The New American Landscape: Leading Voices on the Future of Sustainable Gardening

Synopsis

Gardeners are the front line of defense in our struggle to tackle the problems of global warming, loss of habitat, water shortages, and shrinking biodiversity. In The New American Landscape, author and editor Thomas Christopher brings together the best thinkers on the topic of gardening sustainably, and asks them to describe the future of the sustainable landscape. The discussion unfolds from there, and what results is a collective vision as eloquent as it is diverse.The New American Landscape offers designers a roadmap to a beautiful garden that improves, not degrades the environment. It’s a provocative manifesto about the important role gardens play in creating a more sustainable future that no professional garden designer can afford to miss. John Greenlee and Neil Diboll on the new American meadow gardenRick Darke on balancing natives and exotics in the gardenDoug Tallamy on landscapes that welcome wildlifeEric Toensmeier on the sustainable edible gardenDavid Wolfe on gardening sustainable with a changing climateElaine Ingham on managing soil healthDavid Deardorff and Kathryn Wadsworth on sustainable pest solutionsEd Snodgrass and Linda McIntyre on green roofs in the sustainable residential landscapeThomas Christopher on waterwise gardensToby Hemenway on whole system garden designThe Sustainable Site Initiative on the managing the home landscape as a sustainable site

Copyright:

2011

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

ISBN-13:

9781604693041

Related ISBNs:

9781604691863

Publisher:

Timber Press, Incorporated

Date of Addition:

08/22/18

Copyrighted By:

Timber Press, Inc.

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Home and Garden, Outdoors and Nature, Earth Sciences

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Bookshare Staff

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