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Did you know?
  • The average rainfall in the South East of England is nearly 800 millimetres a year
  • That’s enough to fill a large water butt nearly 20 times – even from a small roof
  • Using a watering can filled from a water butt is enough to keep an average garden flourishing
Water butt
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Top Tips for Saving

Use water butts to collect rainwater for your plants – they prefer it to tap water

Just one water butt of rainwater is enough to fill 25 watering cans

Water at the roots rather than the leaves to avoid evaporation

Water in the morning and evening to avoid water evaporating in the heat

Put mulch round the base of plants to lock in moisture in the soil

Watch our step-by-step guide to installing a water butt.
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