Take practical steps to protect the Earth for future generations by creating a sustainable home landscape that is also beautiful, budget-friendly, and low-maintenance.
In this updated edition of Grow More With Less, author and horticulturist Vincent Simeone shows us that gardens are living laboratories where we can experiment, grow, and connect with other living things. There are tens of millions of gardeners across the globe. Together, we can create a huge and lasting positive impact on the planet and all the creatures who share it with us. With the well-researched plan found in the pages of Sustainable Gardening, gardeners and homeowners are taught how to:
Grow more plants whileusing fewer resources
Conserve waterthrough plant choice and proper landscape care
Stop the disposable mindset
Mitigate the effects of climate changethrough intelligent landscaping
Plan and plant withlow-maintenancein mind
Build healthy soil tosequester carbon and grow healthier plants
Createa garden that supports wildlifeand soil life
Design your garden for resiliencyand a long, healthy life
Banish synthetic pesticides and herbicides for moreeco-friendly choices
Reduce plastic wastein the garden and the landfill
Set your garden on a schedule toreduce maintenance needs
Harvest rainwaterfor future use
Adopt asustainable lawn care programthat requires less work and fewer resources
Plus, discover profiles of some of the best shrubs, perennials, and ornamental grasses to include in your sustainable landscape. Not only are they beautiful and low-care, they also provide valuable ecosystem services. Sustainability is defined as the capacity to endure, and while the term sustainability may seem a bit overused these days, the truth is that there are few other words that convey the same message. Adaptablity and resilience are close, but they miss the mark in conveying thelong-term aspects of true sustainability. Being more mindful of your actions and learning how everything you do in your landscape impacts the ecosystem found there generates a more thoughtful and responsible approach to gardening we all would be wise to adopt.