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Wild Lawn Handbook: Alternatives to the Traditional Front Lawn

Author(s): Daniels, S.

Year: 1997

Publisher: New York, NY : Macmillan USA

ISBN: 0028620046

Subject: Landscaping, Gardening

Comments: From Booklist Native grasses, wildflowers, ground covers, and moss are Daniels' answer to "monotonous single-species turfgrass lawns." Her book is a primer for gardeners who want to reduce or stop using chemical fertilizers and pesticides, conserve water, or turn their yards into a collection of plants that attracts birds, butterflies, and other wildlife. There are detailed instructions on choosing a wild lawn and on installing and maintaining the lawn, and even a chapter on landscaping ordinances. Daniels divides the wild lawns into chapters on prairies and native grasses, meadows, moss lawns, woodlands, ground covers, and front-yard gardens. The result is little need for polluting fertilizers and demanding watering regimens--and you won't have to mow ever again. This comprehensive book includes 16 color photographs. George Cohen

Last Updated: 2007-01-01