Sustainable Gardening for the Southeast

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Beneficial insects
Best Practices
Biodiversity
Carbon cycle
Carbon dioxide
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Cisterns
Composting
Conserve water
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Cover crops
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Ecology
Ecosystem
Ecosystem services
Environment
Environmental
Environmental impact
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Fertile Soil
Fruits
Garden design
Gardening
Gardening chemicals
Habitat
Herbs
Home landscape
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Infestations
Integrated Pest Management
Invasive plants
Kitchen waste
Landscape
Landscapes
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Lawn care
Leaf mold
Local food
Native plants
Non-native plants
Nonpoint source pollution
Organic
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Photosynthesis
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Pollinators
Pollutants
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Rain gardens
Resilient
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Soil microbes
Soil structure
Soil texture
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Southern
Stormwater
Stormwater pollutants
Stormwater runoff
Susan Varlamoff
Sustainable Gardening for the Southeast
Trees
Turfgrass
Vegetables
Water
Water conservation
Water cycle
Watersheds
Wildlife
Worm compost
Yard trimmings

Product details

  • ISBN 9780813061801
  • Weight: 574g
  • Dimensions: 152 x 226mm
  • Publication Date: 05 Jan 2016
  • Publisher: University Press of Florida
  • Publication City/Country: US
  • Product Form: Paperback
  • Language: English
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As climate change, pollution, and water shortages become prevalent topics of concern, the movement toward sustainability continues to grow, and more and more people seek to reduce their environmental footprint. While gardeners are often in touch with nature, the various processes of garden maintenance can often take a toll on the environment.

Sustainable Gardening for the Southeast is a vividly illustrated guide that offers simple techniques to help conserve water, reduce pollutants, and mitigate climate change while increasing biodiversity and attracting pollinators and wildlife. Gardeners will be inspired and empowered to protect and enhance the local ecology as they cultivate a resilient landscape featuring native plants, colorful flowers and trees, and even organically grown fruits and vegetables. And for those who cherish their emerald lawns, Susan Varlamoff provides tips for keeping it green and environmentally sound.

Gardeners in the Southeast - whether amateurs or professional landscapers - who want to implement sustainable strategies will find this book the ultimate resource for cultivating a garden that gives back to the earth.
Susan M. Varlamoff is director of the Office of Environmental Sciences at the University of Georgia, USA a certified Georgia Master Gardener, and the 2012 recipient of the University of Georgia Sustainability Award. She is the author of The Polluters: A Community Fights Back.

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