More RECYCLING inspiration

Plastic drink bottles These make ideal mini greenhouses for cuttings or seedlings. Cut off tops or bottoms, then place over the pot (above).

Broken pots Arrange small pieces (above) on the surface of potting mix to create a decorative moisture-holding mulch in planters.

Prunings Re-use off-cuts from pruning deciduous trees or bamboo to make a teepee (right) for climbing plants such as beans or peas.

Polystyrene boxes Use to make worm farms or mini greenhouses for raising seedlings (below), or break up and use it to fill the base of a large display pot to reduce the potting mix needed to fill it. Cover with old shadecloth or geofabric, then fill with potting mix.