What You Can Do

Plant a tree. Plant a few trees. The environmental benefits of trees are many; you’ll enhance wildlife habitat, encourage diversity, and can reduce summer heating and winter cooling needs for you home. Join the Plant for the Planet campaign sponsored by the UN. Find the best trees for your yard.

Gardens and landscapes are the perfect place to learn about and understand the intricacies of nature. Make it a point to understand how natural ecosystems work and how they relate to your garden. You'll be a better global citizen for it.

Grow some of your own food. It'll taste delicious. Buy what you don't grow, when you can, from local sources.

Reduce the amount of lawn you have. There's no need to eliminate the lawn entirely. Instead, create islands or borders. Within these you can plant a patch of sunflowers, create a mixed shrub border, add a water pond or a pondless waterfall, plant flowers and vegetables. In each case you'll enhance wildlife habitat, encourage diversity, and have less lawn to mow, water, and fertilize.

Reduce the use of synthetic pesticides, fertilizers and soil amendments. There are some very effective organic alternatives that won't cost you any more in the long run. Learn more about organic products at Lotus Lawn and Garden.

Don't expect perfection. A natural system is beautiful and intricate despite its flaws. Learn to distinguish between insect and fungus damage that is incidental and of little consequence as opposed to problems that truly threaten plant health and vigor.

Shop at Lotus. We're local, we're close. You'll save gas.