Recent News On Sustainable Gardening

As you probably know, growing some of your own food - especially in a sustainable manner - is important in helping to preserve both our environment and our health. Growing sustainably means utilizing natural methods such as companion planting, crop rotation, and natural predators, as well as choosing plants native to your area and growing conditions, to create a naturally diverse and at least partially self-sustaining ecosystem in your garden space.

We try to bring you current and relevant resources to assist you in your sustainable gardening efforts, and here are some recent articles we thought you might find of interest on the topic. From gardening sustainably in a changing climate, to sustainable gardening in winter, and other helpful tips, these articles bring you important information for your sustainable garden.

The "Eden Garden" is a community project that over ten years has turned part of St Paul's churchyard into a sustainable garden promoting biodiversity and giving an opportunity for city children to learn about gardening and wildlife. See http://www.stpaulssw4.org/content/view/19/33/ (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Video: Sustainable Gardening in a Changing Climate | Cornell ...
https://blogs.cornell.edu Tue, 26 Nov 2013 22:10:03 GMT
View a talk Sustainable Gardening in a Changing Climate that David Wolfe, Professor, Department of Horticulture and Faculty Fellow, Atkinson Center for a.
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Sustainable Gardening | 51 Jiqiren
http://www.51jiqiren.com Fri, 17 Jan 2014 06:28:30 GMT
Industry experts have been developing different techniques to make fully-sustainable gardens, affecting everything from how the gardens are built down to the drops of water that nourish the plants. Martin Hudson, CEO of ...
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Sustainable Gardening: Interview With Author Rick Austin
http://www.inquisitr.com Fri, 27 Dec 2013 21:29:14 GMT
Gardening in winter, especially in a sustainable manner can be quite difficult. Bestselling garden design author Rick Austin recently sat down with The.
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Landscapes for Life: A Homeowners Guide to Sustainable Gardening.
http://sarahpdukegardens.blogspot.com Mon, 25 Nov 2013 22:25:00 GMT
Gardening can tackle all three, and Duke Gardens can teach you how to create a sustainable landscape in its five part series, “Landscapes for Life: A Homeowners Guide to Sustainable Gardening.” The course is based on a ...
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Video - Protecting the Future of Food

I love TED talks, and this one does not disappoint - it will be 17 minutes well-spent. Cary Fowler discusses the importance of seed diversity, and the many varieties we have already lost, as well as what we can do to help protect our food supply for future generations. Losing varieties - even ones that don't seem all that special right now - takes away the possibility that we might use them for something someday, and limits our options for the future - something which we really don't want to happen, especially considering the implications of climate change. Crop diversity may well be the one thing that can ensure the continuation of the human race. It sounds dramatic, but when you watch this video you'll see why.... This is one you won't want to miss!

Cary Fowler: One seed at a time, protecting the future of food
www.ted.com The varieties of wheat, corn and rice we grow today may not thrive in a future threatened by climate change. Cary Fowler takes us inside a vast global seed bank, buried within a frozen mountain in Norway, that stores a diverse group of fo...