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Author Weaner, Larry, author

Title Garden revolution : how our landscapes can be a source of environmental change / Larry Weaner and Thomas Christopher

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 Bangor Pub. Lib. Stacks  577 .W3733g    AVAILABLE  
 Maine State Lib. Stacks  OFFSITE 577 W362g 2016    AVAILABLE  
Phys Descr 328 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Note BPL: Given in the memory of Chris Carlisle.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 318-321) and index
Contents Ecological gardening : An introduction -- The learning process -- The rise and fall (and rise) of a cardinalflower patch -- Influences and innovators -- The making of a garden star -- The garden ecologist's primer -- Design -- The plant that wants to be here -- Site analysis : Where are you, ecologically speaking? -- Reversing succession -- Creating an ecologically connected master plan -- Inspiration from Uncle Max -- Developing a synergistic plant list -- In the field -- Weeds and the ecological garden -- Setting the ecological process in motion -- A do-nothing attitude -- Creating meadows and prairies -- Growing pains -- Creating shrublands -- Sedges in the landscape -- Creating woodlands -- Postscript -- Living in it -- My house
Summary Garden Revolution shows how an ecological approach to planting can lead to beautiful gardens that buck much of conventional gardening's counter-productive, time-consuming practices. Instead of picking the wrong plant and then constantly tilling, weeding, irrigating, and fertilizing, Larry Weaner advocates for choosing plants that are adapted to the soil and climate of a specific site and letting them naturally evolve over time
Subject Landscape ecology
Gardening
Alt Author Christopher, Thomas, author
OCLC # 922836289
ISBN # 9781604696165
1604696168