Storyboard
Low-Waste Gardening
Reduce plastic, save money, support the ecosystem and repurpose materials. Many of the strategies in this Storyboard surpass the definition of sustainability—to do no harm—and actually regenerate the environment by adding more to the Earth than they remove.
garden on the cheap
return resources to the yard
The base of a hugelkultur raised bed contains a layer of dead logs that decompose over time, releasing water and nutrients. Conserve water and buy less soil to fill your beds.
A grey water system diverts untreated, relatively clean wastewater from bathroom sinks, bathtubs, showers and washing machines to landscape.
Upcycle fabric in your garden
Upcycling old clothes and textiles in your garden can be a great way to find new life in old materials, and keep those items from waste streams.
If you enjoy gardening and sewing, dig into your stash of fabric scraps to make yourself a simple and free kneeling pad for working comfortably in the yard.
Plant Natives to Support the Food Web
Do you hear the daily bad environmental news and think to yourself, “I’ve got to do something, but what?!” One simple thing you can do is support insects and biodiversity by planting natives instead of ornamentals.
Doug Tallamy presents the grassroots science-based solution to the biodiversity crisis and explains why it's so urgent.
