Bring nature back to your garden - A wildlife handbook (Paperback)

This book motivates gardeners to adopt a completely different mindset: instead of growing foreign plants and killing perceived pests, gardeners can benefit from planting indigenous vegetation with the object of actually attracting insects and other garden wildlife. It illustrates how easy it is to work with nature instead of against it. Not just another gardening book, it encourages gardeners to help preserve and restore our fast-disappearing natural heritage. In this way they can contribute to conservation right on their own doorsteps, while deriving great pleasure in the process. Virtually every aspect of environmentally-friendly gardening is covered, making it a complete “how to” guide and debunking some long-held myths. Winner of a University of KwaZulu-Natal book prize, the first edition was out of print for several years after all 15 000 copies had been sold. This is the Western Edition, for the western half of South Africa that the original didn’t pertain to. The book is lighthearted and entertaining whilst avoiding the technical terms, thus making it an easy read. The book is enhanced by delightful humorous drawings that emphasise points made in the text. A must for all nature-loving gardeners, the large amount of information is almost encyclopedic and will also be more than useful to conservationists and anyone with an interest in the natural sciences.

General

Imprint:	I-Go-Books
Country of origin:	South Africa
Release date:	April 2016
Authors:	Charles Botha • Julia Botha
Illustrators:	Eve Gibbs
Dimensions:	240 x 170 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	244
ISBN-13:	978-1-874975-07-6
Categories:	Books > Health, Home & Family > Gardening > Specialized gardening methods > Natural & wild gardening Books > Gardening > Specialized gardening methods > Natural & wild gardening
LSN:	1-874975-07-8
Barcode:	9781874975076

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I have to have this book.

Mon, 14 Jun 2021 | Review by: Caroline K.

I'm buying this book now, but I know it well and have come to love it. I've taken 'Bring Nature back to your Garden' by Charles and Julia Botha out of our local library on at least three occasions and used it extensively as a reference in my articles on wild gardens and natural garden design for my website https://greenidiom.com. I cannot do without it anymore and decided to buy it and make it part of my permanent reference library. In so doing I must do homage and pay thanks to the wonderful authors of this book who help people make wildlife gardens in the Western and Eastern climatic regions of South Africa. The ground principles they use are applicable world wide. Their appendices on different plants native to Southern Africa and their ecological significance and uses is extensive. This book is a must for any South African gardener or city green space planner who wishes to support species diversity and natural abundance.

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