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Books > Health, Home & Family > Gardening > Specialized gardening methods
What if, one step at a time, we could make our gardens and
landscapes more eco-friendly? Barbara W. Ellis's colorful,
comprehensive guide shows homeowners, gardeners, garden designers,
and landscapers how to do just that for the large and beautiful
Chesapeake Bay watershed region. This area includes Maryland,
Virginia, Delaware, Washington, D.C., and part of West Virginia
(translating to portions of USDA Zones 6, 7, and 8). Here,
mid-Atlantic gardeners, from beginners to advanced, will find the
essential tools for taking steps to make their gardens part of the
solution through long-term planning and planting. The guide is
built from the ground up around six simple but powerful principles
that anyone can use: Reduce lawn Build plant diversity Grow native
plants Manage water runoff Welcome wildlife Garden wisely Included
are detailed instructions for assessing and designing your
particular garden or landscape site; choosing and caring for trees,
shrubs, vines, ground covers, and flowers; and succeeding with such
conditions as shade or poor soil. From rain gardens to woodland
gardens, meadow gardens to wildlife gardens, and much more, this
indispensable guide features more than 300 color photographs.
Published in association with the Adkins Arboretum.
Gardening with the Moon & Stars brings biodynamics to the
ordinary gardener. Elen Sentier is passionate about biodynamics.
She feels it's vital to make organics and biodynamics available to
as many people as possible if we are to help our earth cope with
the increasing demands we humans place upon her. Biodynamics is
easy, simple, cheap and super-effective; it's seriously good
horticulture too, and it works in whatever size of garden you have,
from a window box to several acres. This book is written in plain
down-to-earth language with lots of tips and hints to help you
learn how easy it is to use the preparations and work with the star
calendar.
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