New Naturalism (eBook)

Designing and Planting a Resilient, Ecologically Vibrant Home Garden

Kelly D. Norris (Autor)

eBook Download: PDF

2021
208 Seiten
Cool Springs Press (Verlag)
978-0-7603-6820-6 (ISBN)

Infos

Recreate the wild beauty and thriving ecology of meadows, prairies, woodlands, and streamsides in your own garden. In New Naturalism, horticulturist and modern plantsman Kelly D. Norris shares his inspiring, ecologically sound vision for home gardens created with stylish yet naturalistic plantings that mimic the wild spaces we covetfar from the contrived, formal, high-maintenance plantings of the past. Through a basic introduction to plant biology and ecology, you'll learn how to design and grow a lush, thriving home garden by harnessing the power of plant layers and palettes defined by nature, not humans.The next generation of home landscapes don't consist of plants in a row, pruned to perfection and reliant on pesticides, fertilizers, and herbicides to survive. Instead, today's stunning landscapes convey nature's inherent beauty. These gardens are imbued with romance and emotion, yet they have so much more to offer than their gorgeous aesthetics.Naturalistic garden designs, such as those featured in this groundbreaking new book, contribute to positive environmental change by increasing biodiversity, providing a refuge for wildlife, and reconnecting humans to nature.In the pages ofNew Naturalismyou'll find:Planting recipes for building meadows, prairies, and other grassland-inspired open plantings even in compact, urban settingsNature-inspired ways to upgrade existing foundation plantings, shrub beds, and flower borders to a wilder aesthetic while still managing the spaceInspiration for taking sidewalk and driveway plantings and turning them into visually soft, welcoming spaces for humans and wildlife alikeIdeas for turning shady landscapes into canopied retreats that celebrate natureCreative ways to make an ecologically vibrant garden in even the smallest of spacesNew Naturalismapproaches the planting beds around our homes as ecological systems. If properly designed and planted, these areas can support positive environmental change, increase plant and animal diversity, and create a more resilient space that's less reliant on artificial inputs. And they do it all while looking beautiful and improving property values.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 16.2.2021
• Zusatzinfo: 250 color photos
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Garten
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
• Schlagworte: Animal Diversity • Architecture • Artful • authentic • BEE • biodiversity • bird • botanical garden • Butterflies • Color • Combining • combining plants • Community • conservation • Contemporary • contemporary landscape • design a sustainable garden • driveway • Earth Day • Ecology • ecosystem • Enkoping • environmentally friendly • environmentally friendly garden • flower border • Garden design • grassland inspired • Green Living • Grids • Grouping • grouping plants • Guide • Hermannshof • High Line • home landscape design • honeybees • horticulture • Idea • Inspiration • James Hitchmough • Landscape architecture • Landscape Design • landscape design guide • Layer • Layered • layering plants • Living • Lurie garden • Mass • mass planting • matrix plants • meadow aesthetic • Millennium Park Chicago • Modern • modern garden design • native plants • natural gardening • naturalistic gardening • naturalistic planting • new perennials • new wave planting movement • Nigel Dunnett • Open Source • open source planting design • organic • pairing plants • Palette • Pattern • perennials • Piet Oudolf • Plant Communities • plant ecology • planting design • planting for sustainability • planting grids Piet Oudolf • planting guide • plant life • plants for natural gardening • pollinator friendly • pollinator garden • regenerative • Resilient • Shrub • sidewalk • small space • sustainable garden • sustainable landscape design • Urban • urban landscape design • Wild • wildlife refuge • woodland • woodland garden
• ISBN-10: 0-7603-6820-1 / 0760368201
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7603-6820-6 / 9780760368206