Environmental Commitments

Going Above & Beyond

As stewards of the Earth, both in thought and practice, we believe serving the community with an unparalleled selection of nursery and home décor items should not come at the price of the environment. We’ve adopted a green approach to running our business, demonstrating our commitment to the environment and allow us to become a “green” gardening leader.
Our comprehensive sustainability programs range from how we generate and use our energy sources, to how we manage our water use. We take pride in implementing an active approach to preserving California’s environment and positively influencing the green habits of our loyal customers.

We are celebrating our 15th year of not selling synthetic fertilizers, insecticides and other garden products. We believe in organic. Join us!

• We conserve energy with the use of LED products, skylights and programmable timers to reduce electricity consumption from lighting by 35%.
• We do not use plastic bags, plastic trunk liners or similar items – and never have.
• We don’t sell invasive plants. We are the only Orange County member of PlantRight, a voluntary effort to remove invasive plants from horticulture.
• We LOVE to Reuse and Recycle your empty plastic plant containers. Bring them back to us, and keep them out of the waste stream.
• Our entire store landscape has been converted to low-water, California Friendly®. We have almost zero-runoff thanks to high efficiency, low runoff irrigation equipment and design.
• We only use green cleaning supplies.
• We support and make donations to environmental causes, including The Orange County Chapter of The CA Native Plant Society, The Sea & Sage OC Chapter of the National Audubon Society, and The Xerces Society (Monarch conservation). Our donations exceed $35,000 over the past few years.
• Roger’s Gardens staff are board members or advisors to several environmental organizations including The OC Chapter of The CA Native Plant Society, PlantRight, the CA Invasive Plant Council, the UC Urban IPM program, The Newport Bay Conservancy, The Bolsa Chica Conservancy, Calflora and others.
• We do not sell any GMO plant.

We oppose the use of synthetic turf in residential, decorative landscapes.
Our community outreach and education programs allow us to promote the use of natural, sustainable, and non-chemical approaches, and our California Friendly Gardening® Contest encourages customers to conserve and protect our natural resources.

Eat • Live • Learn • Garden
Roger’s Gardens School Garden Program
Roger’s Gardens believes in helping young people understand the importance of fresh, healthy homegrown vegetables, herbs and fruits. Roger’s Gardens will provide unlimited plants and supplies to Newport Beach Public Elementary Schools to assist them in engaging and educating their students in edible gardening.
Supplies are made available at no cost for school garden use. These supplies include all plants, such as vegetable and herb starts, seeds, fruit and berry plants, etc. Supplies include organic soils and soil amendments and organic fertilizers.
Look for our sign displayed at each participating school garden.