| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Ealing Council to reduce garden waste collections | |
| Posted by: | Simon Hayes | |
| Date/Time: | 03/05/24 07:04:00 |
| Yes Philippa. That’s well known in horticulture. Ericaceous plants like camellias and rhododendrons create their own mulch over time from flowers and leaves decomposing around the root system. The link you posted works for large scale gardens like Wisley, it doesn’t necessarily translate to a relatively small urban or suburban garden. A lot of people don’t really want to have their borders looking like haystacks all year round, particularly in some of the more affluent areas like Chiswick. Of course, the council could force garden owners to home compost by simply scrapping the collection service, but then that would affect its much trumpeted recycling figures and upset eater a lot of residents. |