Healthy Soils for Sustainable Gardens

Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s All-Region Guides

by Niall Dunne (Editor), Steve Buchanan (Illustrator), Stephanie Murphy (Contributor)

The key to growing healthy, beautiful plants is good soil. This practical all-region guide helps you understand the unique characteristics of your garden’s soil and build its natural fertility using organic and sustainable methods. Written by soil and horticulture experts from across North America, it emphasizes the importance of nurturing a diverse ecosystem of beneficial soil organisms, using recycled and renewable organic amendments and mulches, planting nutrient-enhancing cover crops and ornamentals, and selecting plants that adapt with ease to your site conditions.

Genres: Gardening, Green

120 pages, Paperback

First published March 3, 2009

Reviews

[Casey Wright · Rating 4 out of 5]

A great book about improving the structure and composition of garden soil...

[William · Rating 5 out of 5]

Concise but packed with useful information.

Features excellent sections on soil properties, ecology, and fertility (some of my favorite subjects).

Includes specific advice for conditions like heavy clay and compaction (which are problems I have in my own garden).

Worth reading more than once and worth buying.

[M D · Rating 2 out of 5]

As stated in another review, it is mostly about properties and ecology of the soil, and though the info was helpful, I had to force myself to finish it. For how small it is I thought there would be a lot more than a few lines and key phrases to take away from it.
I did like all of the pictures. Just not what I wanted I guess.

[Kristen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Like all the books the BBG puts out, this is a great overview of a lot of different subjects but still leaves me wanting to know more.