2006 Natural Gardening Shoppers Guide

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seminars/natural gardening guide. Metro offers free natural gardening and. composting seminars to help gardeners. maintain a healthy chemical-free garden. A …

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Choices you make about garden-related
products and the way you store and handle
those products affect wildlife and water
resources beyond your own garden
a l t e r n a t i v e s t o p e s t i c i d e s
2006 Natural
Gardening
Shopper’s GuidePesticides can kill beneficial
insects and birds - not just the
intended destructive insects.
Fertilizers and pesticides can run off into
storm drains and pollute rivers, streams
and lakes. This booklet was created to
help gardeners identify local nurseries
and retail garden stores committed to
stocking natural/organic garden products.
As an informed shopper, you’ll be able
to compare products and buy the least
hazardous ones you can find to maintain a
healthy, natural garden.
Retail nurseries and garden stores listed
in this booklet stock products that can
help you start and maintain a healthy,
flourishing garden without the use of
chemicals. Products include worm castings
for soil amendment, copper slug barriers,
lawn alternatives (such as an “eco” lawn,
a blend of turf grass, herbs and wildflowers
that doesn’t require extensive
mowing), beneficial insects such as green
lacewings and much more….