Climate-Wise Landscaping - by Sue Reed & Ginny Stibolt (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><p><i>Climate-Wise Landscaping</i> presents hundreds of practical actions to help homeowners and gardeners shrink the carbon footprint of every landscape, and create yards that will flourish in new, challenging conditions. Ideal for homeowners, gardeners, and landscape professionals who want to be part of the solution to climate change.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><b>What can we do, <em>right now, </em> in our own landscapes, to help solve climate change?</b></p> <p>Predictions about future effects of climate change range from mild to dire - but we're already seeing warmer winters, hotter summers, and more extreme storms. Proposed solutions often seem expensive and complex, and can leave us as individuals at a loss, wondering what, if anything, can be done.</p> <p>Sue Reed and Ginny Stibolt offer a rallying cry in response - instead of wringing our hands, let's roll up our sleeves. Based on decades of experience, this book is packed with simple, practical steps anyone can take to beautify any landscape or garden, while helping protect the planet and the species that call it home. Topics include: </p> <ul> <li>Working actively to shrink our carbon footprint through mindful landscaping and gardening</li> <li>Creating cleaner air and water</li> <li>Increasing physical comfort during hotter seasons</li> <li>Supporting birds, butterflies, pollinators, and other wildlife.</li> </ul> <p>This book is the ideal tool for homeowners, gardeners, and landscape professionals who want to be part of the solution to climate change.<p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br><p>What can we do, right now, in our own landscapes, to help halt climate change?</p> <p><em>[Reed and Stibolt] articulate a new gardening aesthetic... The result is a positive and hopeful story of how people can use their imagination and ingenuity to help craft more resilient landscapes.</em><br/> ---Dr. Peter Robinson, former CEO, David Suzuki Foundation</p> <p>Predictions about future effects of climate change range from mild to dire - but we're already seeing warmer winters, hotter summers, and more extreme storms. Proposed solutions often seem expensive and complex, and can leave us as individuals at a loss, wondering what, if anything, can be done.</p> <p>Sue Reed and Ginny Stibolt offer a rallying cry in response - instead of wringing our hands, let's roll up our sleeves. Based on decades of experience, this book is packed with simple, practical steps anyone can take to beautify any landscape or garden, while helping protect the planet and the species that call it home. Topics include: </p> <ul> <li>Working actively to shrink our carbon footprint through mindful landscaping and gardening</li> <li>Creating cleaner air and water</li> <li>Increasing physical comfort during hotter seasons</li> <li>Supporting birds, butterflies, pollinators, and other wildlife.</li> </ul> <p>This book is the ideal tool for homeowners, gardeners, and landscape professionals who want to be part of the solution to climate change.</p> <p><em>This fantastic resource is filled with climate-wise solutions for anyone who owns or manages a piece of ground - even if it's just a few containers on a tiny rooftop garden.</em><br/> ---Claudia West ASLA, Principal, PHYTO STUDIO LLC</p> <p><em>Landscaping has always been more than just exterior decorating, and now we have one more tool in our kit to make the landscape ecosystem a part of the solution. Thank you, Sue and Ginny, for hitting a home run.</em><br/> ---Owen Dell RLA, ASLA, Owen Dell & Associates</p> <p><b>Sue Reed</b> is a registered Landscape Architect with thirty years' experience designing sustainable landscapes that are ecologically rich, energy efficient, and climate-responsive. Sue isalso the author of Energy-Wise Landscape Design. She lives in Shelburne Falls, MA.</p> <p><b>Ginny Stibolt</b> writes about Florida gardening and manages a Sustainable Gardening for Florida Facebook page where she advocates for sustainable and organic gardening and green landscaping. She lives in Green Cove Springs, FL.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p><b>Sue Reed</b> is a registered Landscape Architect with thirty years' experience designing sustainable landscapes that are ecologically rich, energy efficient, and climate-responsive. Sue served for 14 years as adjunct faculty at the Conway School of Landscape Design and has led numerous workshops on the subject of ecological landscaping. Sue is the author of <em>Energy-Wise Landscape Design, </em>for which she also provided much of the photography.</p> <p><b>Ginny Stibolt</b>, a life-long gardener with an MS degree in Botany from the University of Maryland, moved to NE Florida in 2004. She writes about Florida gardening. She manages a Sustainable Gardening for Florida Facebook page where she advocates for sustainable and organic gardening and green landscaping. She is co-manager of the Florida Native Plant Society Facebook page, where she works to increase the outreach so that Floridians know more about how an authentic Florida landscape should look.</p>
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