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Record Nr.

UNINA9910887968303321

Autore

Darke Rick

Titolo

The living landscape : designing for beauty and biodiversity in the home garden

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Place of publication not identified], : Timber Press, 2014

ISBN

1-60469-739-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (194 pages)

Disciplina

712/.2

Soggetti

Natural landscaping - United States

Ecological landscape design - United States

Plant Sciences

Agriculture

Earth & Environmental Sciences

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di contenuto

Layers in wild landscapes -- The community of living organisms: why interrelationships matter more than numbers -- The ecological functions of gardens: what landscapes do -- The art of observation -- Applying layers to the home garden.

Sommario/riassunto

Two of the world's leading experts in horticulture, Rick Darke and Doug Tallamy, collaborate to offer an authoritative and inspiring work describing the importance of native plants and sustainable gardening: The Living Landscape: Designing for Beauty and Biodiversity in the Home Garden.