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Description
Creating Your Eco-friendly Garden shows you how to develop an environmentally friendly garden for little cost. Practically written, it is based on the author’s first-hand experience as well as the wealth of knowledge she has amassed working at Grass Roots, Australia’s most popular self-sufficiency magazine.
The book offers advice on planning your garden, choosing plants, planting times, watering options and pest management following organic principles. It explains how to assess the soil and microclimatic effects of surrounding buildings and vegetation so that you can determine the style of garden that best suits your property.
Water efficiency, biodiversity, soil conservation, use of native and biodiversity-friendly plants, organic methods, use of recycled materials and avoidance of environmental weeds are themes that feature strongly throughout the book, and will appeal to gardeners with strong environmental values.
Features
- Environmental values feature strongly throughout the book: water efficiency; biodiversity; soil conservation; use of recycled materials; organic methods; use of native and similarly water-hardy, biodiversity-friendly plants; avoidance of environmental weeds
- The book is very practical and well illustrated
- It is based on a wealth of personal experience and shows how to develop a garden economically
Sample
View a sample from Creating Your Eco-Friendly Garden.
The extract is in Adobe Acrobat format (957 KB). The Acrobat Reader can be obtained from Adobe's website.
You may download and view this sample but you may not mass-transmit it nor use it or any part of it for commercial gain. It is protected by all applicable copyright laws.
Reviews
"DIY meets eco-warrior on the domestic front. Good read with great ideas."
Subtropical Gardening Magazine, Issue 12, 2008
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