Homegrown

If you have a garden at home, no matter how small, you can be part of biodiversity restoration. I’m reading ‘Nature’s Best Hope’ by Douglas Tallamy and he presents a compelling vision of Homegrown National Parks, comprising all the urban and suburban gardens in a country, which can provide refuge for insects, birds and wildlife that have been crowded out of rural areas by agriculture and industry. There are two simple guidelines: 1. Plant indigenous species, since these are evolutionarily suited to supporting your ecosystem, and 2. Reduce (or get rid of) your lawn, which is a green desert.

— Wayne Visser

From Purpose Inspired: Reflections on Conscious Living, Volume 3. Buy on Lulu ↗