(Garden water) butts for every taste.

Which is nice, because for many gardens and gardeners it doesn’t matter “what your butt looks like”, but other gardens mean your butt is on show (as it were 🙂)

https://www.theguardian.com/money/2023/jun/10/garden-water-butts-get-a-long-overdue-design-makeover?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

@gardening

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Scotland is so used to regular rain that even a fairly short dry spell can start to cause significant problems: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jun/10/concern-over-loch-ness-low-water-levels-amid-uk-dry-spell We need to slow the water running off the hills (and gardens), not just to reduce flooding, but also so that we keep rainwater available for longer into droughts. #Scotland #Drought #Rain #ClimateCrisis #WaterButt

Looks like there's some limited funding in Lambeth for 5 community projects to improve green spaces, including installation of a water butt. Deadline is 17 March. https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=DQSIkWdsW0yxEjajBLZtrQAAAAAAAAAAAAO__dYjTO5UN0FYWjM3NlVOREc5UThWTEdDVTRLSllaQi4u&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=Orlo via Inuse Reuse & Lambeth Council

#greenspace #communitygrants #grants #lambeth #lambethcouncil #inusereuse #waterbutt #waterreuse #SuDS