The conscientious gardener
Subtitle: cultivating a garden ethic
By: Sarah Hayden Reichard ; foreword by Peter Raven
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Berkeley
Language: eng
Number of pages: 254
ISBN-13: 9780520267404
Other titles: Cultivating a garden ethic
Description: Explores how various gardening tasks impact the environment and offers suggestions on how gardeners can ensure they have a minimal impact by reducing their gardening footprint while still enjoying their hobby.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The skin of the earth; title: Water, our most precious resource; title: Should you go native?; title: Aliens among us; title: The wild kingdom; title: Preventing and managing pests; title: Confronting climate change; title: Recycle, reduce, reuse, repurpose.