Amateur Gardening

Your THRIFTY IDEAS

Salvaging stories

■ “My upcycling journey began many years ago when I had four very small children and very little money, attempting to find items to divide the garden and protect my precious plants from the incessant footballs landing on them. Over the years, I have regularly gone for walks bringing and I always loved the idea of a doorway into a secret garden. As soon as I saw the door on a skip last year, I had to retrieve it and create my own version of the Secret garden.”

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