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You can use common household items that would otherwise be destined for landfill to add style and flair to your garden.

Check out some of our favourite recycling and upcycling ideas from BBC Gardeners’ World Live over the years.

Do n’t block to visit BBC Gardeners ’ World Live Special Edition to get even more idea , let in from the On Your Bike ! Garden with a fun compounding of recycling and upcycling all within a cycling theme !

Pallet bicycle rack , in the Health For Life Garden designed by Owen Morganrecycled pallet bicycle wrack

Recycled Tyre as a container , in ‘ Our School Space ’ Beautiful Border by Katie Suttlerecycled tyre container

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Recycled containers

urine bottleful hanging planters , in Taste the Incredible Edibles , by Shire Oak Academy

An upcycled herbaceous plant container , in the Watchmakers Garden by Alex Froggatt

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Try preloved   kitchen point to grow cut and come again salad , in the Pennard Plants exhibit in the Floral Marquee

A galvanised bathtub makes a great container on the allotment , in The Allotment Garden by Jon Wheatley and Terry Porter

A cable metal drum for a sit down area around a tree , in the Revelation Garden by Derby College

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Upcycled pipe water feature , in the Heightened Senses garden by Jo Jemmison

Reclaimed farm machinery modeled feature film , in the Reuse & Recycle Garden by Longstock Estate Landscapes at the BBC GW Spring Fair

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New year , unexampled garden , new tendency !

Upcycled box in Watchmakers Garden

We ’re through the garden gate into 2023 , with a host of horticulture trends blooming throughout the country . Fromhouse plantsreaching dizzying heights of popularity , to the semblance of the twelvemonth ‘ Viva Magenta’,read on for our full list of trends .

To get up close and personal with tonic garden inspiration , newfangled plants , the previous horticulture kit and more , fall in us in 2023 .

Colour of the Year 2023

Hand - peck by Pantone , the color of the year has been nominate as ‘ Viva Magenta .

Pantone delineate the colour as‘brave and fearless , and a pulsating color whose exuberance promotes a joyous and affirmative jubilation , writing a novel story . ’

Discover a world of colouring material and odor in the stunningFloral Marquee ,   bursting with award - winning nursery and display .

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Sustainable gardening

Whilst your garden might seem to already be very green , it can always be green !

Discover ways you may make horticulture more sustainable , like upcycling common items to make stylish feature . What was a pallet , hessian bags , bits of pipe , and atomic number 50 hindquarters , could become a planter , mature bags , water feature , and wildlife habitat .

Be inhale by the BBC Gardeners ’ World Magazine editorial squad as they ’re joined by experts to give gratuity and advice .

Dhalia Garden by Jon Wheatley Trough of Dhalias

Grow your own food

look to go from ground to supper this twelvemonth ? Get brilliant advice from the National Allotment Society at the effect .

Peat-free gardening

find out about the in style peat - gratis compost from exhibitor who can offer face - to - face advice .

Indoor gardening

Foliage does n’t just belong to alfresco – make for nature indoors and be inspired by the Houseplant Hub .

Mindful gardening

Beautiful Borders returns   with this year ’s theme ‘ My Garden Escape ’ to give you   space savvy mind .

Gardening on a budget

get word different ways you may permit your garden flower under a tighter budget , with advice from expert gardener .

Fermented foods

chatter the BBC Good Food Summer Show ( with free entree with your ticket ! ) and discover the late epicurean trends .

Feeling exalt ? Find out what else is happening at BBC Gardeners ’ World exist this June !

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Heightened Senses Jo Jemmison

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