Horticulture

NEW LIFE

I AM CONVINCED that the greatest, most important challenge of our time is fixing our relationship with nature. And gardeners are ideally poised to lead the way.

We need all Americans to recognize the need to take constructive action on restoring our ecosystem and combatting climate change. Unfortunately, this situation is complicated by the highly polarized politics of our country. Too often members of one faction will not listen to insights from another one, reflexively rejecting whatever is said as

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