{"product_id":"your-natural-garden-a-practical-guide-to-caring-for-an-ecologically-vibrant-home-garden","title":"Your Natural Garden: A Practical Guide to Caring for an Ecologically Vibrant Home Garden by Kelly D. Norris","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAs featured in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, a valuable and artfully crafted guide to tending a naturalistic garden. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom plantsman Kelly Norris, author of \u003ci\u003eNew Naturalism\u003c\/i\u003e, comes a \u003cb\u003emuch-needed handbook to maintaining today's natural gardens\u003c\/b\u003e. Naturalistic plantings, overflowing with biodiverse communities of plants, are filling front and backyards around the globe with colorful blooms, easy-care plants, and wildlife habitat. But caring for a naturalistic garden is vastly different than caring for a traditional home landscape of carefully manicured plants separated by mulch and regularly primped and pruned. In Y\u003ci\u003eour Natural Garden\u003c\/i\u003e, tending your garden properly means understanding its connection to the greater natural world and using \u003cb\u003egarden care methods that mimic nature instead of controlling it\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePage by page, you're guided through all the seasons of a naturalistic garden's life and the tasks and to-dos that come with each of them. Including how to:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEncourage and establish complexity in a new garden\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePromote growth and variation by letting your plants self propagate\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDetermine when and what to edit, and when it's best to let chaos rein\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDecide if and when weeding is necessary\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFoster the insects and other animals that rely on your plants\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnderstand succession in the naturalistic garden and why it's important\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKnow when it's time to cut back your garden and how to do it right\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVerdant photographs\u003c\/b\u003e accompany the text throughout, offering \u003cb\u003eexamples of well-tended naturalistic plantings\u003c\/b\u003e and the tasks that are needed to properly care for them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"If you've ever wished your garden could feel as effortless and beautiful as a wild meadow, Your Natural Garden is a must-read. Kelly D. Norris combines expert advice with breathtaking photography to show gardeners how to work with nature instead of trying to control it.\" \u003c\/i\u003e-- \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eAkron Ohio Moms\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"I love the Creature Features section, reminding that bare ground can help amphibians breed; bees may love your rock cover; and tree-dwelling mammals need those trees for nesting and foraging. Get \"natural\" and go wild in your garden.\"  \u003c\/i\u003e-- \u003cb\u003eDarragh Castillo\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003ePort Arthur News\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Dazed and confused by all the gardening opinions coming at you from all sides? The cure arrived in my mailbox on Friday. In a word, Kelly Norris is brilliant. Not only does he share a very balanced view in his new Your Natural Garden, but advice comes from a real, down-to-earth fellow gardener perspective. And the photos of his garden! Proof that he knows his stuff. Read it and relax.\" -\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e- \u003cb\u003ePlantwise by Tovah Martin\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKelly D. Norris\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning author and plantsman, and the former director of horticulture and education at the Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden, a revitalized public garden in Des Moines, Iowa. Over his career, his work has been featured in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOrganic Gardening\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Better Homes and Gardens, Martha Stewart Living\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGarden Design\u003c\/i\u003e, and in numerous local and regional media appearances.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs a writer and photographer, he regularly contributes to popular gardening magazines like \u003ci\u003eCountry Gardens\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFine Gardening\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe American Gardener\u003c\/i\u003e, and a variety of industry trade publications. As a speaker, he has garnered acclaim for his high-energy, zealous presentations on the national stage, leading many to call him one of the rising stars of American horticulture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKelly has been fortunate to earn recognition for his work from a variety of organizations, including three awards from Iowa State Horticultural Society (2009-2011) for his service and contributions to horticulture in Iowa; early career and young professional awards from the Perennial Plant Association (2011), GardenComm (2018) and the American Horticultural Society (2018); the Iowa Author Award for Special Interest Writing (2013), the youngest Iowan to be recognized in the history of the awards program; and a fellowship from the Chanticleer Foundation (2015) for his curatorial and plant exploration work at the Botanical Garden.\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hachette","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45748346880186,"sku":"9780760388228","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0444\/2213\/5968\/files\/imageloader_428194be-b06b-4d6a-986d-d50d7f211131.jpg?v=1775055608","url":"https:\/\/naturenurture.shop\/products\/your-natural-garden-a-practical-guide-to-caring-for-an-ecologically-vibrant-home-garden","provider":"nature+nurture","version":"1.0","type":"link"}