Take a look at our guide to some of the things you can do to keep costs down in the garden.

Words Karen Murphy Food scraps and plant material make a fabulous free compost It takes a bit of imagination to plant up some old shoes – but anything will do!