strategy
Gardening
Synonyms:
Cultivating gardens Implementation:
Kubo people of Papua New Guinea sometimes grew Dioscorea yams in mounds of forest litter that were made as egg-incubation sites by birds (Megapodiidae). The small yam plots were included within larger banana gardens and, in the latter, it was yams, not bananas, that took precedence in the gardening decisions of people. The technique would be viable in the absence of a larger garden. It is interpreted as an expression of an ancient pattern of small-scale plant domestication.
Claim:
One of the ways we can begin solving our global environmental problems is by growing our own food. This puts us back in touch with the cycles of life and death -- from plant to food to offal to decay to soil to plant again. Might this be the underlying mission of sustainable agriculture?
Broader:
Creating Narrower:
Growing food cropsCultivating plantsCultivating home gardensDeveloping botanic gardensCultivating aquatic gardensDeveloping community gardensCultivating local wild plantsPromoting biointensive agricultureConverting garden waste into compostUsing tree-based subsistence farming Facilitates:
Living simply Facilitated by:
Studying plant diseasesInforming about horticultureIntroducing varied garden possibilities Problems:
Over-cultivated gardensOrganizations:
International Federation for Housing and Planning International Garden Centre Association Office international du coin de terre et des jardins familiaux European Garden Machinery Industry Federation Mediterranean Garden Society ICOMOS-IFLA International Committee of Cultural Landscapes Bonsai and Orchid Association Euro Garden Forum Botanic Gardens Conservation International Historic Parks and Gardens - European Network Historic Gardens Foundation Home and Garden Show Executives International Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute International Gardening and Landscaping Academy International Garden Club Universal Children's Gardens Dynamics International Gardening Association Alpine Garden Society International Association of Japanese Gardens International Violet Association International Rock Garden Plant Conference References:
Seymour, John: The Self-Sufficient Gardener Subjects:
Recreation → InterestsAgriculture, Fisheries → Cultivation
Type Classification:
D: Detailed strategies Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
