Sustainable Gardening 101
Here you'll learn how to choose plants that require little or no help from the gardener and how to care for them and your whole garden. A work in progress is the section "Why Sustainable Gardening," because the research keeps rolling in.
Articles on This Site
Why Sustainable Gardening is a summary of the benefits - from local to global - of gardening the sustainable way.
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.
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.
Stories from the Garden
- 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
- Color Encyclopedia of Ornamental Grasses
- Organic Lawn Care
- The Rodale Book of Composting
- The Secret Life of Compost
- Rodale's All-New Encyclopedia of Organic Gardening
- Organic Gardening Magazine
- The Truth about Garden Remedies
- Eat More Dirt
- Planting for Weather-Resistant Beauty
- Good Advice for Challenging Climates
- Water-Wise Gardening
- Nature's Role in American History
