Make your garden even more green
Invest in some stylish recycled products
Gardeners are excellent recyclers, and there’s an increasing range of products from bottle-top furniture to used-tyre edging and distillery-barrel water butts that are all produced from recycled materials. Not only do they help the environment, but also they’re weather resistant, long-lasting lasting and look good too!
FURNITURE TDP transforms used plastic bottle tops into bright and beautiful items of furniture, such as the Cromford range of chairs and tables from £102, or the Lees Garden Dining Set from £657.60 (01629 820011; www.tdp.co.uk).
SCULPTURE Quirky recycled sculptures are available from Traidcraft, such as a metal duck made in Rajhastan from used food containers, from £16.50 (0191 491 0855; www.traidcraftshop.co.uk).
WATER BUTTS The Barrel Makers’ rustic oak barrel water butts are made from genuine ex-distillery oak barrels, prices start at £137.95 for a 40 gallon butt (0191 482 4389; www.thebarrelmakers.co.uk).
LANDSCAPING Stone Warehouse supplies decorative chippings made from recycled glass, available in different colours and sizes, from £280 for 125kg (01629 636212; www.stonewarehouse.co.uk).
EDGING Flexi Curve Garden Edging from Homebase is manufactured from used tyres and is lightweight, flexible and weatherproof, £15 per 1.22m (4ft) length (0345 077 8888; www.homebase.co.uk).
PLANTERS Ecopots come in a range of colours, sizes and shapes, all made from recycled plastic, from £4.95 (01872 575000; www.ecopots.co.uk).