Climate-friendly gardening

Climate-friendly gardening is a form of gardening that can reduce emissions of greenhouse gases from gardens and encourage the absorption of carbon dioxide by soils and plants in order to aid the reduction of global warming.[1] To be a climate-friendly gardener means considering both what happens in a garden and the materials brought into it as well as the impact they have on land use and climate.[2][3] It can also include garden features or activities in the garden that help to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through processes not directly related to gardening.[4][5]

Orchard garden showing orchard trees, herbaceous perennials and ground-cover plants, at Hergest Croft Gardens, Herefordshire, Britain
  1. ^ Union of Concerned Scientists. "The Climate-Friendly Gardener: A guide to combating global warming from the ground up" (PDF). Union of Concerned Scientists. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 July 2014. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
  2. ^ Cross, Rob; Spencer, Roger (2009). Sustainable Gardens. Collingwood, Australia: CSIRO. ISBN 9780643094222.
  3. ^ Lavelle, Michael (2011). Sustainable Gardening. Marlborough: The Crowood Press. ISBN 9781847972323.
  4. ^ Ingram, David S.; Vince-Prue, Daphne; Gregory, Peter J. (2008). Science and the Garden: The scientific basis for horticultural practice. Chichester, Sussex, United Kingdom: Blackwell Publishing. ISBN 9781405160636.
  5. ^ Carroll, Steven B.; Salt, Steven B. (2004). Ecology for Gardeners. Portland, USA and Cambridge, UK: Timber Press. ISBN 978-0881926118.