THERE IS A NATIVE AMERICAN PROVERB THAT SPEAKS VOLUMES TO ME - “WE DON’T INHERIT THE EARTH, WE BORROW IT FROM OUR CHILDREN”

TACKLING CLIMATE CHANGE STARTS AT HOMe. ONE OF THE BEST WAYS WE CAN HELP IS BY ADOPTING ECOLOGICAL BALANCED PRACTICES IN OUR OWN OUTDOOR SPACES and it doesn’t need to be complicated or expensive.

HOW CAN YOU GET STARTED:

• SAY NO TO SINGLE USE PLASTIC AND PEAT COMPOST

• DITCH PESTICIDES IN EXCHANGE FOR NATURAL PEST CONTROLS

• GRASS OR GRAVEL SURFACES ARE BETTER FOR DRAINAGE AND CARBON STORAGE

• EMBRACE (SOME) OF THE WEEDS - POLLINATORS LOVE THEM!

• WILDLIFE PONDS, HEDGEHOG HIGHWAYS, BEE HOTELS - THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF WAYS TO INCREASE WILDLIFE IN YOUR GARDEN, AND KIDS LOVE TO GET INVOLVED TOO

HOW I EMBRACE SUSTAINABILITY IN MY GARDEN DESIGN:

• NATIVE OR LOCALLY SOURCED PLANTING 

• PEAT-FREE COMPOST OR YOUR OWN COMPOST (IDEALLY NO DIG METHOD)

• SELECT TREES AND SHRUBS THAT WILL NOT NEED IRRIGATION

• ENCOURAGE BIRDS AND NATURAL PREDATORS IN THE GARDEN

• AVOID PESTICIDES AND WEED KILLERS

• ENCORPORATE, REUSE AND UPCYCLE WHAT’S ALREADY THERE

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