Writer and gardening professional Simon Akeroyd shared the favored tip on social media
Social media customers praised the ‘pretty’ concept (inventory picture) (Picture: Getty)
Individuals may repurpose their tea baggage right into a ‘lovely’ ornament utilizing a gardener’s tip. Simon Akeroyd, the creator and gardening professional behind over 30 books, shared the suggestion in a preferred TikTok video.
As an skilled head gardener and the proprietor of Simon Akeroyd’s Gardening Academy, Simon has amassed hundreds of thousands of followers throughout his social media channels, together with over 800k followers on TikTok. Taking to the platform below the username @Simonakeroydgardener, the professional demonstrated the right way to create floral bookmarks with vibrant flowers and leaves picked from the backyard utilizing tea baggage.
Captioning his video, Simon stated: “As an alternative of throwing away your tea baggage, you may make them into floral bookmarks. You need to use conventional tea baggage or natural tea baggage. Nevertheless you want the kind of teabags which are folded (often have string connected) as you want to have the ability to unfold them. The spherical or pyramid teabags received’t work as they will’t be unfolded.
“When you’ve opened the tea bag, rinse and dry after which cowl floor with a mixture of glue and water. Stick pressed flowers onto one half of the teabag after which fold over. Depart to dry. You now have a stupendous floral bookmark which you should use in your favorite gardening books.”
The thought delighted viewers, racking up over 26k likes. Replying to the viral video, one fan stated: “That’s so artistic, thanks rather a lot for the concept.” A second viewer wrote: “That is lovely.”
A 3rd social media consumer wrote: “What a beautiful concept.” Another person thought: “Wow! You’re a backyard genius. If not for the teabag, I might laminate it,” and a fan praised: “They’re so fairly.”
Nevertheless, it is to not solely method gardeners can repurpose tea baggage. In one other common put up, the gardening professional instructed viewers: “Most (however not all) tea baggage can’t be composted.
“Which is a disgrace. It’s because the baggage themselves don’t decompose. (They include micro plastics). Nevertheless there is no such thing as a must chuck all the tea bag into land fill.”
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As an alternative of throwing away your tea baggage, you may make them into floral bookmarks. You need to use conventional tea baggage or natural tea baggage. Nevertheless you want the kind of teabags which are folded (often have string connected) as you want to have the ability to unfold them. The spherical or pyramid teabags received’t work as they will’t be unfolded. When you’ve opened the tea bag, rinse and dry after which cowl floor with a mixture of glue and water. Stick pressed flowers onto one half of the teabag after which fold over. Depart to dry. You now have a stupendous floral bookmark which you should use in your favorite gardening books. And, I’m delighted to say. I’ve acquired a model new gardening e-book popping out on 9 April 2026 known as Manner To Develop. Revealed by DK. It options 100 of my favorite gardening hacks and ideas. Method to Develop is accessible to pre order within the hyperlink in my bio. Thanks a lot in your assist.
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Simon continued: “As an alternative, break up the tea baggage open and tip out the spent tea leaves. Dried tea leaves are excessive in tanin and it’s stated to assist cut back slug and snail harm. (Don’t depend on this although, but it surely may work if mixed with different strategies). Additionally they include some plant vitamins so can be utilized to enhance the fertility of the soil. Dried tea leaves additionally make a superb soil conditioner.”
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Replying to the put up, a viewer named Monty requested: “Is that this okay for indoor crops as nicely?” Simon replied: “Hello Monty, sure superb for indoor / home crops too.”
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