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Ecological Gardening - what is it?
By Jonathan White
The term Ecological Gardening seems to be gaining popularity. But what is it? My experience with
Ecological Gardening started many years ago. You see, I have always been a fence sitter. As a
teenager I could never make my mind up whether I wanted to be a horticulturist or an environmental
scientist. And sometimes I’m still a little unsure!
Fortunately, I have been able to gain qualifications in both. My specialty is in growing food using
ecological principles. But I’m not talking about some sort of alternative hippie technique. I’m talking
about sound scientific principles.
In my experience, the study of natural ecosystems will reveal everything we need to know about
growing food. Natural ecosystems are generally diverse and there are a number of intricate
interdependent relationships occurring between the living and non-living components at any given time.
Put simply, each component relies and benefits from its interaction with other components. They fuel
up on each other, causing the system to be able to sustain itself. If one part of the system gets ‘out of
whack’, the whole system is affected.
When studying a natural ecosystem, such as a diverse pristine rainforest we find that there are many
living components co-existing in a given area. Each of these components occupies a niche space. If a
component, let’s say a plant, is removed by an animal eating it, we are left with an empty niche. An
empty niche provides an opportunity for another life form to fill the space. In natural ecosystems,
nature does not tolerate empty niche spaces. Once th