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    Creating Rain Gardens: Capturing the Rain for Your Own Water-Efficient Garden

    Creating Rain Gardens: Capturing the Rain for Your Own Water-Efficient Garden


    $24.95

    • Format: Trade Paperback
    • 200 pages
    • Publisher: Timber Press (OR)
    • Published: March 2012
    • ISBN-10: 1604692405
    • ISBN-13: 9781604692402

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    Homeowners spend hundreds of dollars watering their yard, but there is an easy way to save money and resources--rain gardening. But what is it? As simple as collecting rain to reuse in front and backyards. 'Creating Rain Gardens' is a comprehensive book for the DIY-er, covering everything from rain barrels to simple living roofs, permeable patios, and other low-tech affordable ways to save water in the garden. Water conservation experts Cleo Woelfle-Erskine and Apryl Uncapher walk homeowners through the process, with step-by-step instructions for designing and building swales, French drains, rain gardens, and ephemeral ponds--the building blocks of rain-catching gardens. From soil preparation, planting, troubleshooting, and maintenance, to selecting palettes of water-loving plants that provide four-season interest and a habitat for wildlife, 'Creating Rain Gardens' covers everything a gardener needs to create a beautiful rain garden at home.
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