Mary Reynolds

The Garden Awakening (eBook, PDF)

Designs to nurture our land and ourselves

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Bring in the energy of wild places and work in harmony with the land to grow your own food and live sustainably.

In this beautifully illustrated book, award-winning garden designer Mary Reynolds encourages us to create a bond with the land to restore its health and feel its energy. Drawing inspiration from permaculture traditions as well as the ancient multi-tiered approach of forest gardening, Mary demonstrates how to create a magical garden that is an expanding, living, interconnected ecosystem.

The Garden Awakening is both art and inspiration for any garden lover seeking to create a positive and natural space while incorporating sustainable living such as growing your own food. It combines practical step-by-step instructions with spiritual, ancient Celtic stories to help you awaken any garden space, nurturing it to benefit both the land and the people in it. This design approach allows ecosystems to be whole and in balance while providing a place for human beings to live happy and productive lives.

Transform your garden into a vibrant, wild area that embraces the spiritual side of nature with this wonderful read.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. März 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780857843159
• Artikelnr.: 68368749

Autorenporträt

Mary Reynolds is an Irish garden and landscape designer known for her wild garden at Kew Royal Botanical Gardens in London (2003 - 2008). She is the youngest ever woman to win a gold medal at Chelsea Flower Show and her life has been the inspiration for the film Dare to be Wild.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements Foreword by Larry Korn Introduction I. Restoring Wellness
Sacred Spaces Nature is Stronger than Nurture Finding Your Roots Restoring
Health to your Land II. Garden Design Gardens as expressions of beauty The
five elements for designing gardens in partnership with nature Design
element 1: The tool of intention. Magic uncloaked Design element 2:
Selecting areas to hold specific intentions Design element 3: Designing
with the patterns and shapes of nature Design element 4: The power of
symbols and imagery Design element 5: Putting your design on paper III. The
Forest Garden Forging an alliance Listen I Never Liked Planting Plans Grow
Your Own Forest Gardening Successional Planting Forest Gardening in Steps
The Seven Layers of a Forest Garden Bees for Life Joe IV. Alternative
Management Practices Mulching Ways to Clear the Land Lawns and Lawn
Maintenance Pest Control Natural Remedies Tonics, Fertilizers, Potting
Mixtures and Tree Protection The Cultivation and Care of Trees Resources
Index