| Sustainable Horticulture is increasingly important to | | | | that you know how to revitalize the soil through |
| everyone. This website contains articles related to | | | | organic approaches. Keeping your soil alive keeps |
| sustaining our environment through sustaining our | | | | your garden sustainable. |
| horticulture. It is through sustaining our home | | | | In urban areas, heavy traffic, combined with a sea of |
| environment that we make a valuable contribution to | | | | concrete, leads to soil compaction, creating an |
| sustaining much more. | | | | environment where existing plants cannot obtain |
| We live in an increasingly urbanized world, where | | | | sufficient oxygen or water to survive and seedlings |
| open or green space is becoming less common and | | | | cannot germinate. Fertilizers and pesticides are often |
| more highly valued. Landscapes provide an extension | | | | applied in excessive quantities, which can lead to such |
| of the livable environment where people interact with | | | | environmental disasters as eutrophication of water |
| their world and each other. Unfortunately, many | | | | bodies, destruction of salmon habitat, and poisoning |
| landscapes are neither well managed nor sustainable, | | | | of a variety of organisms. Unsustainable landscapes |
| with poor plant choices, site conditions, and little or | | | | may also require more frequent weeding, watering, |
| no maintenance. A variety of problems make such | | | | pruning, and other high-maintenance activities to keep |
| places unhealthy or unsafe for plants, humans, and | | | | them functional. |
| animals. For instance, invasive species are often | | | | Learn more about how soil compaction impacts your |
| planted in landscapes, where they out compete more | | | | horticulture. Find out the truth about compost tea. Do |
| beneficial species, reducing diversity and providing less | | | | you know if your garden shop is dispensing urban |
| food and habitat for other organisms. | | | | myths or factual information? Want to learn some |
| Is your lawn and garden propped up through heavy | | | | great horticultural tips? |
| chemical fertilization? This is not a sustainable | | | | It is important to recognize and apply sustainable |
| situation. It is important for you to consider ways to | | | | management practices as preferable alternatives to |
| improve the soil that supports both your lawn and | | | | current practices. Sustainable or ecologically friendly |
| garden. There are many commercial sources of | | | | landscapes, whether in public greenspaces or privately |
| better soil and compost that will help you achieve | | | | owned, consume less water, have reduced needs for |
| your goal. If you prefer to do it yourself, composting, | | | | fertilizer and pesticides, and avoid the use of |
| worm beds, and other alternatives are available. | | | | non-native, invasive species. |
| Do you have an urban garden? If so it is important | | | | |