The first edition of Gaia's Garden sparked the imagination of
America's home gardeners, introducing permaculture's central
message: Working with Nature, not against her, results in more
beautiful, abundant, and forgiving gardens. This extensively
revised and expanded second edition broadens the reach and depth of
the permaculture approach for urban and suburban growers.
Many people mistakenly think that ecological gardening--which
involves growing a wide range of edible and other useful
plants--can take place only on a large, multiacre scale. As
Hemenway demonstrates, it's fun and easy to create a "backyard
ecosystem" by assembling communities of plants that can work
cooperatively and perform a variety of functions, including:
Building and maintaining soil fertility and structure
Catching and conserving water in the landscape
Providing habitat for beneficial insects, birds, and animals
Growing an edible "forest" that yields seasonal fruits, nuts,
and other foods
This revised and updated edition also features a new chapter on
urban permaculture, designed especially for people in cities and
suburbs who have very limited growing space. Whatever size yard or
garden you have to work with, you can apply basic permaculture
principles to make it more diverse, more natural, more productive,
and more beautiful. Best of all, once it's established, an
ecological garden will reduce or eliminate most of the backbreaking
work that's needed to maintain the typical lawn and garden.
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