It Starts With A Pot

Whatever Space You've Got... IT STARTS WITH A POT Grow Your Own Did you know? An 85p packet of lettuce seed could produce the equivalent of around 16 bags of salad saving you around £24 in the supermarket! Recently there has been an increase in the number of people choosing to grow their own food at home. 6% of all tomatoes consumed in the UK were home grown! Did you know? One in three runner beans consumed in England are self-grown, along with 7% of potatoes! 10% of strawberries consumed in the UK are Things to grow... grown at home! Beetroot Broad beans Carrots Peas Potatoes Radishes Runner beans Chillies & Peppers Salad Leaves Salad Onions Turnips Tomatoes Herbs & Wellbeing Did you know? Growing your own herbs is both cheap and easy and can be done in the most confined spaces such as pots and window boxes. Not only that, potted herbs give fragrance to your gardens an The menthol found in peppermint tea acts as a muscle relaxant and can aid a good nights sleep! attract an array of wildlife! René Maurice Gattefossé first documented the healing properties of lavender in the early 1900's Did you know? Lavender's soothing properties can be used to treat sunburn. Brewed into a strong tea, it is then sprayed onto the affected area. Things to grow.….. Lavender AloeVera Peppermint Ginseng St. John's Wort Rosemary Echinacea Thyme Tea Tree Lemon Balm Comfrey Chamomile Sage Perfect For Pollinators Did you know? Through their pollination, bees Encouraging bee populations is vital to our ecosystem. Declining bee populations are estimated to contribute would result in almost half of the fruit 'n' £400 million per annum to the UK economy! veg aisle disappearing. Produce including apples, carrots, citrus fruits, onions, amongst many others, would cease to grow naturally. Did you know? Since the 1930s, we have lost around 97% of our flower rich grassland where bees naturally thrive. Things to grow... Clematis Larkspur Snap Dragon Marigold Lavender Hellebore Corn Flower Crocus Borage Forget-me-not Primrose Honeysuckle Sunflower Sources www.rhs.org.uk/science/pdf/conservation-and-biodiversitylwildlife/rhs_pollinators_plantlist www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/european-bumblebees-under-threat www.which.co.uk/home-and-garden/garden/guides/growing-your-own-veg/the-five-easiest-vegetables-to-grow/ www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2255043/ www.bbc.co.uk/nature/22433553 www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?pid=528 www.bumblebeeconservation.org/about-bees/why-bees-need-help PERFECT Perrywood IT STARTS Garden Centre • Nurseries • Gift & Coffee Shop POLLIN WITH A POT TM www.PERRYWOOD.CO.UK FOR SHD