Juliet Sargeant, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew

Start with Soil (eBook, PDF)

Simple steps for a thriving garden

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Transform your garden into a flourishing hub for wildlife with the practical tips and techniques in Start with Soil.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Frances Lincoln
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. April 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780711289406
• Artikelnr.: 72256016

Autorenporträt

Juliet Sargeant is an award-winning garden designer and regular panellist on BBC Radio 4's Gardeners' Question Time. She teaches garden design and horticulture at her Sussex Garden School. Her New Blue Peter Garden: Discover Soil for 2022's RHS Chelsea Flower Show is now on permanent display at RHS Garden Bridgewater.

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew is a world famous centre for botanical and mycological knowledge. Over the past 250 years Kew has made innumerable contributions to increasing the understanding of plants and fungi with many benefits for humankind.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
PART ONE: WHAT IS SOIL AND WHY IS IT IMPORTANT FOR OUR GARDENS AND FOR THE
ENVIRONMENT?
* How soil works
* Soil structure and biodiversity
* Soil and climate change
* Soil in our gardens
PART TWO: GETTING TO KNOW YOUR SOIL
* Different soil types
* How to test soil
* Soil through the year
PART THREE: GARDENING FOR BETTER SOIL
1. Mulch and compost
* How to make leaf mulch
* Different types of compost
* How to make compost
2. No-Dig Gardening
3. Container Gardening
4. Raised-Bed Gardening
5. What to Plant for Healthy Soil
* Companion planting
* Ground cover
* Water retaining plants
* Plants for soil type (chalky, clay, loamy, peat, sandy and silty;
poor soil and woodland environments)
* Plants for soil PH (acid-loving plants and alkaline-loving plants)
* Top Ten Soil Saving Plants
PART FOUR: SOIL TROUBLESHOOTER
Quick reference guide to key soil problems