When you think of oats, your mind probably goes straight to breakfast—a warm bowl of porridge or granola. But here's something you might...

Plastic is absolutely everywhere. It's been found in the most remote places on Earth—the North and South poles, on top of the Himalayas, even in the deepest parts of the oceans where sunlight never reaches! Every single year, around 8 million tonnes of plastic end up in our seas. That's a number so big it's hard to wrap your head around. We've all seen the images by now. Plastic packaging clogging waterways, bags floating in the ocean, straws stuck in the noses of sea turtles

For centuries gardens put food on our tables, were places to play, somewhere to dry the washing and provided us with remedies to treat...