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Let's Plant & Grow Together - Ben Raskin

Let's Plant & Grow Together

Your community gardening handbook

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Buch | Softcover
200 Seiten
2024 | New Edition
Leaping Hare Press (Verlag)
978-0-7112-8736-5 (ISBN)
CHF 29,65 inkl. MwSt
Let's Plant & Grow Together tells you everything you need to know about community gardening, including how to set up and maintain your own green-fingered group.
Start and nurture your own thriving community garden with this seasoned guide to cultivating your local outdoor space.

Community gardening is a growing movement that is taking root in towns and cities all over the world. Groups of likeminded people are transforming neglected plots of land into green, flourishing spaces for everyone to enjoy.

In Let’s Plant & Grow Together, farming and gardening pioneer Ben Raskin shares his keen expertise in his introduction to collective self-sufficiency, encouraging a community audience to grow food and garden together. With a thoughtful foreword by Hélèna Dove, Head of Kitchen at Kew Gardens, this guide is uniquely placed to teach you how to make urban spaces bloom.
A look into the background of community gardening and its benefits is followed by a practical guide: planning advice is laid out, alongside essential etiquette tips for running a successful site. Learn about these and other practical considerations, including:
 

Soil fertility
Fundraising
Business plans
Guerrilla gardening
Access rights
Marketing
Leases



Add a community-minded directory of the top vegetables, flowers, fruit, and herbs to plant, with key tips on growing in containers to maximise your space, and you can get ready to dig for a community garden that will blossom and thrive for everyone.
With clear instructions for all ages and backgrounds, your collective will learn to grow and harvest:
 

Kale
Pears
Beetroot
Asparagus
Gooseberries
Oregano
Currants
Melons
Figs



This book contains everything you need to start gardening in a group. Whether that’s with family, neighbours, or allotment co-owners, you’ll find practical steps to promote harmony, grow more successfully, and make space for everybody. Written by an expert in the field, this insightful and comprehensive guide leaves no stone unturned when it comes to building and maintaining your dream co-gardening space.
If you like this book, you may also like Plant a Tree and Retree the World, by the same author.

Ben Raskin is the Head of Horticulture at the Soil Association in the UK and author of Zero-Waste Gardening (2021). He runs courses and training on organic growing including community orchards and launched the Soil Association’s flagship Organic Apprenticeship Scheme in 2007. Ben got the gardening bug working on an organic vineyard in northern Italy and has worked in horticulture for over 20 years, including a stint as Assistant Head Gardener at the UK charity Garden Organic. He also wrote Plant a Tree and Retree the World, The Community Gardening Handbook; Compost; Grow; and Bees, Bugs & Butterflies, all published by Leaping Hare Press.

Forewords
Introduction
An Introduction to Community Gardening
Extending Roots
Planning Your Site and Planting
Plant Directory
Picture Credits
Glossary
Index
About the Author / Acknowledgements
 

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Let's...
Zusatzinfo 200+ colour photos
Sprache englisch
Maße 165 x 225 mm
Gewicht 350 g
Themenwelt Sachbuch/Ratgeber Natur / Technik Garten
ISBN-10 0-7112-8736-8 / 0711287368
ISBN-13 978-0-7112-8736-5 / 9780711287365
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