Product Description
by Michael Hoag (Author), Rebecca Stockert (Artist)
Professionals edition: in beautiful hardcover format, including several printable handouts for local-scale professionals.
The first book on cultivating beauty in productive, ecological landscapes.
Transform Your Landscape! Around the world, up and down every street, people are eager to take positive action right in their own yards. This radically new, yet ancient type of garden has it all. These Transformative Landscapes:
- Are abundant with fruit and vegetables,
- Fight Climate Change by sequestering carbon,
- They're easier and more resilient than you ever imagined,
- They care for wildlife and native species,
- They regenerate healthy soil,
- They clean and steward water,
- They build real wealth and family security,
- Help you reconnect with nature and community,
And - at their best - they are astoundingly beautiful. With the right designs and techniques, we can have all this on just a few hours per week.
This beautiful book guides you on the rewarding adventure of transforming your landscape into a beautiful, bountiful paradise:
- Over 100 tried and true designs, ideas, and projects you can adapt to your own project,
- Cutting edge, research-based techniques for abundant gardens without plastics, poisons or petroleum,
- Hundreds of pictures, infographics, and illustrations,
- Dozens of recommended edible plant profiles, including perennial edibles, tree crops, and vegetables,
- Beautiful designs for gardens, forest gardens, hedgerows, farms, plant "guilds," ponds,
- Tips and techniques for creating landscapes that are as beautiful and spiritually fulfilling as they are abundant with food.
Number of Pages: 476
Dimensions: 1.44 x 11 x 8.5 IN
Publication Date: November 24, 2021
