According Garden Center Magazine December 2010, “Gardening With a Purpose” will really take root in 2011.  One of the purposes will be to grow your own food and to create urban “green sanctuaries”.  It is harder for us to help save the rain forests, but we can save our own back yards.  Digging and planting gardens brings awareness to us that we are earth’s caretakers.  The new trend of back yard conservationists is to transform yards, gardens, rooftops and alleys into productive space which is part of the “green movement”.  We have seen this already with rooftop plantings and community garden’s created for public use.

Because people realize the importance of being stewards over their environment, using water conservation becomes an important factor.  Using rain barrels and trickle irrigation in their gardens and landscaped areas become important.  Recycling water with self contained waterfalls and ponds are more frequently being considered as part of the landscape, and may be used as are the use of natural fertilizers and plant foods.