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Creating your eco-friendly garden

Date: 03 Nov 2008, 02:23

Creating Your Eco-Friendly Garden

Creating Your Eco-Friendly Garden

Product DescriptionвЂў Very practical and well illustratedвЂў Based on a wealth of personal experience* Shows how to develop a garden economically

This book shows people how to create an eco-friendly garden from scratch or by redeveloping an existing garden. It is practical, simply written and based on the author's own first-hand

experience and the wealth of knowledge amassed during the course of her job at Grass Roots, Australia's most popular self-sufficiency magazine. The author's aim is that readers

will gain the confidence and knowledge necessary to develop a garden in their own individual style to suit the needs of their family, in an environmentally friendly manner and for little

cost.

The book begins by advising the reader on how to assess their own situation regarding soil, climate, orientation and influence of surrounding buildings and vegetation. It guides them in

deciding on the style of garden that suits them best and gives advice on obtaining plants, planting times, watering options and drought-proofing a garden and pest management following organic

principles.

Environmental values feature strongly throughout the book, including: water efficiency; biodiversity; soil conservation; use of recycled materials; organic methods; use of native and

similarly waterhardy, biodiversity-friendly plants; avoidance of environmental weeds.About the AuthorMary Horsfall has had over 30 years' experience in organic gardening, including 23 years growing self-sufficiency food crops organically in a harsh, dry-summer environment with only dam and

tank water. About four years ago she began a new, water-efficient, biodiversity-friendly garden from scratch on a block in a country town. This latter experience motivated and forms the basis

for the book. She is currently editor and writer for

Grass Roots magazine, where she has worked for 18 years. From 1999 to 2001 she was also gardening editor and wrote regular garden- and environment-related articles for

Greenhouse Living magazine.

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