“In the past, we have asked one thing of our gardens: that they be pretty. Now they have to support life, sequester carbon, feed pollinators and manage water.”— DOUG TALLAMY When I saw that Doug Tallamy had released a new book a couple of years ago, I thought something like, BEEN there, SEEN that, DONE it. After all, I had already seen him speak in person several times over many years with the first being February of 2014. … [Read more...]
Native Plants of the Midwest Book Review
I am going to take a break from explaining the design that we started looking at last time and do a review of a new book I just finished. This is a book I was eagerly anticipating the last few months. While I have plenty of outstanding plant reference books, I don't have a lot that are specific to garden worthy natives of the Midwest that include this many plants (500). … [Read more...]
Garden Revolution Book Review, one of my favorite new books
Here is a book review for Amazon I wrote for a fabulous new book I recently read, Garden Revolution. This is another in a line of several garden books that have been being published recently for the ecologically inclined gardener or landscape professional. This book won't give you a landscape plan, but it may start you on a new way to garden - Jim … [Read more...]
The Living Landscape Book review
Since it is the weekend between Black Friday and Cyber Monday, I thought I would give a gift idea for a gardener in your life. There are several great garden related books I have read this year. Among them, one of my favorites is The Living Landscape* by Doug Tallamy and Richard Darke. … [Read more...]
Japanese Garden How to Book Suggestions
Over the past several months I have had several readers looking for book recommendations to help them create their own Japanese garden. I have answered these individually based upon what type of garden they were planning on creating. They have ranged from an experienced construction professional looking to create a large Japanese style garden to an experienced gardener looking to add a small Japanese inspired section to their existing garden. Most everybody wants books with clear … [Read more...]
Gift ideas for the Gardener
Since it was still a few weeks away from Christmas and I’ll score a few points with the wife by using one of her suggestions, today I am going to give some gift ideas for the gardener. So how did I decide what would be good gift ideas for the gardener? Well, I figured if I bought it in the past and would buy it again after having and using it a while, it was a good candidate. … [Read more...]