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Writer's pictureSushant Bhatia

How to Create an Eco-Friendly Garden at Home


Home garden with sustainable practices, including compost bins, native plants, and rainwater collection systems.Home garden with sustainable practices, including compost bins, native plants, and rainwater collection systems.

Developing an eco friendly garden at home is one of ways of ensuring that people render a helping hand in environmental conservation while having fun with nature. Here’s how to get started: Here's how to get started:


1. Choose Native Plants


Local plants are vegetables that are naturally grown in your locality hence they do not need much water and attention. They also feed the local wildlife such things as birds, bees and butterflies.


2. Conserve Water


Spending time for collection of water, use of rainwater holes and spare water to drip the irrigation system to reduce wastage of water. One of the tactics to consider while planning is to water the garden at some time of the day when the heat from the sun is not very high, such as in the morning or in the evening. Organic matter is covered with a thin layer like mulch and hence water is conserved thus less frequency in watering is required.


3. Compost Organic Waste


Take wastes from the kitchen and the yard and transform them to fertilizers through composting. This eliminates the chances of landfilling and at the same time, improves the quality of your soil hence reducing your use of chemical fertilizers.


4. Avoid Chemicals


Organic Fertilizers and Pest management – Organic materials only in fertilizing and in controlling pests. Support good insects and plant associates that deter or naturally control bad pests.


5. Promote Biodiversity


Plant flowers, shrubs, trees to come up with an environment that is best suited for different types of animals. Incorporating a plantation of flowering plants that particularly favors bees and butterflies will invite them into the garden, and addition of a small pond is vital for the amphibians.


6. Reduce Lawn Space


Lawns privy demands the provision of much water and takes much effort as well. Put in some sections of native species, wildflower or a vegetable garden to supplement the lawn to enhance more accumulation of the biological categories and decrease the amount of work required to be performed on it.


7. Use Sustainable Materials


It is recommended to use recycled or environment friendly material for construction of garden structures. Some of the environmentally friendly products include, the use of the reclaimed wood; the recycled plastic and natural mulches.


Conclusion


The purpose of an Eco-garden is simple but meaningful. Also, there are some general tips that will help you to create an amazing garden while saving nature: native plants, water saving, composting, no chemicals, more biodiversity, less lawns, sustainable materials. Thank you for reading our blog post. We hope you found it valuable and informative.


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