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The Green Garden: A New England Guide to Planning, Planting, and Maintaining the Eco-Friendly Habitat Garden presents a new style of gardening that allows the gardener to work with nature to harness an area's natural ability to maintain its own health and stability. With the humor born of experience and the lyricism that comes with a devotion to nature and the beauties of a well-tended garden, Ellen Sousa explains how to transform any size of outdoor space into a natural, living sanctuary that benefits our health, our communities, and the planet. Book jacket.

Ellen Sousa is a garden coach and teacher whose enthusiasm for creating backyard habitat sanctuaries has made her a popular speaker and natural-style garden tour guide across New England. She lives in Spencer, MA with her husband, Robert, along with 2 dogs, on a small farm landscaped as a natural habitat for farm animals, wild birds and pollinators. She blogs about habitat gardening at blog.THBFarm.com and is a team member at BeautifulWildlifeGarden.com and NativePlantWildlifeGarden.comWilliam Cullina is arenowned nativeplantauthor andpropagator formerlywith the New EnglandWild Flower Society,now curator atthe Coastal MaineBotanical Gardens. He has written manybooks, including Wildflowers: A Guide toGrowing and Propagating Native Flowers ofNorth America; Native Ferns, Moss, and Grasses;Native Trees, Shrubs, and Vines: A Guide to Using,Growing, and Propagating North AmericanWoody Plants; and Understanding Perennials:A New Look at an Old Favorite.

Foreword	p. 5
Preface	p. 7
Toward a Natural Gardening Style	p. 9
Why a Habitat Garden?	p. 12
Beyond Pachysandra - Discovering New England's Native Plants	p. 23
Rethinking Lawns	p. 33
Habitat Essentials	p. 43
Choosing Plants for a Habitat Garden	p. 55
Planning your Natural Habitat Landscape	p. 68
Trees and Shade in the Habitat Garden	p. 91
Habitat Gardening in Small Spaces	p. 99
Managing Forest Habitat	p. 111
Managing Old Farms and Old Field Habitat	p. 113
Shoreline Landscaping	p. 119
Landscaping Near Freshwater Ponds, Streams, and other Wetland Habitats	p. 129
Adding Water to your Backyard Habitat	p. 136
New England's Invasive Nonnative Plants	p. 145
Quick and Dirty Guide to Organic Gardening	p. 151
Dealing with Unwanted Wildlife Visitors	p. 167
The Best Plants for New England Gardens	p. 169
New England Plant Hardiness Zones	p. 214
Need More Information?	p. 215
Bibliography	p. 217
Photographic credits	p. 218
Index	p. 219
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The Green Garden A New England Guide to Planting and Maintaining the Eco-Friendly Habitat Garden

The Green Garden A New England Guide to Planting and Maintaining the Eco-Friendly Habitat Garden

1593730918

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