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Social media has played a huge role in popularising gardening as a rewarding pastime during the pandemic. You can hardly scroll without coming across a useful hack for growing or preening your plant friends.

Recently, TikTokers have taken to sharing the clever adaptations their parents have made to their home gardens with the purpose of making them more sustainable and budget-friendly. And the best thing about it is that you don’t have to be a seasoned gardener to borrow from their ingenuity.

Collecting rainwater or making your own compost might not seem like lightbulb ideas, but small changes in this vein can have an impact on the planet at large, far beyond your small patch of greenery.

In the excited rush to nurture new plants and produce, many of us are missing out on chances to make easy, sustainable changes. Elizabeth Waddington, a gardening expert at Horticulture and sustainability consultant, says, “Many new gardeners fail to recognise the potential to use natural and reclaimed resources already around them.”

But, she’s willing to teach, and here she shares why these TikTok hacks are the ticket to a more eco and wallet-friendly home garden.

TikTok gardening hacks: 5 tips that will help you save money and the planet