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Books > Health, Home & Family > Gardening > Specialized gardening methods
Permaculture is an ecological movement popular among farmers,
homesteaders, and a growing number of home gardeners. It is a
systematic and holistic approach to living that includes everything
from beekeeping and raising chickens, to foraging and fermentation,
and leads to a life rich in healthy food, comfortable and safe
housing, and renewable energy and resources.
Practical Permaculture for Home Landscapes, Your Community, and
the Whole Earth provides home gardeners with the skills they need
to start their first permaculture garden or to further their
current involvement in the practice. Jessi Bloom, the bestselling
author of Free-Range Chicken Gardens and an ecological landscape
designer, and permaculture expert Dave Boehnlein explain the basic
principles and ethics of permaculture, show the entire design
process from land assessment to the completed master plan, and
offer detailed information on the plants, water, waste, energy,
shelter, food, animals, and structures that make up the garden.
Illustrations and color photographs provide instruction,
inspiration, and glimpses into working permaculture gardens
throughout the world. This comprehensive and accessible guide is
the ultimate reference for anyone interested in learning more about
permaculture.
This title is a practical guide to designing and planting your
garden, with 15 plans and over 200 inspirational pictures. It helps
how to successfully plan a garden, from a large family space to
patios, balconies and even roof gardens. It contains advice, tips
and great ideas on the basics of good garden design, as well as how
to create a style that suits your needs. It offers over 15 plans
for well-planned gardens, with stunning photographs showing them in
all their glory. It gives step-by-step guidance on a range of
hands-on projects, including constructing a trellis, building
overheads, creating shade, and installing garden lights. It is an
inspirational and practical book that will guide you from drawing
your first plans through to planting preferences and adding the
finishing touches. Often gardening is about maintaining the status
quo, but sometimes it is about new plans and a change of design.
This book will guide you through such exciting opportunities,
offering help and advice on how to make the most of your garden
shape and size, planning the different areas and elements, and
filling the new spaces with exactly the right planting schemes for
you. Divided into three sections, the book first takes you through
initial surveying, basic patterns and different kinds of design.
The next chapter gives guidance on boundaries, walling, creating
shape and focal points and other practicalities. The last chapter
offers ideas and projects to follow for gardens, patios, balconies
and roof gardens, ranging from entertaining areas to chill-out
zones, and different styles from elegant formality to an enchanted
jungle. Illustrated throughout with 200 images, this is an
invaluable guide to garden planning.
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