The Green Gardener's Guide

Simple, Significant Actions to Protect and Preserve Our Planet
by Joe Lamp’l

Here in a single, handy volume are hundreds of easy-to-follow tips on conserving resources, promoting healthy and safe plant growth, and preventing unnecessary damage to the Earth when you garden. "There are millions of gardening and landscape enthusiasts around the world. The powerful impact we can have on the environment through just a handful of simple acts is astonishing," writes Jo Lamp'l. "By simply correcting habits such as over-watering and over-fertilizing, gardeners can help protect our precious resources and ensure our planet's future vitality."

The Green Gardener's Guide offers numerous cause-and-effect scenarios of the environmental consequences of seemingly minor lifestyle changes. For instance, if U.S. gardeners collectively watered early in the morning instead of in the midday sun, the nation would save at least 700 billion gallons of water annually. If gardeners planted trees for shade and windbreak, national heating and cooling costs would drop by as much as 40 percent.

Joe Lamp'l is the host of GardenSmart on PBS and Fresh from the Garden on the DIY Network. 

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