GardenComm Sustainability Statement

The mission of GardenComm includes fostering, promoting, preserving, and maintaining natural resources by encouraging environmentally healthy and sound landscape design and development, and promoting awareness of nature-friendly practices and products among garden writers, landscape professionals, wholesalers, manufacturers, and consumers.

GardenComm shall encourage sustainability by promoting environmentally healthy and sound garden practices and awareness of nature-friendly garden practices and products to its membership.

GardenComm shall help its members reasonably minimize the use of and conserve environmental resources while conducting their businesses and shall lead by example.

Resources

• Article: More Than a Third of Global Consumers Are Willing to Pay More for Sustainable Products, October 2021
• GWA Sustainability Survey, 2018
• Sustainability Check-List for GardenComm Conferences and Other Events
• AASHE Resources for GardenComm Members: A compiled list of Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) links relevant to garden communicators
• GWA Foundation Garden Trends Survey, Winter 2012
• QT, August 2012, Sustainability Column: "Do GWA Members Know What Their Audiences Want?"
• GWA Sustainability Survey, 2011
• QT, June 2011, "GWA Endorses Sustainable Practices"
• Green Medal Sustainability Award
• QT, June 2011, "GWA Endorses Sustainable Practices"