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"Douglas W. Tallamy's first book, Bringing Nature Home, awakened thousands of readers to an urgent situation: wildlife populations are in decline because the native plants they depend on are fast disappearing. His solution? Plant more natives. In this new book, Tallamy takes the next step and outlines his vision for a grassroots approach to conservation. Nature's Best Hope shows how homeowners everywhere can turn their yards into conservation corridors...
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Timber Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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In these pages, follow Page Dickey's journey: searching for a new home, discovering the ins and outs of the landscape surrounding her new garden, establishing the garden, and learning how to be a different kind of gardener. The surprise at the heart of the book? Although Dickey was sad to leave her beloved garden, she found herself thrilled to begin a new garden in a wilder, larger landscape.
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Rutgers University Press
Language
English
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"Designing Gardens with Flora of the American East, by Carolyn Summers, was originally published in 2010. Since then, even more has been learned about the ways gardeners can help to bring back insect, bird, and other wildlife populations. Recent news about insect and bird population crashes have helped to move the public opinion needle towards widespread acceptance of the need to include native plants in our landscape. Finally, there is tremendous...
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English
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"This book teaches you how to: make wise choices in the design, planting, and maintenance of your residential space, regardless of its size or location; produce your own food; integrate vegetables, herbs, and fruits with locally native species and surrogates that contribute to the restoration of the local ecosystem; acquire a deeper understanding of the continuously evolving 'livingscape' that you can create for yourself, and of its relationship to...
Author
Publisher
Timber Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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"The book will feature 235 northeastern natives that are the easiest for the home gardener to find and grow. Introductory chapters will address the why and how of growing native plants. Two-thirds of the book will consist of the plant entries that focus on the must-have information that readers are looking for. The geographic area covered will be Maine south to Delaware, west to Pennsylvania and eastern Ohio, including all of NY State and the New...
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English
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"Tama Matsuoka Wong, master forager and gardener, wants you to rethink your relationship with gardening. Rather than trying to vanquish and control, what if you took a gentler approach, tending the land and encouraging plants, even the ones you didn't plant yourself? Part practical, part philosophical, Into the Weeds is for fledgling and experienced gardeners alike, with information for building simple structures like borders and beds with wild wood...
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Brooklyn Botanic Garden all-region guides ; hand 185
Publisher
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
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Publisher
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
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This volume presents a collection of narratives extolling the virtues of native plantings, outlining their fundamental contributions to our natural ecosystems, detailing our connections with them, describing the perils they currently face, and advocating for their preservation in the garden and larger landscape. Full of adventures and insights from scientists, gardeners, and writers working in the trenches with native plants, the essays are designed...
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