Sustainable Forestry

Creating Wildfire-Resilient Forests in California Helps Us All

Wood may be one of the easiest products to connect back to the environment. Behind most wood products you see at The Home Depot, there are forests. For products made by Mendocino Redwood Company (MRC), those forests are carefully managed with two goals in mind: sustainability and productivity. Balancing sustainability and productivity means managing both …
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How to Stake a Tree

Difficulty: BeginnerTime: Under 2 Hours
Keep young trees growing strong by staking them.

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FSC-Certified Wood

Certifies responsibly managed forests that protect water quality and biodiversity, and prohibits harvest of rare, old-growth forest

Product

Dark Sky-Approved Light Fixtures

Avoid light pollution and neighbor disputes by putting light where it’s needed, not in the sky or in a neighbor’s window

Product

Native Plants

Requires less water and are better for pollinators

Product

Shade Tree

Plant on South and West sides of house to reduce AC energy use by 50% in the summer

Sustainable Forestry

Sustainable Forestry

Sustainable Forestry has been a Home Depot strategy for over 30 years. Over the years, we have encouraged our suppliers to understand and practice sustainable forestry throughout the world. We pledged to give preference to wood that has come from forests managed in a responsible way and to eliminate wood purchases from endangered regions of …