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Garden allies : the insects, birds, & other animals that keep your garden beautiful and thriving / Frédérique Lavoipierre ; illustrations by Craig Latker.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Portland, Oregon : Timber Press, 2021Copyright date: ©2021Description: 319 pages : illustrations ; 20 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781643260082
  • 1643260081
Subject(s):
Contents:
Introduction -- A closer look at "bugs" -- Life beneath our feet -- On the wing: bees, butterflies & other flower visitors -- Digging deeper: predators and parasites -- Meet the beetles -- The garden commons: true bugs, lacewings & other familiar garden insects -- The ground crew and beyond: centipedes, spiders, other arthropods, galls & pathogens -- High and low: birds, bats & other vertebrates -- Epilogue: Gardening matters.
Summary: "The birds, mammals, reptiles, and insects that inhabit our yards and gardens are overwhelmingly on our side--they are not our enemies, but instead our allies. They pollinate our flowers and vegetable crops, and they keep pests in check. In Garden Allies, Frédérique Lavoipierre shares fascinating portraits of these creatures, describing their life cycles and showing how they keep the garden's ecology in balance. Also included is helpful information on how to nurture and welcome these valuable creatures into your garden."--Amazon.com.
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 635.0496 L414 Available 33111010579833
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

"Explains how your garden can be a thriving, balanced community that gives more to your landscape than it takes." --Douglas W. Tallamy, author of The Nature of Oaks and Nature's Best Hope



The birds, mammals, reptiles, and insects that inhabit our yards and gardens are overwhelmingly on our side--they are not our enemies, but instead our allies. They pollinate our flowers and vegetable crops, and they keep pests in check. In Garden Allies , Frédérique Lavoipierre shares fascinating portraits of these creatures, describing their life cycles and showing how they keep the garden's ecology in balance. Also included is helpful information on how to nurture and welcome these valuable creatures into your garden. With beautiful pen-and-ink drawings by Craig Latker, Garden Allies invites you to make friends with the creatures that fill your garden--the reward is a renewed sense of nature's beauty and a garden humming with life.

Includes bibliographical references (page 304) and index.

Introduction -- A closer look at "bugs" -- Life beneath our feet -- On the wing: bees, butterflies & other flower visitors -- Digging deeper: predators and parasites -- Meet the beetles -- The garden commons: true bugs, lacewings & other familiar garden insects -- The ground crew and beyond: centipedes, spiders, other arthropods, galls & pathogens -- High and low: birds, bats & other vertebrates -- Epilogue: Gardening matters.

"The birds, mammals, reptiles, and insects that inhabit our yards and gardens are overwhelmingly on our side--they are not our enemies, but instead our allies. They pollinate our flowers and vegetable crops, and they keep pests in check. In Garden Allies, Frédérique Lavoipierre shares fascinating portraits of these creatures, describing their life cycles and showing how they keep the garden's ecology in balance. Also included is helpful information on how to nurture and welcome these valuable creatures into your garden."--Amazon.com.

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