Dearest gentle readers, are you dreaming of a day frolicking through pastel flower beds, idling away in romantic gardens? Well, if you’ve caught the latest season of «Bridgerton», that wouldn’t be surprising.
Recycled garden ideas from RHS Chelsea 2024 – plus tips on how to find the bargains!
24.05.2024 - 17:03 / themiddlesizedgarden.co.uk / Alexandra Campbell
If you’re looking for recycled garden ideas, then this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show had them on almost every garden.
Recycling is a great money-saver, and it also gives a garden texture and character.
The show gardens at this year had a ‘green audit’ to encourage sustainable gardening. They were required to use sustainable materials and recycled items, wherever possible.
But I think that this has anchored the gardens in reality. They had ideas you’d want in your own garden (see here for this year’s other RHS Chelsea garden ideas).
And the show also struck a good balance between the structured, sometimes formal gardens of a decade ago and the ‘wilderness’ gardens of recent years.
So here is my pick of the best recycled garden ideas from the show, with tips on what to do if you want to try them out in your own garden.
Reclaimed timber for raised beds, sheds and seating
You can use reclaimed timber or pallets for fences, sheds, raised beds and seating, all found in several show gardens.
You can make a garden shed out of reclaimed timber, as with this hut in the National Garden Scheme show garden by Tom Stuart Smith. Find out more about building a shed from salvage in What Do You Need to Build a Unique Shed.
When buying or re-using pallets, check the codes stamped on the wood. Anything with IPCC (International Plant Protection Convention), DB (de-barked), HT (heat treated) and KD (Kiln dried) is safe to use. Never use pallets stamped with MB, because Methyl bromide is toxic.
And don’t use stained or coloured pallets as you won’t know what was used to stain or colour them.
You can get pallets and other reclaimed wood free through Freecycle, Freegle or sites like Facebook Marketplace.
If you’re using reclaimed wood outside, then it will
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