Chapter 9: Garden Design and Maintenance

Anderson , E. 1952.Plants , Man and Life . Bishop Berkeley : University of California Press . 251 pp . This personal account of the author ’s locomotion , observations , and philosophy made a recondite picture on us when we were starting our professional careers . Every garden we have since designed for teaching , public monstrance or food for thought yield has been influenced by Anderson ’s accounts of the key American garden he claver .

Carr , A. 1979.Rodale ’s Color Handbook of Garden Insects . Emmaus , Pa. : Rodale Press . 241 pp . regrettably , there is no single reference work work that provide good color photo of the beneficial insect you should be look for in the garden . But Carr ’s book includes many beneficials , and most of the photos are fantabulous . However , the account book ’s emphasis is on pest ; you will have to peek at every page and flag the beneficials for later quotation , because they are not gathered in any one incision .

Kourik , R. 1986.Designing and maintain Your Edible Landscape by nature . Santa Rosa , Calif. : Metamorphic Press . 370 pp . This Word of God , which we commend highly , is an inspiring and reliable template to practical methods of designing a levelheaded , beautiful garden that include both ornamental and vegetables . The book admit an excellent summary of the scientific lit on companion planting .

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