Book: Real Gardens Grow Natives
REAL GARDENS GROW NATIVES: DESIGN, PLANT, AND ENJOY A HEALTHY NORTHWEST GARDEN informs, captivates, and compels us to turn our conventional yards into beautiful, functional, and humane landscapes that give back to the diverse community of life that thrived there not long ago. Welcoming wildlife and maintaining a lovely landscape are definitely not mutually exclusive.
REAL GARDENS GROW NATIVES leads us along the design path — from conception to implementation — with interesting stops along the way. Within the book are all the tools needed to plan a “real” garden west of the Cascades (or simply add some native species to an existing garden), including:
* Landscape design guidance for various-sized yards, including sample plans
* Ways to enhance habitat and preserve biological diversity
* Tips on nurturing and sustaining healthy soil
* Organic techniques that keep a garden vibrant and lively
* Propagation methods for native plants
* Detailed descriptions and stunning photographs of 100 of the most garden-worthy Pacific NW indigenous plants (plus related species) that help simplify plant choice & arrangement
* And much more!
Written by Eileen Stark and published by Mountaineers Books. Paperback, 317 pages and full color illustrations.
REAL GARDENS GROW NATIVES: DESIGN, PLANT, AND ENJOY A HEALTHY NORTHWEST GARDEN informs, captivates, and compels us to turn our conventional yards into beautiful, functional, and humane landscapes that give back to the diverse community of life that thrived there not long ago. Welcoming wildlife and maintaining a lovely landscape are definitely not mutually exclusive.
REAL GARDENS GROW NATIVES leads us along the design path — from conception to implementation — with interesting stops along the way. Within the book are all the tools needed to plan a “real” garden west of the Cascades (or simply add some native species to an existing garden), including:
* Landscape design guidance for various-sized yards, including sample plans
* Ways to enhance habitat and preserve biological diversity
* Tips on nurturing and sustaining healthy soil
* Organic techniques that keep a garden vibrant and lively
* Propagation methods for native plants
* Detailed descriptions and stunning photographs of 100 of the most garden-worthy Pacific NW indigenous plants (plus related species) that help simplify plant choice & arrangement
* And much more!
Written by Eileen Stark and published by Mountaineers Books. Paperback, 317 pages and full color illustrations.
REAL GARDENS GROW NATIVES: DESIGN, PLANT, AND ENJOY A HEALTHY NORTHWEST GARDEN informs, captivates, and compels us to turn our conventional yards into beautiful, functional, and humane landscapes that give back to the diverse community of life that thrived there not long ago. Welcoming wildlife and maintaining a lovely landscape are definitely not mutually exclusive.
REAL GARDENS GROW NATIVES leads us along the design path — from conception to implementation — with interesting stops along the way. Within the book are all the tools needed to plan a “real” garden west of the Cascades (or simply add some native species to an existing garden), including:
* Landscape design guidance for various-sized yards, including sample plans
* Ways to enhance habitat and preserve biological diversity
* Tips on nurturing and sustaining healthy soil
* Organic techniques that keep a garden vibrant and lively
* Propagation methods for native plants
* Detailed descriptions and stunning photographs of 100 of the most garden-worthy Pacific NW indigenous plants (plus related species) that help simplify plant choice & arrangement
* And much more!
Written by Eileen Stark and published by Mountaineers Books. Paperback, 317 pages and full color illustrations.
