We are all becoming much more conscious of the importance of protecting our environment, and we aim to help our customers find little ways to become more sustainable to help change for a better future.
A simple way for many of us to start at home is to think about little ways we can be more sustainable in the garden. Gardening provides a brilliant boost to our mental health too, so it’s a positive all round.
Here are 5 little ways you can garden sustainably in your garden:
1. Re-Wildlife Your Garden
Your garden is the perfect place for wildlife to thrive, there are many little ways you can encourage more visits :
Add a bird feeder or leave a small hole at the bottom of your garden fence to allow hedgehogs to pass through your garden.
If you have a little more time, make a bug hotel or create a small pond.
Inviting wildlife such as bees, butterflies, birds, frogs, and hedgehogs into your garden can play a vital role in its natural ecosystem and carbon cycle.
Read our ‘How to‘ guide for more ideas and information.
2. Plant for Pollinators
Find a spare patch to scatter wildflower seeds, or fill a patio container with flowering bedding plants.
By creating pollinator friendly spaces within our gardens we can help support vulnerable populations while enjoying better harvests.
Pollinating insects require two things in order to survive: food (nectar and pollen) and shelter. All we need to do as gardeners is simply use pollinator friendly plants.
Read our ‘How to‘ guide to find out what plants you can grow in your garden.
3. Plant Trees for the Future
Why not plant a tree as part of the Queen’s Green Canopy to celebrate her Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee.
Trees are amazing at reducing carbon but also providing food and shelter for wildlife. They will last through generations and are a ‘big’ way to plant hope for the future.
If you haven’t got a large garden there are trees for smaller areas you can easily grow in containers.
Read our ‘How to’? Plant a Tree guide or our ‘How to’? Choose a Tree for a Small Garden.
4. Sow Wildflower Seeds
Wildlife flower seeds are inexpensive and beautiful to grow.
Planting wildflower seeds are a simple way to attract an abundance of bees, butterflies and birds to your garden.
The sowing period is March to June or September and October.
Read our ‘How to‘ guide to get sowing.
5. Grow Your Own
Whether you have just a windowsill to spare or an entire empty vegetable patch, it makes no difference to the enjoyment you can have producing your own food.
If you grow your own food there is no need for plastic packaging and pollution due to travel which has its environmental benefits. You will also see a lot less food waste as you can pick as you go.
Why not try using peat-free compost, organic feeds and natural pesticides when growing your vegetables?
