
Real Gardens Grow Natives
Design, Plant, and Enjoy a Healthy Northwest Garden
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
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For many people, the most tangible and beneficial impact they can have on the environment is right in their own yard. Aimed at beginning and veteran gardeners alike, Real Gardens Grow Natives is a stunningly photographed guide that helps readers plan, implement, and sustain a retreat at home that reflects the natural world. Gardening with native plants that naturally belong and thrive in the Pacific Northwest's climate and soil not only nurtures biodiversity, but provides a quintessential Northwest character and beauty to yard and neighborhood! For gardeners and conservationists who lack the time to read through lengthy design books and plant lists or can't afford a landscape designer, Real Gardens Grow Natives is accessible yet comprehensive and provides the inspiration and clear instruction needed to create and sustain beautiful, functional, and undemanding gardens. With expert knowledge from professional landscape designer Eileen M. Stark, Real Gardens Grow Natives includes: * Detailed profiles of 100 select native plants for the Pacific Northwest west of the Cascades, plus related species, helping make plant choice and placement. * Straightfoward methods to enhance or restore habitat and increase biodiversity * Landscape design guidance for various-sized yards, including sample plans * Ways to integrate natives, edibles, and nonnative ornamentals within your garden * Specific planting procedures and secrets to healthy soil * Techniques for propagating your own native plants * Advice for easy, maintenance using organic methods
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Table of contents
- Real Gardens Grow Natives: Design, Plant, and Enjoy a Healthy Northwest Garden
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction: A Welcome Mat for Wildlife
- Chapter 1: Crucial Conservation Work Begins at Home
- Chapter 2: Designing Native Nirvana
- Chapter 3: Selecting the Right Plants
- Chapter 4: Soil That’s More Than Dirt
- Chapter 5: Cultivating a Green Thumb
- Chapter 6: Multiplication by Division, and Other Propagation Methods
- 100 Native Plants for the Garden
- Plants for Full Sun or Mostly Sun
- Plants for Partial Shade
- Plants for Full Shade or Mostly Shade
- Appendix A: Quick Plant Guide for Specific Situations
- Appendix B: References
- Appendix C: Resources
- Index
- Acknowledgments
- About the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation
- About the Author
- About Skipstone