Many gardeners fear chickens will peck away at their landscape, and chicken lovers often shy away from gardening for the same reason. But the truth is a beautiful chicken-friendly garden is within easy reach, and award-winning garden designer Jessi Bloom proves it with Free-Range Chicken Gardens. A well-designed chicken garden offers chickens a healthy habitat and organic diet. The chickens in turn fertilize and aerate the soil and act as natural pest control. In this win-win scenario, the gardener reaps the additional pleasures of farmfresh eggs, a beautiful, healthy garden, and a uniquely picturesque panorama. With useful information on introducing chickens to a garden, gardening around chickens, strategies to protect precious plants, and design elements that encourage healthy play for the chickens in the garden, here is everything a chicken-loving gardener needs to know.