Calling on all sustainable garden plotters

New York Greening

This is my latest bandwagon and am trying to galvanise fellow sustainability students and practitioners. 
Let's have a think about why gardens are gorgeous, good and holy. 
Gardens are Next to Godliness as they clean our air, they filter storm-water and groundwater, they give us oxygen, they are necessary for wildlife - habitats, pollination which are vital to our sustenance. They have minimal embedded energy. They are mostly child-play friendly. Gardens cool our environment, create shade, lower the urban heat island effect.  Provided the plants are hardy : drought/ flood tolerant, they mean minimal maintenance and can be long-lasting, easy on the pocket. Soft surfaces reduce water run-off substantially and ultimately the load on our stormwater systems, and ultimately our creeks, oceans. By developing a lawn and a garden these act as a carbon sink, and lower our demand for timber, quarried resources - especially those from unsustainable sources. (Compare outdoor rooms which use up resources like they are going out of fashion.)       
Gardens - getting down and dirty - is good for you!  You find muscles you thought you didn't have any more. 
So calling on all sustainable garden plotters, let's try to slow down the rapid expansion of the outdoor room, and the hardscaping of our landscapes, for all of the above reasons, and more.