Bringing Nature Home,
How Native Plants Sustain Wildlife in Our Gardens
Douglas W. Tallamy
“Increasing the percentage of natives in suburbia is a grassroots solution
to the extinction crisis....
As gardeners and stewards of our land, we have never
been so empowered — and the ecological stakes have never been so high.”
What you plant in your own backyard does make a difference. Douglas Tallamy approaches this issue from the perspective of a practicing entomologist, and his book has gained national attention. His conclusions are both obvious and startling.
Timber Press.
Related links:
Read Gardening for Life, a powerful article which introduces some of the points addressed in Bringing Nature Home.
Read a New York Times profile describing Tallamy's motivation for writing this book.
Visit "Tallamy's hub!" to see more.
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