Nursery does blooming great recycling
HARVEST Laneway Leongatha has a number of products sure to inspire customers to recycle.
Owner Adam Christensen took over the nursery business earlier this year and has come up with a number of eco-friendly solutions to suit all green thumbs and amateur gardeners.
“Leongatha Men’s Shed started making palette planter boxes in both painted and untreated varieties which are very popular,” Mr Christensen said.
“You can get common things like palettes from anywhere and turn them into something useful.”
The Bair Street nursery also has a range of planters made from recycled goods including eco baskets, a vinyl basket made from used motorbike tyres.
Another innovative solution to recycling includes wall hangers where gardeners can pin up the pocketed planters on a vertical surface and cover their walls in plants.
The wall planters are constructed with fibre made from recycled water bottles.
“Looking at them you would not know they are made from recycled plastic. They are great for holding cuttings and small plants and they look fantastic on walls,” Mr Christensen said.
Having moved into the nursery earlier this year, he took the opportunity to reuse old materials from the refurbished space.
“I use the old staircase as a display area and we use the old shade cloths as lining for planter buckets,” Mr Christensen said.
“We ask customers to bring in plastic bags for us to reuse. We go through so many but I do not like to buy them. It is kind of the necessary evil.”
Mr Christensen also uses Styrofoam boxes previously used for packaging. The nurseryman recommends them for amateur gardeners to use as a wicking bed to grow plants.
“They are really good for young people and for people who are not at home much,” he said.
Mr Christensen used Styrofoam boxes to create an edible garden while he was living with limited space in Sydney.
“They are easy for growing things including edible gardens and they only need to be watered about every 10 days,” he said.
Harvest Laneway also stocks a recycling initiative coined by local Paul Nelson.
Mr Nelson uses a form of paper mache to build pots for plants. The thick material is lightweight but looks like a textured concrete and is completely recycled.
“They are sustainable products that save on waste,” Mr Christensen said.
“There are so many simple ways to recycle old things to make them useful again.”
There is no excuse not to use recycled goods when Harvest Laneway makes it so easy.
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