
Creating a Forest Garden
working with nature to grow edible crops
$158.78
- Hardcover
384 pages
- Release Date
12 April 2010
Summary
Unlock Your Edible Paradise: A Guide to Creating a Forest Garden
Filled with helpful tips and beautiful photographs, this guide contains everything you need to create your own forest garden.
Forest Gardening, or agroforestry, is a way of growing edible crops while allowing nature to do most of the work. Species are chosen for their beneficial effects on each other, creating a healthy system that maintains its own fertility, with little need for digging, weed…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781900322621 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1900322625 |
| Author: | Martin Crawford, Joanna Brown |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Imprint: | Green Books |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 12 April 2010 |
| Weight: | 1.79kg |
| Dimensions: | 275mm x 220mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
This is a seminal piece of work on truly sustainable gardening, written with great spirit and soul. * Alys Fowler, TV presenter and author of The Edible Garden *The ultimate book on the subject… extremely thorough and beautifully illustrated. * Let’s Talk (East Anglia) *A magnificiently produced tome that is sure to become every forest gardener’s horticultural toolkit and bible. * Grow It! *Martin has produced a book that is not only visually beautiful but very practical, offering advice on planning, designing, planting and general maintenance. * Positive News *Visually stunning with beautiful photography and illustrations, accompanying very informative and well constructed text. * Self Sufficient-ish Website *This book offers bountiful food for thought. If you are considering the creation or maintenance of a forest garden, then you would do well to have this book on your shelves. * Green Prophet *This book is a must if you are interested in producing food from your garden, becoming more self-sufficient or just curious about plants and their uses. * The Cottage Gardener *This seminal piece of work is not only visually enthralling, it’s incredibly easy to use. It contains a level of detail and explanation that makes it a must read for anyone who is serious about building a truly sustainable forest. * WWOOF Ireland *
About The Author
Martin Crawford
Martin Crawford has worked in organic agriculture and horticulture for many years. He is director of the Agroforestry Research Trust, a charity that researches temperate agroforestry and all aspects of plant cropping and uses, with a focus on tree, shrub and perennial crops.
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