Gardening club builds greenhouse out of recycled plastic

A group of gardening enthusiasts in Lancashire have found a new eco-friendly way of building a greenhouse without the need for glass.

According to the Lancashire Telegraph, a team of local gardeners in Nelson re-used some 1,200 plastic bottles to create the structure as part of the Pendle Leisure Trust's Healthy Lifestyle scheme.

Co-ordinator of the Grow and Sow group Joanne Dootson told the regional newspaper: "We have been doing a lot of recycling with toilets, sinks and baths by using them in the garden and this was just an extension of that.

"We hope that this will spur people on and stop sending bottles to landfill sites. It might need a bit of insulation work but so far it has been fantastic and it was lovely to see everybody working together."

Lancashire has a wealth of public gardens and country parklands. The Forest of Bowland, for example, is home to extensive landscapes and wildlife and is rated an "area of outstanding natural beauty".

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