num_pages: 256
description: An English classic revised and expanded for North America Forest Gardening is a way of working alongside nature--an approach that results in great productivity with minimal maintenance and a method for transforming even a small cottage garden into a diverse and inviting habitat for songbirds butterflies and other wildlife. Based on the model of a natural woodland a forest garden incorporates a wide variety of useful plants including fruit and nut trees perennial herbs and vegetables. Hart's book beautifully describes his decades of experience gardening in the Shropshire countryside yet the principles of backyard permaculture he explores can be applied equally well in other locales across the planet from tropical to temperate zones. Practical features of the book include: Robert Hart blends history philosophy anthropology and seasonal gardening wisdom in a lucid sequence of essays which together comprise a remarkable testament to the pleasures of hands-off as well as hands-on gardening. Forest Gardening is truly a book for our times offering a fresh sensibility that will encourage and inspire ecological gardeners throughout the world.
language: English
title: Forest Gardening: Cultivating an Edible Landscape
publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing