A guide to reducing the plastic in your gardening life
Do you feel overwhelmed by the amount of plastic in the world and in your garden? Worried that you alone can’t make much difference? Are you confused by all the gardening products claiming to be biodegradable or compostable? Or maybe you just don’t know where to start? This book is for you.
This book offers clear information about garden plastics and their effects on the environment. It offers help to weigh up alternative materials and marketing claims
Low-cost, fun and DIY ideas for adapting your garden and the way you garden to use less plastic
‘An excellent well-researched reference and the first book on how to reduce the use of plastics in horticulture. The author offers practical solutions to one of today’s key environmental challenges for gardeners.’ Ken Cox, author of Woodland Gardening
While most book covers contain plastic, this one is plastic-free.
‘The problem of plastics is one of the many major environmental challenges of our age. Gardening, generally seen as an activity which is good for the environment and for the humans who practice it, but the use of plastics in garden pots, furniture packaging and crop protection needs to be addressed. Plastic Free Gardening is the first book on the subject and covers pots, crop protection, tools, propagation and much more. It is sobering to realise how much plastic is used by gardeners and how much cannot be reused or recycled.’
‘An excellent well-researched reference and the first book on how to reduce the use of plastics in horticulture. The author offers practical solutions to one of today’s key environmental challenges for gardeners. ‘
Both long and short reviews: Ken Cox, Author of Woodland Gardening, Garden Plants for Scotland, Fruit and Vegetables for Scotland.
“…full of practical advice for recycling, reusing and avoiding plastics….makes the reader feel motivated rather than guilty. I definitely recommend this book to talk you through (reducing plastic in your garden).” Abigail Shepherd, The Perthshire Magazine, February 2020.
“One of the attractive elements of this ‘bible’ is the end-of-chapter summaries of dos and don’ts…this book certainly hits the spot.” Jim McColl, The Press and Journal, January 2020.
“…a realistic blueprint tempered with a message of optimism…. An excellent reference book which is easy to understand and gives the reader numerous low-cost and DIY ideas.” John MacLennan, The Caledonian Gardener, January 2020.