Locally found, re-used materials are always the first choice…
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These raised beds were made from 7″x4″
lintels discarded from a warehouse nearby.
Sanded and varnished with timber preserver
and UV protection oil.
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Green roof on a shipping container. The
structure is made entirely from re-used
timber and the gabion basket edging is
filled with bricks found on the site.
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Barrels used for importing olives being used
as water butts.
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Keyhole beds made from re-used scaffold
boards.
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Gabion edging on this green roof filled with
paving stones found on the site.
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Green roof edging made from scaffold board
which has been cut in half length-ways, sanded
and treated with timber preserver and
UV protection oil.