Lawns Into Meadows 2nd Edition

Lawns Into Meadows 2nd Edition

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Lawns Into Meadows 2nd Edition

Lawns Into Meadows 2nd Edition

By Owen Wormser

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“It’s time to rebuild meadows wherever we can. . . Owen Wormser explains why, and how to do this, with oodles of highly readable, ecologically sound advice.”—Douglas W. Tallamy, author of Bringing Nature Home and Nature’s Best Hope

Landscape designer Owen Wormser explains how to replace the deadscape we call lawn with low-maintenance, eco-friendly meadows. In this second edition of his award-winning book, he includes photos of meadows in progress plus more ways to cultivate your own organic meadow.

This how-to book on growing your own wildflowers and native grasses is also about sustainability, regeneration, and beauty. In a world where lawns have wreaked havoc on our natural ecosystems, meadows offer a compelling solution. It is garden landscaping that is beautiful, all year round.

Meadows establish wildlife and pollinator habitats, are low-maintenance and low-cost, have a built-in resilience that helps them weather climate extremes, and can draw down and store far more carbon dioxide than any manicured lawn.

Wormser describes how to plant an organic meadow garden or traditional meadow, that’s right for your site. His book includes guidance on:
• Preparing your site
• Designing your meadow
• Planting without using synthetic chemicals
• Growing 21 starter native grasses and wildflowers, including butterfly weed, smooth blue aster, purple coneflower, wild bergamot, blue grama grass, switchgrass, and many more
• Building support in neighborhoods where a tidy lawn is the standard.

He also shares 28 color photos that highlight the multitude of ways you can cultivate your own organic meadow.

To illuminate the many joys of meadow-building, Wormser draws on his own stories, including how growing up off the grid in northern Maine, with no electricity or plumbing, prepared him for his work.
ISBN 9781734901184

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Pages 185 pages
Publisher Rizzoli International Publications
Published Nov 8, 2022
Language en
Cover type Paperback

Book details

Authors
Owen Wormser
ISBN
9781734901184
Publisher
Rizzoli International Publications
Binding
Paperback
Published
Nov 8, 2022
Publication year
2022
Pages
185
Dimensions
9.0 in × 0.65 in × 6.0 in
Language
en
Categories
GardeningFlowersWildflowersLandscapeLawns

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