Although choosing to have an organic garden is going green, the organic part usually just refers to your choice of growing methods. You can go extra green with your organic garden design by incorporating recycled or biodegradable materials and even using sustainable energy to power things like water or lighting elements. You also need to keep an eye on not wasting water and making as little impact on the environment as you can.

Choose Native Plants

Although you might think a yard full of orchids would be the best thing ever, unless you live in the tropics, keep the idea in your fantasies. The cost of trying to turn you garden into the right environment for orchids is, quite frankly, a waste of resources, time and money. If you really want an orchid, grow it indoors or in a greenhouse.

Part of less harmful organic garden design is in choosing what plants to grow in the first place. If you study your soil and the native plants of your area, then you can select among them in order to make a harmonious and comforting garden. By using only native plants in your organic garden design, you will be saving resources and a lot of stress.

Recycled Supplies

You don’t need to buy brand spanking new garden supplies for everything you will need in your garden. By using recycled materials when you can in your organic garden design, you can help save on waste and make an aesthetically pleasing garden. For example, some people choose to use old tires as potato growing beds. Others might choose camping stakes for gardening stakes. Bits of broken pottery can be incorporated into cement for crazy paving.

Solar Power

If you want some sort of water element in your organic garden design, realize then you will need to have a filter and a water agitator to keep the water from turning stagnant and getting you in trouble with the local health laws. You can lessen the impact of this essential equipment by making them run on solar power.

Kill Your Lawn

If you can legally get away with it, get rid of your grass lawn by encouraging native plants to grow instead of sterile green grass. However, you want to check with your local laws or your housing community's contract terms before you rib up your turf. Some areas have what's known as "allergy laws" allowing plants to only be grown so high.