Today eco friendly awareness and the understanding of renewable energy are paramount in the future of our planets survival.
Gardens Are Eco-Friendly – But, Are We?
All gardens are eco friendly – it’s how we look after them that can be eco friendly or not. Plants absorb carbon dioxide and give off oxygen – so they are both essential & critical.
Plants absorb carbon dioxide and give off oxygen – so they are both essential & critical.
A weed is a plant that has mastered every survival skill
except for learning how to grow in rows.
- Doug Larson
So eco friendly gardens are an easy way for anyone to assist reduce the carbon footprint and play their part in making the environment more sustainable – whether the climate change is happening as we are told or not.
While there is much being focused on the actual home itself as a building and how to make it more eco friendly and energy efficient, many people are daunted by what can be high costs. For example, installation of solar panels, wind turbines, insulation, double or triple glazing and so on.
Do What You Can
Not everyone can afford to renovate their heating systems or energy sources – but that doesn’t mean they cannot contribute in a real way to reduction of the carbon footprint.
The first steps then that anyone can take is in the exterior – the garden – be it in the front or back of the actual building that is your home.
If you have space to plant a tree, then plant one. A single tree will absorb approximately one ton of carbon dioxide during its lifetime.
If you don’t particularly like gardening, then aim for a low maintenance garden – trees, bushes and shrubs – which basically can be left alone. Your local nursery will provide information on the right types for your region.
However, if you like gardening then the world’s your oyster! There is so much you can do and so many ideas, that you can make a real impression environmentally as well as get lots of pleasure.
Even apartment dwellers can do this – many plants and shrubs are happy to live in a pot – so long as they are watered and fed. Roses, dwarf fruit trees, herbs, annuals all can be grown in pots, plus many ferns and tropical plants.
This section of the web site has many tips and ideas that will assist you build your eco friendly gardens around your home.