The Water-Smart Garden: Techniques and Strategies for Conserving, Capturing, and Efficiently Using Water in Today's Climate... and Tomorrow's

By Noelle Johnson

Book Overview

Have you ever faced water-use restrictions and worried about how you can still grow a beautiful, productive landscape? Let The Water-Smart Garden show you how

As freshwater shortages increasingly strike regions around the globe, it's more important than ever to employ water-conserving practices in the garden. Whether your landscape is filled with shrubs and perennials or fruits and vegetables, in The Water-Smart Garden, you'll learn dozens of techniques to limit water use while growing a gorgeous and thriving garden. Not only will you learn how to make smart plant choices and improve the water-holding capacity of your soil, you'll learn xeriscaping techniques, drought-tolerant growing tips, and plant care advice to make the most of low-water situations.

Also includes information on:

Harvesting and redistributing rainwater in cisterns and rain barrelsEmploying methods like ollas and drip irrigation to target water directly to plant rootsBeing more water-efficient in the vegetable garden by using mulches and targeted irrigationPlanting containers that require less-frequent watering Replacing a lawn with more drought-resilient plants Building swales and berms to redirect water to where it's needed
Author and dry-gardening horticulturist Noelle Johnson of @az.plant.lady makes it easy to help save this precious resource and still have a resilient, attractive, and low-maintenance landscape.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0760388245
• ISBN13: 9780760388242
• Release Date: January 2025
• Publisher: Cool Springs Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.9" x 10.0"