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Synopsis
Is it okay to use potting soil? Which plants are best for absorbing pollution? What's the alternative to carbon-packed fertilizers? How can I cut out single-use plastics? Aspects of gardening can actually be bad for the environment. But make a few changes and you can significantly reduce the carbon imprint of your outdoor space, and even use it to lessen the impact of your other activities.
How to Garden the Low-Carbon Way offers clear, practical guidance on how and where to start. Packed with advice, backed by the latest scientific research, it helps you turn your outdoor space into a carbon-absorbing sink, explore the benefits of no-dig gardening, buy fewer plants, switch fences for hedges, coppice shrubs to support wildlife, grow your own string, learn to love weeds, and much more.
Printed locally in the most environmentally friendly way possible, as a 1-color paperback on FSC paper, this is essential reading for everyone who has a garden and wants to do what they can to protect our planet.
Synopsis
Create a beautiful home garden while reducing your carbon footprint along the way
Transform your outdoor space into a low-impact, carbon-absorbing sink with this fantastic gardening guide, packed with ideas to grow a climate-friendly garden that will help protect the planet.
Keen on starting your own garden but unsure about your environmental impact? This guide will give you practical advice on which soil to use, plants that are best for absorbing carbon dioxide, low-carbon fertilizers, and cutting out single-use plastic. What's more, this garden book is completely backed by scientific research
Share in the delight of eco-conscious gardening when you start using How to Garden the Low Carbon Way as your guide. Explore the benefits of no-dig gardening, how to use fewer plants, using hedges instead of fences, how to grow shrubs that support wildlife, and more
This green gardening book will make growing your own garden easy, enjoyable, and eco-friendly and includes sections on;
- How to grow plants that reduce your carbon footprint
- Creating a garden that considers the local wildlife
- Tips on setting up your garden, low-impact plants, and best fertilizers to use
Green Gardening: Low environmental impact
This fantastic gardening book is a simple, step-by-step guide to learn about gardening or to reference as your garden grows. You'll quickly become acquainted with the benefits of growing a garden that positively contributes to the environment. Plus, you'll have all the fun, rewards a gardening hobby has to offer.