How to turn ‘stuff’ into garden features

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How to turn ‘stuff’ into garden features
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Trendspotters have noticed a move away from manicured gardens towards a more authentic ‘lived in’ look. That opens the door for creative upcycling that solves the problem of what to do with rusted wheelbarrow, cracked pots, and other left over items from house or garden projects.

Upcycling not only helps us to reduce our own clutter but also reduces the pressure on landfill sites, all of which help to reduce our carbon footprint.Cracked or damaged garden pots can be a headache to dispose of. Why not use a broken pot to make something beautiful like this playful feature. The tiny white groundcover, Gypsophila ‘Gypsy’ appears to flow out of the pot, while the light pink pelargonium ‘Novita’ and pelargonium ‘Kariba’ with pink eye provide a beautiful floral effect.

Try this: BeautiCal ‘Red Maple’ is a cross between cali and petunia, with showy petunia-size flowers produced en-masse like calibrachoa. The compact, rounded plants, are weather resistant, recovering from rain faster than traditional petunias. They are also more mildew resistant.

The mixed planting in these two wheelbarrows feature argyranthemum ‘Madeira’ yellow at the back of the barrow and marigold ‘Taishan’ for height, with gazania’ New Day’ bright yellow and calibrachoa ‘Cabaret’ yellow improved cascading over the lip of the barrow.

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