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Bringing Nature Home: How You Can Sustain Wildlife with Native Plants (2nd ed.) by Douglas W. Tallamy & Rick Darke
Bringing Nature Home: How You Can Sustain Wildlife with Native Plants (2nd ed.) by Douglas W. Tallamy & Rick Darke
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Bringing Nature Home: How You Can Sustain Wildlife with Native Plants (2nd ed.) by Douglas W. Tallamy & Rick Darke
Publisher: Timber Press (OR)
US SRP: $19.99 US
Binding: Paperback
Copyright Date: 2009
Pub Date: April 01, 2009
Physical Info: 0.8" H x 9.0" L x 5.9" W (1.5 lbs) 360 pages
In his groundbreaking book Bringing Nature Home, Douglas W. Tallamy reveals the unbreakable link between native plant species and native wildlife--native insects cannot, or will not, eat alien plants. When native plants disappear, the insects disappear, impoverishing the food source for birds and other animals. As development and habitat destruction accelerate, there are increasing pressures on wildlife populations.
Luckily, there is an important and simple step we can all take to help reverse this alarming trend: everyone with access to a patch of earth can make a significant contribution toward sustaining biodiversity by simply choosing native plants. By acting on Douglas Tallamys practical and achievable recommendations, we can all make a difference.
Doug Tallamy is a professor in the Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology at the University of Delaware, where he has authored 97 research publications and has taught insect-related courses for 40 years. Chief among his research goals is to better understand the many ways insects interact with plants and how such interactions determine the diversity of animal communities. Among his awards are the Garden Club of America Margaret Douglas Medal for Conservation and the Tom Dodd, Jr. Award of Excellence, the 2018 AHS B. Y. Morrison Communication Award, and the 2019 Cynthia Westcott Scientific Writing Award. Doug is author of Bringing Nature Home, Nature's Best Hope, and The Nature of Oaks; and co-founder with Michelle Alfandari of HOMEGROWN NATIONAL PARK(R). Learn more at HNPARK.org.
Rick Darke is a landscape design consultant, author, lecturer, and photographer based in Pennsylvania who blends art, ecology, and cultural geography in the creation and conservation of livable landscapes. His projects include scenic byways, public gardens, corporate and collegiate campuses, mixed-use conservation developments, and residential gardens. Darke served on the staff of Longwood Gardens for twenty years and received the Scientific Award of the American Horticultural Society. His work has been featured in the New York Times and on National Public Radio. Darke is recognized as one of the world's experts on grasses and their use in public and private landscapes. For further information visit www.rickdarke.com.
Commendation Quote:
"We all hear that insects and animals depend on plants, but in Bringing Nature Home, Douglas Tallamy presents a powerful and compelling illustration of how the choices we make as gardeners can profoundly impact the diversity of life in our yards, towns, and on our planet. This important work should be required reading for anyone who ever put shovel to earth."--William Cullina, Director of Horticultural Research for the New England Wild Flower Society
