How to shop for a sustainable garden: green ingredients, the best products, and eco-friendly tips
Going green has never been more popular, but how do you sort the buzzwords from useful, factual information?
11 March 2021 • 3:01pm
The terms ‘bio’, ‘eco’ and ‘natural’ should be taken with a pinch of salt, but there are green products on the market
Credit: Gap Gardens
Gardeners are going greener with every year that passes. Europe-wide sales of battery-powered mowers are rising fast, and “wild garden” was second only to “balcony gardening” as most popular Instagram gardening hashtag last year.
And more than a third of gardeners are looking to buy products that are made from sustainable materials: no wonder a whole new generation of “green” products has leapt up to meet their needs.
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