Sustainable Rose Garden - A Reader in Rose Culture
epub | 17.25 MB | English | Author :Pat Shanley | 2020 | Casemate / Newbury

Book Description :

The guide to creating a NEW generation of American roses . . .
This work brings together experts from around the world to inform gardeners about developments in the new-irresistible yet long overdue-trend toward creating environmentally friendly yet enduring rose gardens, with "sustainability" as the key.
Pick up any popular gardening magazine and broe through it. Chances are you will soon encounter one word-"sustainability." Sustainability has, indeed, become the catchword of 21st century gardening. And for tens of millions of environmentally conscious gardeners it has become a "must" goal, rapidly being realized as part of the much heralded NEW GARDENING. This means gardening that is consciously aware of the dangerous health and environmental risks posed by using traditional synthetic chemicals and pesticides, and that seeks to return to the principles of Mother Nature, while also growing low-maintenance plants that make fewer demands on environmental...

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