Gardening | Deep-green Gardening
Green gardening isn’t just about compost bins and rain barrels anymore.
Sarah Hayden Reichard, professor of conservation biology at the University of Washington and author of “The Conscientious Gardener: Cultivating a Garden Ethic” (University of California Press, $27.50), says,
“It’s an interconnected world, and when you do something in one place, it affects things in other places, in ways that we can barely imagine,” says Reichard. She offers fresh ideas for green gardeners:
Pick the right plants: Native plants are great if you want to support local wildlife, but, Reichard cautions, just because a plant is native to your broad region, it doesn’t necessarily mean it’s native to the precise area where you live. And regions and landscapes change over time, meaning that a plant that’s theoretically a great match may actually be a pest or a threat.
Gardeners can find good information on plants,
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