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Sara Hesikova

3 ways to use coffee grounds in the garden to deter pests and boost the health of your plants

Jar filled with coffee grounds.

Most of us are partial to a lovely cup of coffee first thing in the morning, especially if it’s made with freshly ground coffee and a state-of-the-art coffee machine. But once the coffee is made, the once precious coffee grounds turn into waste and tend to be discarded. And yet, there are several ways to use coffee grounds in the garden and on plants.

If you too find it wasteful to just chuck away the grounds from your bean to cup coffee machine, then you might be trying to think of what to do with leftover coffee grounds. We’re happy to say that if you have a garden, then there are not one but three ways to employ used coffee grounds that will benefit the health of your garden plants, as recommended by gardening experts.

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