One Green World is an Oregon local nursery, but they’ll ship all over the U.S. This is very cool, especially if you want to buy from an eco-friendly plant nursery. One Green World is the first Oregon nursery to receive Salmon Safe Certification. Salmon-Safe is an independent nonprofit organization devoted to restoring agricultural and urban watersheds so that salmon can spawn and thrive they certify places like vineyards, neighborhoods, and more. One Green World was recognized by Salmon Safe for “using drip irrigation and mulching, preventing erosion by using cover crops between tree rows and on fallow fields, using natural …read more

Bonnie Plant Farm has been offering goods for beginning and experienced gardeners since 1918, but in 2008 they went green in order to do their part to help conserve the environment. Bonnie Plant Farm’s CEO notes that their green effort includes an increased use of mainly biodegradable peat growing cups, a simple step that most plant companies should take, as millions of plastic potting cups hit the landfill annually.

Other green options that Bonnie Plant Farm uses currently are more organic fertilizers and pesticides, plus they’ve got a new recycling facility at their headquarters which reuses and recycles supplies, tags, pots, …read more