Regenerative gardening, micro clover lawn and poo gnats

While editing Organic Farming Mag for the Soil Association, I run a fair few articles on regenerative farming. There was quite a debate about the difference between organic and regenerative, which I won’t dive into here, but today I want to think about regenerative gardening.

Regenerative gardening

Firstly, what is it? It’s described as a style of sustainable gardening that focuses on restoring and enhancing the health of the soil, ecosystems, and environment. Unlike traditional gardening that tends to rely on synthetic chemicals which can deplete natural resources, regenerative gardening aims to create a self-sustaining system that mimics natural processes. It works to improve and restore ecosystems and to create systems that improve the environment, promote soil health and biodiversity.

There is a focus on improving soil health through increasing biodiversity, enriching the soil with organic matter, making good use of water and helping to reverse climate change. A regenerative gardene…