Lerner’s Reading List For Garden Design 101
When it’s time to rest from weeding and watering, consider some books on landscaping that will educate you about planting techniques, what to install and how to design.
“Bringing Nature Home” by Douglas W. Hillside Landscaping Tallamy provides the rationale behind the use of native plants, a concept that has rapidly been gaining momentum in North America and elsewhere. The impact on our environment is huge. Within the food web, according to Tallamy, “count all the terrestrial bird species in North America that rely on insects and other arthropods to feed their young, you would find that figure to be about 96 percent.”
All animals, including humans, depend on insects that have the ability to transfer energy in plants into a form that can be eaten by animals. Insects count on indigenous plants for food and habitat. Without them, the bugs become extinct, and wildlife that depends on them soon follows. Biodiversity is critical if we are to preserve balance in the environment. Hillside Landscaping This 288-page hardcover offers 308 color photographs. I am not a purist about native plants but have advocated the use of them.
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