Forest Gardening
eBook - PDF

Forest Gardening

  1. 224 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Forest Gardening

About this book

Forest gardening is a way of working with nature which is not only productive and requires minimal maintenance, but also has fantastic environmental benefits. You don't need a forest for forest gardening. Based on the model of a healthy natural woodland, a forest garden incorporates a wide variety of useful plants, including fruit and nut trees, perennial herbs, and vegetables in vertical layers. They rarely require any weeding, digging or pest control and as plants are chosen for their beneficial effects on one another, they form their own sustainable ecosystems, offering great environmental benefits. Written by forest gardening pioneer, Robert Hart, this comprehensive guide to forest gardening describes its principles and practice, including guidelines on how to design and maintain a forest garden, and lists of recommended species for temperate, tropical and sub-tropical climates. It also shows potential value of forest gardening for countering environmental devastation. Hart's book beautifully describes his decades of experience gardening in the Shropshire countryside, and offers fresh ways of understanding the relationships between people and growing plants. Blending history, philosophy, anthropology, and seasoned gardening wisdom in a lucid sequence of essays, Forest Gardening examines the pleasure of 'hands off' as well as hands-on gardening. For gardeners who aspire to create ecological as well as beautiful gardens, Forest Gardening will be an inspiration and a pleasure.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-title page
  3. Title page
  4. Copyright page
  5. CONTENTS
  6. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  7. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
  8. DEDICATION PAGE
  9. FOREWORD
  10. Prologue: THE MINI-FOREST
  11. Chapter One: TOWARDS A FOREST ECONOMY
  12. Chapter Two: UNITY AND DIVERSITY
  13. Chapter Three: HEALTH AND WHOLENESS
  14. Chapter Four: PERSONAL PILGRIMAGE
  15. Chapter Five: THE WENLOCK EDGE PROJECT
  16. Chapter Six: PLANT-LIFE: ITS INFINITE POTENTIALITIES
  17. Chapter Seven: DESIGN AND MAINTENANCE
  18. Chapter Eight: WATER AND NO WATER
  19. Chapter Nine: STORED UP SUNSHINE: ENERGY YESTERDAY AND TOMORROW
  20. Chapter Ten: THE THINKING HAND: SKILLS OF THE CRAFTSMAN
  21. Chapter Eleven: AGROFORESTRY AGAINST WORLD WANT
  22. Chapter Twelve: GREEN IS REAL
  23. Chapter Thirteen: WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?
  24. EPILOGUE: A NEW TWIST IN THE EVOLUTIONARY SPIRAL
  25. APPENDIX ONE
  26. APPENDIX TWO
  27. REFERENCES
  28. SUGGESTED FURTHER READING
  29. RECOMMENDED SUPPLIERS IN THE UK
  30. MEMBERSHIP ORGANISATIONS
  31. INDEX
  32. BACK COVER