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  • Ways to Reuse Plastic in the Garden
    1. Turn an old tote into a greenhouse
    1. Save on soil with recycled pot fillers
    1. Start seeds sustainably
    1. Protect plants with bubble wrap
    1. Let old water bottles water your plants
    1. Give herbs an early start
    1. Feed the birds
    1. Start seeds in single-use coffee pods
    1. Move plants without the mess

Teo Spengler is a master gardener and a docent at the San Francisco Botanical Garden, where she hosts public tours. She has studied horticulture and written about nature, trees, plants, and gardening for more than two decades, following a career as an attorney and legal writer. Her extended family includes some 30 houseplants and hundreds of outdoor plants, including 250 trees, which are her main passion. Spengler currently splits her life between San Francisco and the French Basque Country, though she was raised in Alaska, giving her experience of gardening in a range of climates.