27 Ways To Make Your Garden Eco-Friendly

Reduce the environmental impact of your horticultural habit

- Louise Curley

While gardening might seem like a ‘green’ hobby, it’s difficult to ignore the ecological footprint that tending our outdoor spaces has on the wider environment.

As gardeners, we have come to rely on plastic: whether in the form of containers, horticultural fleece, netting or the packaging that contains compost and chemicals. But the BBC’s Blue Planet documentary series recently highlighted the devastating impact plastic waste is having on our planet: how it’s polluting our seas and killing wildlife.