Organic Gardening Systems

Systems of organic gardening include: biodynamic agriculture which predates organics by some 20 years, permaculture which emerged in the mid 1970's, Vegan organic gardening, which excludes the usage of animal products such as blood, fish and bone and animal manures (although composted human waste - known as humanure - is permitted) and Veganic gardening, which similarly excludes animal products but uses distinctive 'no-dig' surface cultivation methods. Forest gardening is the growing of a whole ecosystem of native plants in an interlocking system, so that they are all companion plants growing on multiple levels in the same environment. Aquaponics is a combination of hydroponics and aquaculture. It is a system of farming that can be completely organic, using the interactions between fish and plants, with bacteria being the main ingredient which makes the system work.

See also
For more detailed information on subjects relevant to organic gardening and farming see the list of organic gardening and farming topics. Of special relevance may be the article under organic horticulture.

External links
. http://www.organicgardening.com
· Kitchen Gardeners International - A global nonprofit promoting organic gardening
· Aquaponics - An organic way of farming
· Path to Freedom - Urban Agriculture & Sustainability
· Garden Organic, web site of the Henry Doubleday Research Association (HDRA), the main UK organic gardening organisation
· South East Essex Organic Gardeners, a local UK organic gardening group, site links to local example gardens as well as tips and other informative articles