Author name: Swapnil Bhatnagar

The evolution of sustainable horticulture has reached a critical juncture where the mitigation of environmental harm is no longer sufficient to address the compounding crises of soil degradation, biodiversity loss, and climate instability. While the “organic” movement provided a necessary departure from the heavy chemical reliance of the mid-twentieth century, it often remains a prescriptive system focused on the avoidance of prohibited substances rather than the active restoration of ecological functions. Regenerative gardening emerges as a proactive paradigm shift, moving beyond the “do no harm” philosophy of organic standards to embrace a holistic, outcomes-based approach that seeks to heal the land, sequester atmospheric carbon, and rebuild the complex biological networks that define healthy soil.