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Author Reif, Jonas, author.

Title Cultivating chaos : how to enrich landscapes with self-seeding plants / Jonas Reif, Christian Kress ; with photos by Jürgen Becker ; foreword by Noel Kingsbury.

Publication Info. Portland, Oregon : Timber Press, 2015.
©2015

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Location Call No. Public Note Status
 Esparto Adult Nonfiction  715 REI    CHECK SHELVES
Edition English language edition.
Description 189 pages : colour illustrations ; 25 cm
Content type text txt rdacontent
still image sti rdacontent
Format volume nc rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 178-179) and index.
Contents How do you garden with self-seeding plants? Letting go ; The advantages of gardening with self-seeders ; The strategy behind self-seeding plants ; The life spans of self-seeding plants ; Dungeness : nature's tapestry -- Let the planting being. Using seeds and plug plants ; Preparation for planting ; Wolfram Kunick : the pioneer of pioneers ; Transforming a site ; Gardening from the bottom up ; Het Vlackeland : fast-blooming dynamic splendor -- Strategies for design and maintenance. Can self-seeding plants be controlled? ; Unwanted plants ; Every picture needs a frame ; Ton der Linden : chaotic charm in the garden ; Plants in crevices and joints ; Crushed limestone beds ; Meadows : cultivating chaos on a grand scale ; Managing the mix ; Picking your time ; The only constant is change ; Waltham Place : naturalism in a formal setting -- Plants for self-seeding gardens.
Summary Self-seeding plants can create naturalistic gardens of great charm, but left to their own devices quickly spiral out of control. Maintaining the balance of plants so that a small number of robust species do not evict the others and developing the structure of the garden are important techniques to acquire. Taking inspiration from the gardens of Christopher Lloyd, Derek Jarman and Henk Gerritsen. Cultivating Chaos teaches how to prepare your soil for improved germination, guide your planting as it evolves, and create different ecological niches from which will emerge beautiful, species-rich gardens.
Note Translation of: Blackbox gardening.
Subject Planting design.
Landscape plants.
Plant propagation.
Gardens -- Design.
Added Author Kress, Christian, author.
Becker, Jürgen (Photographer), photographer.
Kingsbury, Noël, writer of foreword.
Added Title Blackbox gardening. English
ISBN 9781604696523
1604696524