We love container gardening because it gives anybody the opportunity to grow a garden, regardless of whether you have access to a yard or not. When you live in a small apartment, you have to prioritize when it comes to deciding what you want to make space for. Container gardening is a great way to stay green by adding life to your space and reducing the necessity of trips to the grocery store; therefore, reducing your carbon footprint.
Take a look to learn more about how container gardening has the potential to make a positive impact on the environment, as well as how you can live a greener life through using your container garden.
What Can Your Container Garden do for You?
Container gardens give back to us tenfold, when we give them the time and love they require. What you didn’t realize is that by choosing a container garden, you are making a green lifestyle choice. Don’t forget, when you’re spending time outside in your garden, you are also consuming less electricity.
When you grow your own herbs and vegetables in a container garden, you are reducing the amount of miles that would be used in going to the grocery store and you are reducing the amount of toxic chemicals that would be used for commercial growing. As container gardens are also on the smaller scale of gardens, it is easier to use rain water to give your plants a nice and thorough quench – no waste!
Eat Green
You are also experiencing the joys of growing your own fresh product, which will make you more inclined to adopt a generally plant based diet. As the meat industry makes up a significant portion of daily greenhouse gas emissions, reducing meat consumption is great for the environment – not to mention it is much healthier, too.
What Does Container Gardening do for the Environment?
In a general sense, container gardening is accessible to more people than gardening in a traditional raised bed is. The more people that are growing their own produce in gardens, the less reliant we are, as a human race, on the food industry as it stands. Reducing the need for commercially grown foods is an opportunity for humans to positively contribute to the state of the environment.
Container gardens also reduce the amount of water that is being wasted when watering your plants. Instead of allowing a sprinkler system to run for hours on your garden, you have the opportunity instead to use just the needed amount of water for your plants.
Garden with your Community
Community gardens are also a fantastic way to decrease negative environmental impacts by encouraging sustainable agriculture. First, as we mentioned, you are reducing food transportation costs and gas emissions from travelling to the grocery store. Next, you’re reducing water runoff. Humans are not the only beings who benefit from a community effort to garden more; plants and animals can also benefit from urban agriculture efforts, since it creates space for habitats, and improves the general ecology of the area.
Container gardening is the perfect option for a smaller community that has less room. For example, if you are living in an apartment building with a small yard area, try setting up a half dozen containers and see what you can all grow together! It’s that simple to start a big change and make an even bigger impact.
Planting Seeds for Success
If you are feeling overwhelmed by starting a full garden, that is okay. We are here to help you succeed, and learn about how container gardening will be a lifestyle shift that keeps on giving. Get started with your Grow Pro assisted Container Gardening Kit experience today.
We love container gardening because it gives anybody the opportunity to grow a garden, regardless of whether you have access to a yard or not. When you live in a small apartment, you have to prioritize when it comes to deciding what you want to make space for. Container gardening is a great way to stay green by adding life to your space and reducing the necessity of trips to the grocery store; therefore, reducing your carbon footprint.
Take a look to learn more about how container gardening has the potential to make a positive impact on the environment, as well as how you can live a greener life through using your container garden.
What Can Your Container Garden do for You?
Container gardens give back to us tenfold, when we give them the time and love they require. What you didn’t realize is that by choosing a container garden, you are making a green lifestyle choice. Don’t forget, when you’re spending time outside in your garden, you are also consuming less electricity.
When you grow your own herbs and vegetables in a container garden, you are reducing the amount of miles that would be used in going to the grocery store and you are reducing the amount of toxic chemicals that would be used for commercial growing. As container gardens are also on the smaller scale of gardens, it is easier to use rain water to give your plants a nice and thorough quench – no waste!
Eat Green
You are also experiencing the joys of growing your own fresh product, which will make you more inclined to adopt a generally plant based diet. As the meat industry makes up a significant portion of daily greenhouse gas emissions, reducing meat consumption is great for the environment – not to mention it is much healthier, too.
What Does Container Gardening do for the Environment?
In a general sense, container gardening is accessible to more people than gardening in a traditional raised bed is. The more people that are growing their own produce in gardens, the less reliant we are, as a human race, on the food industry as it stands. Reducing the need for commercially grown foods is an opportunity for humans to positively contribute to the state of the environment.
Container gardens also reduce the amount of water that is being wasted when watering your plants. Instead of allowing a sprinkler system to run for hours on your garden, you have the opportunity instead to use just the needed amount of water for your plants.
Garden with your Community
Community gardens are also a fantastic way to decrease negative environmental impacts by encouraging sustainable agriculture. First, as we mentioned, you are reducing food transportation costs and gas emissions from travelling to the grocery store. Next, you’re reducing water runoff. Humans are not the only beings who benefit from a community effort to garden more; plants and animals can also benefit from urban agriculture efforts, since it creates space for habitats, and improves the general ecology of the area.
Container gardening is the perfect option for a smaller community that has less room. For example, if you are living in an apartment building with a small yard area, try setting up a half dozen containers and see what you can all grow together! It’s that simple to start a big change and make an even bigger impact.
Plant Your Seeds
If you are feeling overwhelmed by starting a full garden, that is okay. We are here to help you succeed, and learn about how container gardening will be a lifestyle shift that keeps on giving. Get started with your Grow Pro assisted Container Gardening Kit experience today.
