What is Organic Land Care?

Organic Land Care Goals:

OUR MISSION STATEMENT:

The application of principles as set forth by the NOFA Organic Land Standards to the care of landscapes. This involves maintaining soil health, eliminating the use of synthetic pesticides and fertilizers, increase landscape diversity and improve the health and well being of the people and web of life in our care.

OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLE:

Plant health depends on growing the plant in the right place and in healthy soil appropriate to the habitat and needs of the plant.

To protect and enhance the natural elements that exist on the site - "To do no harm"

To work with natural systems rather than seeking to dominate them

To maintain and increase the long term health of soils

To encourage and enhance the biological cycles involving microorganisms, soil Flora and Fauna, plants and animals

To use renewable resources from local sources

To avoid pollution in the establishment and care of landscapes

To protect the diversity of the land and its surroundings, including protecting native plants and wildlife habitats

To work as much as possible within a closed system with regard to organic matter and nutrient elements

To consider the wider social and ecological impacts of the materials and techniques used and the landscapes created