Gateacre's ECO Tips for the garden - making a difference
Pick Up Our Free Eco Tips Leaflet
You'll find plenty of environmentally sensitive gardening tips within the centre, including our own specially researched leaflet, free for all of our visitors.
Tip 1 Grow your own organic
- Improve your soil
- Make your own compost
- Choose the right plants
- Control weeds naturally
- Control insects naturally
- Companion planting
- Learn to live with imperfection
Tip 2 Make Wildlife work for you
- Plant a nature escape
- Butterfly gardening
- Plant for bees
Tip 3 Reduce your carbon debt
- Plant plants, lawns and trees
- Provide natural fresh air machines in your home - indoor plants
- Switch to peat free compost