Sustainable Gardening: Grow a Greener Low-Maintenance Landscape with Fewer Resources
Sustainable Gardening: Grow a Greener Low-Maintenance Landscape with Fewer Resources
- Grow more plants while using fewer resources
- Conserve water through plant choice and proper landscape care
- Stop the disposable mindset
- Mitigate the effects of climate change through intelligent landscaping
- Plan and plant with low-maintenance in mind
- Build healthy soil to sequester carbon and grow healthier plants
- Create a garden that supports wildlife and soil life
- Design your garden for resiliency and a long, healthy life
- Banish synthetic pesticides and herbicides for more eco-friendly choices
- Reduce plastic waste in the garden and the landfill
- Set your garden on a schedule to reduce maintenance needs
- Harvest rainwater for future use
- Adopt a sustainable lawn care program that requires less work and fewer resources
Author: Vincent Simeone
Publisher: Cool Springs Press
Published: 03/16/2021
Pages: 176
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.60h x 6.70w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9780760370360
About the Author
Vincent Simeone (Oyster Bay, NY) is an experienced lecturer, instructor, horticultural consultant, and author of books and magazine articles. His education and training is in the field of ornamental horticulture, which he studied under world-famous professors Dr. Allan Armitage and Dr. Michael Dirr at the University of Georgia. Later, Simeone added to his education by receiving a master's in public administration from C.W. Post Long Island University. In addition to his media appearances, Simeone is director of the Planting Fields Arboretum State Historic Park, where he hones the art of sustainable gardening by practicing what he preaches.