- Paperback: 240 pages
- Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing Co; Ill edition (27 Sep 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1890132527
- ISBN-13: 978-1890132521
- Product Dimensions: 24.9 x 20.1 x 1.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 767,234 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"There is so much wisdom in "Gaia's Garden" that I would need a dozen columns to do it justice. ...a bold, wonderful, nature-embracing and completely sensible vision of the future."Justin Siskin, "Los Angeles Daily News"
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Permaculture is a verbal marriage of apermanenta and aagriculture.a Australian Bill Mollison pioneered its development. Key features include:
use of compatible perennials;
non-invasive planting techniques;
emphasis on biodiversity;
specifically adaptable to local climate, landscape, and soil conditions;
highly productive output of edibles.
Now, picture your backyard as one incredibly lush garden, filled with edible flowers, bursting with fruit and berries, and carpeted with scented herbs and tangy salad greens. The visual impact is of Monetas palette, a wash of color, texture, and hue. But this is no still life. The flowers nurture endangered pollinators. Bright-featured songbirds feed on abundant berries and gather twigs for their nests.
The plants themselves are grouped in natural communities, where each species plays a role in building soil, deterring pests, storing nutrients, and luring beneficial insects. And finally, you--good ola homo sapiens--are an integral part of the scene. Your garden tools are resting against a nearby tree, and have a slight patina of rust, because this garden requires so little maintenance. You recline into a hammock to admire your work. You have created a garden paradise.
This is no dream, but rather an ecological garden, which takes the principles of permaculture and applies them on a home-scale. There is nothing technical, intrusive, secretive, or expensive about this form of gardening. All that is required is some botanical knowledge (which is in this book) and a mindset that defines a backyard paradise as something other than a carpet of grass fed by MiracleGro.
use of compatible perennials;
non-invasive planting techniques;
emphasis on biodiversity;
specifically adaptable to local climate, landscape, and soil conditions;
highly productive output of edibles.
Now, picture your backyard as one incredibly lush garden, filled with edible flowers, bursting with fruit and berries, and carpeted with scented herbs and tangy salad greens. The visual impact is of Monetas palette, a wash of color, texture, and hue. But this is no still life. The flowers nurture endangered pollinators. Bright-featured songbirds feed on abundant berries and gather twigs for their nests.
The plants themselves are grouped in natural communities, where each species plays a role in building soil, deterring pests, storing nutrients, and luring beneficial insects. And finally, you--good ola homo sapiens--are an integral part of the scene. Your garden tools are resting against a nearby tree, and have a slight patina of rust, because this garden requires so little maintenance. You recline into a hammock to admire your work. You have created a garden paradise.
This is no dream, but rather an ecological garden, which takes the principles of permaculture and applies them on a home-scale. There is nothing technical, intrusive, secretive, or expensive about this form of gardening. All that is required is some botanical knowledge (which is in this book) and a mindset that defines a backyard paradise as something other than a carpet of grass fed by MiracleGro.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Gaia's Garden,
By Jenny81 (England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Gaia's Garden: A Guide to Home-scale Permaculture (Paperback)
As a new comer to permaculture this is the third book I have read, after introdutury guides. I was hoping for it to give me some practical advice.
I found the book very informative and gave me more information on the whys and the how. My main problem is this is an American book and only some of the advice and planting suggestion are suitable for a British Climate. There was lots on mentions of deer as a pest which personally is not a problem in my suburban garden. If I could give half points I would probably give it 3.5 as it is a good read with some detailed explaination and ideas, it's just that I need to move to America to use them
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
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This review is from: Gaia's Garden: A Guide to Home-scale Permaculture (Paperback)
It is a good book on Permaculture.
Good Introuction, good data and text about relationships between species, forest gardening, perenials, practical examples. Not a permaculture bible but worth to both beginners and to somewhat-experimented people in permaculture. This is my first book in Permaculture and we're pretty satisfied with it.I would give it not a full five stars, but also not four stars, but a 4.5 or 4.75 stars if I could! Go experimenting with your permaculture ideas right there, today! Buy also the "21st century homesteading", five-star book for urban (and rural) dwellers
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Gaia's Garden, an introduction to permaculture,
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This review is from: Gaia's Garden: A Guide to Home-scale Permaculture (Paperback)
Gaia's Garden was recommended to me by a Canadian, it is a great source of information to help understand the concept of permaculture. It goes through ideas of what is a plant community and on to how to design a ecological garden. It explains how to make gardening easier and more productive, also of how to enchance wildlife into your garden. For anyone who wants a good how and why to do it, this is the book I would recommend.
I would have given five stars but for the fact it does lean to USA plants rather than UK but that aside it is packed full of information which is transferable to our shores.
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