A direct relationship between man and land is paramount. An improving planet has historically been shown to be possible o­nly in a society that respects the ideals of private property, for reasons of knowledge and innovation. To release the potential productivity and diversity of a landscape, an owner must be free to engage in rigorous disturbance and free to pursue a reasoned and creative process of trial and error. This process would be suited to the choice of each individual and the uniqueness of each property. 

An owner’s right to determine use is the very essence of private property. This is well-illustrated by George Washington’s eloquent statement, “Private property and freedom are inseparable.”

Liberty Garden rejects the wrongly premised hysteria over endangered species, invasive species, and other political tools that promote state collectivism. Instead, Liberty Garden is guided by a simple exercise of reason, respect for the supreme importance of human life and private property, and awareness of the great potential associated with innovation that arises in a society where individual liberty is the central organizing principle.

As California, the nation and the world are being redirected by a “new” central organizing principle that calls for the preservation of nature, both man and nature are experiencing the appearance of shortages. For example, the national and state Endangered Species Acts – modeled o­n United Nations treaties – have brought degradation to wildlands in the United States, including an increasing shortage of unusual flora and fauna, while citizens and society at large are stripped of wealth and immense potential benefits. The effect of the Endangered Species Act - and its soon to be birthed offspring, the Invasive Species Act – is to eliminate from America an owner’s right to determine use of his property.



Like this attractive but poisonous mushroom growing at Liberty Garden, well-intentioned regulation often has disastrous consequences.

While regulatory efforts have failed to serve society or nature, the restoration of freedom will fuel our happiness and resume the American tradition of advancing improvement o­ne step at a time. A wealthy nation takes interest in its ecology. Free people take the action necessary to advance their own interests by creating benefits that extend to others. This includes improved ecosystem management.

At Liberty Garden, improvement occurs precisely because we ignore the flawed premise of the Endangered Species Act and the so-called Precautionary Principle which underlies the ESA. Instead, we follow the guiding principles of Abundance Ecology: