Sustainable Gardening

Sustainable gardening is about maximizing the benefits to our natural environment and reducing negative environmental impacts that gardening can have.

Gardening can have a positive benefit to the health of our environment. For example, if we plant local plants, we provide food and shelter for birds and butterflies. By conserving water in the garden, we help maintain our water storages, and by composting our household and garden organic waste we reduce the amount of waste going to landfill which reduces the amount of green house gas produced.

It is easy to create beautiful gardens that suit our local climate and soil types and have a low impact on our natural environment. Sustainable gardens are low maintenance, as they require less watering, lower application of fertilizers and chemicals, and less mowing and pruning.

Contact: Email environment@frankston.vic.gov.au or call 9784 1747.

	Garden Design Tips		Resources
	Plant Selection		Water Wise Gardening
	Grow Your Own		Compost and Worm Farms
	Weeds		Chemicals and Fertilizers
	Community Gardens		Indigenous Nursery
	Raingardens