Recycling and space saving in

your garden

By Ellie, CharlotteAnd Krystal.

What are We Doing?

We are going to show you how to make you own community garden that’s saving the planet, by….

Wait for it….RECYCLING!!!!!!!!Yes, very cool.We’re going to show you what you can

recycle and what to do with them in your garden.

Why Recycle?

Because…If we don’t recycle all the stuff we don’t

need goes into land fill and poisons the earth, numbering our resources, and making it hard to live.

But if we recycle, it means that we don’t need factories constantly making us new things and we wouldn’t have as many landfills!

Best Thing About Recycling!

YOU SAVE MONEY! (who doesn’t Love Money?)Because,,,When things break you don’t have to go out

and buy a new pot or rake, or whatever…It’s a huge space saver,,Of course your going to say no its not it makes

things worse,It doesn’t. your clearing out the garage and

actually using all your junk for something, instead of just dust collecting.

Okay, What can we Recycle?

Pretty Much everything: Bath tubs Toilets Tree stumps Tires Railway sleepers Old bottle caps and C.D’s Concrete slabs Bricks, roof tiles. Wheel barrows Clothes Ladders Bookshelves Tools Broken plates, pots etc…

How can we recycle this stuff?

Use old pipes for plant boxes along the edge of your house.

Instead of buying big fancy pots for your trees you could put them in old tires

Use old wheel barrows as mini portable garden.

Roof tiles, bath tubs, rail way sleepers, tires.

Our Garden…Under Ground

Climbing Plants.

Above Ground.

Strawberries growing on a shelf.

Lemon, Apple and Orange trees.

Space Saving Ideas

Space saving in gardens is very important, especially in gardens with little room.

If you utilise the space you already have by thinking about what you want to grow and using the space limited to you creatively, there is no end to the amount you can do!!!

Some clever contraptions…

This is a branch of gardening called vertical gardening, which is when you grow your plants straight up instead of traditionally across the ground. It is a clever idea that has already sparked world wide interest

Container growing is good because it makes good use of space, doesn’t take much time or effort and can be a good way to use recycled materials. It’s a win-win for all!

Using book shelves and other odd ends of wood is an idea with benefits; book shelves are easy to put up and pull down, they have plentiful storage, and come in a range of different sizes depending on your needs

The Best Thing about Saving Space!!!!

The best thing about space saving is that it works ANYWHERE. Seriously, if you just stop and think about it the possibilities, you realise it can function anywhere there’s a bit of land, from apartment to cul de sac, loft to bach, suburban home to inner city flat.

Space saving rocks!

Conclusion

If you apply these ideas we’ve written up you will:

A) Have a very environmentally friendly garden!

B) Have lots of room in your environmentally friendly garden thanks to the awesome space saving ideas!

C) Have a triple threat garden- reduce, reuse, recycle.

Its not easy being green!! (Kermit would know)

But its all worth it in the end!!