{"id":48341,"date":"2024-04-18T13:36:49","date_gmt":"2024-04-18T17:36:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthygreenkitchen.com\/?p=48341"},"modified":"2024-04-18T13:36:54","modified_gmt":"2024-04-18T17:36:54","slug":"earth-day-garden-ideas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthygreenkitchen.com\/earth-day-garden-ideas\/","title":{"rendered":"Earth Day Inspired Garden Ideas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
More than a billion people celebrate Earth Day every year, on April 22, many by taking time out of their day to reflect on how their actions impact the planet and maybe performing some small act that helps the planet in some way. Some might get into composting. Some might start recycling for the first time. Others might attend a community clean-up event, picking up litter and trash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you both want to celebrate Earth Day and <\/em>invest a little more time into your home garden<\/a> this month, good news \u2014 you can do both at once, with these eight Earth Day-inspired garden ideas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you\u2019ve yet to come down on what exactly you\u2019ll be planting in your garden this season, make a point to sit down, decide what you\u2019ll be planting, and specifically choose pollinator-friendly plants known to attract bees and butterflies. Pollinators are extremely important, with about a third of all our food relying on pollinators for survival; despite their importance, though, pollinators are on the decline, partially due to declining habitat (via USDA<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Planting a pollinator-friendly garden simply requires planting native, diverse plants that attract and feed these pollinators, such as squash, cucumbers, lavender, rosemary, oregano, basil, and marjoram.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n Sometimes, helping the planet is about what you don\u2019t <\/em>do \u2014 like not using pesticides and chemical fertilizers in your garden. So how do you ensure your garden is healthy without these products? <\/p>\n\n\n\n1. Start a Pollinator-Friendly Garden<\/h2>\n\n\n
2. Implement Companion Planting<\/h2>\n\n\n