Earth-Friendly Desert Gardening
Key Components: Regardless of
your gardening experience, you can easily save money on utility bills, conserve
water, reduce yard waste sent to landfills, and create a low-maintenance landscape
that is in balance with its natural surroundings. Earth-Friendly Desert
Gardening shows how to:
- Lower utility bills by locating plants where they moderate the sun and
wind
- Reduce water consumption by choosing plants wisely and watering effectively.
- Make mulch and compost from yard waste
- Manage insects without synthetic pesticides
- Create a habitat for birds, butterflies, and other wildlife.
- Maintain the quality of water supplies by reducing fertilizer and pesticide
use.
Earth-Friendly Desert Gardening also explains how to:
- Add edible plants to the landscape
- Grow a low allergen garden
- Create defensible space before wildfire strikes
- Direct thousands of gallons of rainwater to the landscape
- Determine if a gray water system is right for you.
The book's information is based on university research and is geared specifically
to the unique growing conditions of the Sonoran Desert. The 136-page book includes
illustrations, checklists, guidelines, guides, plant lists, resources and an
index.
Authors
The Authors are lifelong gardeners with years of experience growing plants in
the low desert. Cathy Cromell is a national award winning author and editor
whose works have been published by Phoenix Home and Garden, the National Gardening
Association, The Weather Channel, and the University of Arizona. Jo Miller works
for the City of Glendale as a Water Conservation Officer, she is also an expert
on permaculture and landscape design and maintenance. Lucy Bradley works for
the University of Arizona as the Urban Horticulture Agent in Maricopa county.
Awards
Western Regional Communications Award of Excellence, NACAA
Finalist for the Environmental Excellence Award, Valley Forward Association
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