'I'm like a Womble': The grandma who creates paradise from other people's rubbish

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 never set out with a plan in mind, it just morphed in different ways, as I needed it.

"My mother said to me 'use what you’ve got and you’ll no’ want', and that's what I did as I had no income to buy anything. I'm always on the lookout.

"People text me on walks saying there is a bunch of bricks been thrown away. I like being in the garden as everything is a memory of people," she added.

"I am definitely a bit like a 'Womble', especially with how I waddle up and down my garden! I've been gardening since I was a wee girl, ever since my dad gave me a plot to look after.

"When I moved in, the garden hadn't been looked after for many years. There was a fridge freezer, broken glass, bricks. It was like a dumping ground.

"I needed somewhere for my kids to play, and for me to sit and enjoy."

Lynn, who owns a gift shop, continued: "I started on the bit that was closest to the house, started clearing the area and getting rid of rubbish along the way.

"As I was digging things up, I was hitting concrete, so I started to uncover these areas and worked around them.

"Friends and family would ask if I needed stuff. If I saw people getting rid of things, I would just ask if I could get them.

"A neighbour was throwing out a metal bed, so I took it off him and turned it into a frame to support fruit plants.

"I got a pile of tyres which you can get easily from garages because it costs them to get rid of them.

"I built up to the two layers of tyres, filled them with soil and planted them up to make a standing for my pond.

"I made raised vegetable beds the other day, using soil that council workers were disposing of."

On August 1, she opened her garden up to 100 visitors, and raised £620 for Christians Against Poverty, a charity which had helped her in the past, .

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