The Living Landscape: Designing for Beauty and Biodiversity in the Home Garden

"This thoughtful, intelligent book is all about connectivity, addressing a natural world in which we are the...
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Author: Rick Darke
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The Living Landscape: Designing for Beauty and Biodiversity in the Home Garden by Darke, Rick

The Living Landscape: Designing for Beauty and Biodiversity in the Home Garden

$101.80

The Living Landscape: Designing for Beauty and Biodiversity in the Home Garden

$101.80
Author: Rick Darke
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

"This thoughtful, intelligent book is all about connectivity, addressing a natural world in which we are the primary influence." --The New York Times Books Review

Many gardeners today want a home landscape that nourishes and fosters wildlife, but they also want beauty, a space for the kids to play, privacy, and maybe even a vegetable patch. Sure, it's a tall order, but The Living Landscape shows you how to do it. You'll learn the strategies for making and maintaining a diverse, layered landscape--one that offers beauty on many levels, provides outdoor rooms and turf areas for children and pets, incorporates fragrance and edible plants, and provides cover, shelter, and sustenance for wildlife. Richly illustrated and informed by both a keen eye for design and an understanding of how healthy ecologies work, The Living Landscape will enable you to create a garden that fulfills both human needs and the needs of wildlife communities.


Author: Rick Darke, Douglas W. Tallamy
Publisher: Timber Press (OR)
Published: 07/01/2014
Pages: 392
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 3.50lbs
Size: 10.10h x 8.70w x 1.50d
ISBN: 9781604694086


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 05/05/2014
Library Journal 05/15/2014 pg. 100
Booklist 06/01/2014 pg. 13
New York Times Book Review 06/01/2014 pg. 35
Shelf Awareness 11/28/2014
Library Journal 12/01/2016 pg. 51

About the Author
Darke, Rick: -

Rick Darke is a landscape design consultant, author, lecturer, and photographer based in Pennsylvania who blends art, ecology, and cultural geography in the creation and conservation of livable landscapes. His projects include scenic byways, public gardens, corporate and collegiate campuses, mixed-use conservation developments, and residential gardens. Darke served on the staff of Longwood Gardens for twenty years and received the Scientific Award of the American Horticultural Society. His work has been featured in the New York Times and on National Public Radio. Darke is recognized as one of the world's experts on grasses and their use in public and private landscapes. For further information visit www.rickdarke.com.

Tallamy, Douglas W.: -

Doug Tallamy is a professor in the Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology at the University of Delaware, where he has taught insect-related courses for 40 years. His most recent book with Timber Press, Nature's Best Hope, is a New York Times Best Seller.

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