{"product_id":"your-natural-garden-by-kelly-d-norris-9780760388228","title":"Your Natural Garden","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA valuable and artfully crafted guide to tending a naturalistic garden.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom plantsman Kelly Norris, author of \u003cem\u003eNew Naturalism\u003c\/em\u003e, comes a much-needed handbook to maintaining today's natural gardens. Naturalistic plantings, overflowing with biodiverse communities of plants, are filling front and backyards around the globe with colourful blooms, easy-care plants, and wildlife habitat. But caring for a naturalistic garden is vastly different from caring for a traditional home landscape of carefully manicured plants separated by mulch and regularly primped and pruned. In \u003cem\u003eYour Natural Garden\u003c\/em\u003e, tending your garden properly means understanding its connection to the greater natural world and using garden care methods that mimic nature instead of controlling it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePage by page, you're guided through all the seasons of a naturalistic garden's life and the tasks and to-dos that come with each of them. Including how to:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eEncourage and establish complexity in a new garden\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003ePromote growth and variation by letting your plants self-propagate\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eDetermine when and what to edit, and when it's best to let chaos reign\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eDecide if and when weeding is necessary\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eFoster the insects and other animals that rely on your plants\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eUnderstand succession in the naturalistic garden and why it's important\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eKnow when it's time to cut back your garden and how to do it right\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eVerdant photographs accompany the text throughout, offering examples of well-tended naturalistic plantings and the tasks that are needed to properly care for them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47342284800236,"sku":"9780760388228","price":59.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/19810463482458.jpg?v=1772196208","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/your-natural-garden-by-kelly-d-norris-9780760388228","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}