Who doesn’t love more plants? Keeping a few nursery pots in your shed or garage can come in handy especially if you’re a keen indoor gardener. The spare pots you have lying about might just be the perfect size for a propagation project or a plant that needs repotting into a larger plastic pot. It’s also good practise to have a few nursery pots available for any time you feel like having a plant care day. Read our Propagating Guide.

It’s true, nursery pots are fairly boring and uninteresting to look at but if you’ve got some time to spare why not have arts and crafts days to let out your creative side. You can use any material that fits in with your own personal style. Decorate those plastic pots with rope, paint or even shells to use as a decorative pot inside or outside. If you’re worried about the drainage holes you can use a plate or saucer underneath the pot to catch any excess water.

We’re not the only ones on a mission to make the world a greener place. Many local garden centres around the UK are now accepting unwanted plastic pots so they can be reused with the promise they will not end up in landfill. If you don’t live near a garden centre you can head over to recyclenow.com and use their locator tool to find out where your unwanted nursery pots will be accepted.