The Kindest Garden A Practical Guide to Regenerative Gardening

Marian/ Ingram Boswall

Book - 2025

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Published
Motorbooks Intl 2025
Language
English
Main Author
Marian/ Ingram Boswall (-)
Physical Description
224 p.
ISBN
9780711289437
  • Introduction
  • What is regenerative gardening?
  • Taking inspiration from large-scale regenerative projects
  • Practising kindness
  • Top ten insights for regenerative gardeners
  • How to use this book
  • Part 1. Relationships the elements of the Garden
  • Soil: What is it?
  • Taking inspiration from the soil network
  • Weeds
  • Water: How Does the Water Cycle Work?
  • Wetland regeneration: what we can learn from large-scale projects
  • Water in our gardens
  • Ecosystems: The Netwrk of Life
  • Understanding garden ecosystems
  • Creating a haven: a practical guide to planning an ecosystem garden
  • Materials: How to choose Materials to Work with
  • Understanding materials for gardens and landscapes
  • Energy: Renwable Energy
  • How to work with natural energy
  • How to work with land energy
  • Resilient Planting
  • Inpsiration for our gardens: large-scale woodlands
  • Meadows
  • Prairie planting
  • Mediterranean planting
  • Establishment and management
  • Part 2. Measuring our Impact
  • Why Should we meausure our impact?
  • What can we assess in our own gardens?
  • Part 3. Connection the kindest Garden
  • Our Need for connection
  • How gardening for nature can be gardening for ourselves
  • How to build community through gardening
  • Reconnecting with ourselves
  • Sharing knowledge: a final note
  • Appendix 1. Comparison of pond liners
  • Appendix 2. Grey water recycling
  • Resources and further information
  • Index
  • Acknowledgements