A woman, who describes herself as a ‘Womble’, has created a beautiful garden from other people’s rubbish – growing plants out of a cast-off fireplace as well as old pairs of wellies.
Lynn Cameron, 61, said her back yard looked “like a dumping ground” when she moved to the property in Alva, Clackmannanshire around 30 years ago.
The grandma-of-four couldn’t afford to renovate the space, but as a keen gardener, she took on the challenge herself.
She cleared away the broken glass, bricks and a fridge freezer, and began to reuse and recycle other people’s rubbish to transform the area.
The finished result – which features an unwanted bed frame holding fruit plants and a pond made from old tyres – recently drew a hundred visitors.
Lynn compares herself to one of The Wombles, the children’s TV programme which saw furry creatures trawl Wimbledon Common for discarded items they could repurpose.
She said: “The whole garden is full of reused stuff. It was…
