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Ann Lovejoy's Organic Garden Design School
by
Ann Lovejoy
This new paperback edition of Ann Lovejoy's spectacular organic gardening book brings a lifetime's worth of experience and knowledge from one of this country's leading gardening experts. In it she shows readers how to apply her organic design principles to any site, large or small, to create healthy, self-sufficient gardens that are easy to care for, ecologically sound, an...more
Paperback, 288 pages
Published
May 7th 2004
by Rodale Books
(first published 2001)
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Ann Lovejoy's Organic Garden Design School has helped me form a design to restore the woodland gardens that were stripped earlier this year by overzealous tree trimmers. Her 'Golden Bowl' analogy enabled me to understand the concept of tree canopy, high understory, low understory and perennials. Previously, I had been focusing just upon low understory shrubs and perennials; now I understand that adding some medium sized trees will help create a more gentle transition from woodland to garden bord...more
Seattle-area garden designer and gardening instructor Lovejoy lays out her philosophy of organic design, which she defines as gardening with nature, not against it. She advocates persuasively for the use of flowing lines rather than straight edges, many plant species rather than monocultures, native or adapted plants rather than fussy imports, and natural shapes rather than formal, as well, of course, as traditional organic practices like composting, avoiding chemicals, and the protection of ben...more
Terrible title, but great book. Ann Lovejoy is one of my favorite current garden writers. She has a personal style and tells stories of building the gardens around her new property (which incorporates a garden design school, thus the name). I always learn something new and feel inspired to look at my garden with a fresh eye after reading one of her books.
Inspiring. It has all kinds of great ideas for companion plantings and caring for the world through gardens.
Please help me Ann!
Design, organic gardening, northwest gardening -- and not to fussy-fussy -- this is one of my favorite gardening books
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