Sustainable Gardening

First, What IS Sustainable Gardening?

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Sustainable Gardening Practices explains the basic how-tos, like mulching, composting, preventing pests, retaining stormwater, and going easy on the gardener.
Sustainable Plants is an overview of easy plants by type — perennials, grasses, trees and shrubs — including both native and nonnative examples. It also explains what makes a plant sustainable.
Why Sustainable Gardening is a summary of the benefits — from local to global — of gardening the sustainable way.
Jumping into Sustainability — the Gardens of the University of Georgia Go Green by Professor Allan Armitage.
Carbon Footprint in your Garden is climate change expert Michael Johnsen's explanation of which plants and gardening practices store the most carbon.
Urban Sustainable Living — video and text by Garden Girl Patti Moreno of Boston.
Climate Change in the Garden is about how gardeners can adapt to changing temperatures and worsening drought.
Sustainability Beyond the Garden compiles stories of families who are pioneers in changing their lives, and a growing list of resources.

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Stories from the Blogs

Update about the Sustainable Sites Initiative.
Sustainable Sites Report Gets it Right — about the Sustainable Sites Initiative, a joint project of the U.S. Botanic Garden, the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, and the American Society of Landscape Architects..
This article on drought tolerance provoked 30 comments from some passionate, well-informed readers.
And that one prompted this follow-up on drought-tolerance — because it's a hot issue!
Xeriscaping — turns out it's more complicated than we thought.

Great Info in Print

Ann Lovejoy's Organic Garden Design School — by my favorite organic designer.
Naturalistic Gardening by Ann Lovejoy
Color Encyclopedia of Ornamental Grasses by Darke
Organic Lawn Care by Paul Tukey, spokesman for the important SafeLawns campaign.
The Rodale Book of Composting — they've been doing it for decades.
The Secret Life of Compost by Malcolm Beck was recommended to me by a serious composter.
Rodale's All-New Encyclopedia of Organic Gardening
Organic Gardening Magazine — another trusted source for decades.
The Truth about Garden Remedies by Jeff Gillman
Eat More Dirt by "Queen of Non-Toxic Know-How," Sandbeck
Planting for Weather-Resistant Beauty by Lauren Springer
Good Advice for Challenging Climates by Lauren Springer and Rob Proctor
Water-Wise Gardening by Lauren Springer
Nature's Role in American History by Steinberg
The Informed Gardener by Linda Chalker-Scott