Gaia’s Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture, 2nd Edition

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“A book that will be absolutely necessary in the world ahead.”—Bill McKibben, author of Deep Economy and Hope, Human and Wild

The revised and updated edition of the classic guide to ecological gardening for home gardeners to achieve more beautiful, abundant and forgiving gardens of any size

Featuring new guidance on urban permaculture for people with limited growing space

Many people think that ecological gardening—which involves growing a wide range of edible and other useful plants—can take place only on a large, multiacre scale. But it’s fun and easy even for beginners to create a backyard ecosystem by assembling communities of plants that can work cooperatively and perform a variety of functions, including:

• Building and maintaining soil fertility and structure
• Catching and conserving water in the landscape
• Providing a rewilded and biodiverse habitat for beneficial insects, birds, and animals
• Growing an edible “forest” that yields seasonal fruits, nuts, and other foods

Best of all, once it’s established, an ecological garden will reduce or eliminate most of the backbreaking work that’s needed to maintain the typical lawn and garden.

Gaia’s Garden has sparked the imagination of home gardeners the world over by introducing a simple message: working with nature, not against her, results in more beautiful, abundant, and forgiving gardens. You can apply basic permaculture principles to make it more diverse, more natural, more productive, and more beautiful no matter what size garden or yard you have.

“An amazing achievement showing how we can and must live in harmony with nature!”—Paul Stamets, author of Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World

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Keyhole Garden Beds
A keyhole bed planted with cabbages, tomatoes, and pathside greens and herbs in a space 8 to 10 feet in diameter. Several keyhole beds can extend from a central path to create a garden with pleasing curves and plenty of accessible bed space. A mandala garden. A circular pattern of nested keyhole beds is both beautiful and space-conserving.

A graywater wetland

A forest garden for a rectangular yard

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Chelsea Green
Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 1, 2009
Edition ‏ : ‎ 2nd
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 313 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1603580298
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1603580298
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.7 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.99 x 0.67 x 9.96 inches
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Customer Reviews: 4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars 2,429 ratings });