To get a greener garden in Hampshire is as easy as one, two, three! One – cut the grass; two - put in your home composter or take to the household waste recycling centre (HWRC) and three – put the composted material on your garden or buy a bag of Pro-Grow soil conditioner from the HWRC.

In Hampshire almost 15% of households have either received, free of charge, or purchased a subsidised home composter from their local council. Most organic kitchen and garden waste can be composted in the garden using a container or a traditional ‘heap’. This includes teabags, fruit and vegetable peelings, grass cuttings and small prunings. Once the materials have fully biodegraded the end product is compost and can be used around the garden.

In addition garden waste can be taken to any HWRC is Hampshire from where it is taken for composting and made into Pro-Grow, which has been accredited by the Soil Association. Last year the equivalent to one million bags of Pro-Grow were sold and used in the UK. Gardeners from all over Hampshire have used this product along with The Eden Project in Cornwall; Rushmoor Borough Council’s award winning ‘in bloom’ entry and organic farms throughout Hampshire.

 From research information we know that about 30% of the average dustbin can be composted, so why not use this bank holiday weekend to make your garden even greener?

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2 May 2001