This book shows how to create a wildlife haven in any garden - large or small. Learn how to make compost, attract bees and butterflies and grow the right plants.
This book will enable you to get the best from your garden using Nature to help you: choose the perfect plants for your soil and situation; feed them with your own natural compost; attract bees and butterflies. There are scores of full-colour photographs and the author is an expert organic horticulturalist who will inspire you to garden Nature's way.
Sept 2006
The author is a freelance gardener, writer and lecturer, and her book aims to encourage gardening with nature and without chemicals, using your knowledge of your garden and its conditions to choose plants that will thrive. Whatever the size of your garden, this book can help you create a framework of plants and wildlife habitats and a composting system that will allow you to enjoy an interesting and attractive garden that maintains a harmonious relationship with the natural world. There are chapters on assessing the soil, design, dealing with different conditions and weeds, attracting wildlife, as well as choosing the right plants for particular sites, all illustrated with colour photos.
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