Garden Compost Bin Benton AR

A garden compost heap made of veggie waste from the kitchen, as well as the leaves, cuttings and branches from yard work, can be rotted down over time to provide a ready resource of soil improver. What’s more, as many as one in five truckloads of waste delivered to U.S. landfills could find a home on a compost heap instead.

TruGreen
(888) 615-8157
6101 Forbing Rd
Little Rock, AR
Southwest Lawn Service
501-920-4497
PO Box 191024
Little Rock, AR
Purelawn
937 308 4633
4432 Summerfield Circle
Springdale, AR
TruGreen
(888) 615-8157
111 E. Linden Street
Rogers, AR
Basic Lawns, Inc.
479-263-3120
3538 N. Hwy. 112, Ste. 2
Fayetteville, AR
Healthy Lawns & Shrubs, Inc.
501-227-6143
P.O. Box 56499
Little Rock, AR
The Water Garden Place
(501) 975-7663
11500 N Rodney Parham Rd
Little Rock, AR
Blue Ribbon Lawns Inc.
479-636-1717
P.O. Box 2361
Rogers, AR
Voyts Lawn Service
479-414-0210
5822 Slate Hill Rd
Mullberry, AR
HENRYS LAWN
(479)621-7828
3907 SW SYCAMORE ST
Bentonville, AR
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Heaps and Hedges

Our series of tips on “green” gardens continues with three more recommendations from Carl Smith, PhD, a landscape architecture professor at the University of Arkansas School of Architecture and coauthor of the new book Residential Landscape Sustainability: A Checklist Tool .

Hail to the Heap

A garden compost heap made of veggie waste from the kitchen, as well as the leaves, cuttings and branches from yard work, can be rotted down over time to provide a ready resource of soil improver. What’s more, as many as one in five truckloads of waste delivered to U.S. landfills could find a home on a compost heap instead.

Think in Layers

To attract the maximum biodiversity to your yard, you should use several layers of plants: ground covers, shrubs, larger shrubs and, of course, trees.

Hedge Your Bets

Housing, like all types of extended development areas, can divide areas of natural value like woodlands and grasslands. Rather than build a fence, plant a hedge to help provide a “green corridor” for animals to move through your neighborhood and between fragmented green areas. And if you don’t like your neighbors, you can always let your hedge grow tall!

Suggested Reading

  • Tips for “Green” Gardens
  • Organic Gardening: Think Local, Diversify and Design for Reuse
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