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Defining the Garden in Ecosystem Gardening

You may be surprised to learn that the “garden” in Ecosystem Gardening is about way more than your perennial or vegetable beds. These principles can be applied to almost any space imaginable, any place that can be planted will provide wonderful habitat for wildlife and provide many ecosystem services, which is good for you and [...]

Ecosystem Gardening 13 comments by Carole Brown

Ecosystem Gardening Best of the Web #7

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Let’s continue our weekly exploration of the things that grabbed my attention this week. We’ve got Helen’s lawn reduction plan, cities creating habitat for wildlife, green roofs providing habitat for birds, an interview of me, stinkbugs, First, a shameless plug. I had the honor this week of being interviewed by Wendy Gabriel, the Fargo Green [...]

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Stormwater Management: City or Homeowner Responsibility?

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What happens when 14 billion gallons of stormwater per year meet a hundred-year old system of pipes that is merged with the sewage system and is over 1600 miles long? As you can probably imagine, the result is really not pretty. But your Ecosystem Garden can help alleviate this problem, and we’ll get to that [...]

Water Conservation 7 comments by Carole Brown

A Resource Guide to Conservation Gardening, Part 2: Water Conservation

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This is Part 2 in a series of resources in Conservation Gardening. See Part 1: Sustainability. Managing rainwater where it falls keeps it out of the stormwater system and prevents flooding and soil erosion. The following references will provide you with many ideas for managing rainwater in your garden. Rain Gardens: Managing Water Sustainably in [...]

Water Conservation 5 comments by Carole Brown

Conservation Gardening in Practice: Installing a Green Roof

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Benefits of green roofs Green roofs, also called ecoroofs, vegetated roofs, and living roofs, offer a more sustainable alternative than traditional roofs because they provide several important environmental and economic benefits: They last up to twice as long as traditional roofs They slow the progression of rain into the stormwater system They mitigate urban heat [...]

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Managing Rainwater in the Conservation Garden

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As the recent flooding in Missouri has so tragically shown, storm water management is an issue that must receive serious attention. As rampant development continues in this country, the earth is being smothered under the impervious surfaces of our buildings, roofs, driveways, streets, parking lots, and shopping centers. Our current method of dealing with the [...]

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Why Your Garden is so Important for Ecosystem Gardening

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Habitat Loss due to Human Action is the Number One Cause of Species Decline We humans have an extraordinary propensity for building new things: shopping centers, malls, condos, office parks, suburban subdivisions, roads, parking lots, etc. This need to have more and more is really not a great situation for the wildlife that were thriving [...]