Ecoscaping Back to the Future...Restoring Chesapeake Landscapes can be purchased for $15 each (postage is included). Please make your check payable to Chesapeake Ecology Center, and send it to:
Chesapeake Ecology Center
c/o Treasurer
at Adams Academy at Adams Park
245 Clay Street
Annapolis, MD 21401
Special Offer: For $25 you can become a member of the Chesapeake Ecology Center (CEC) and receive a complimentary copy of Ecoscaping Back to the Future... You will also receive the CEC's quarterly newsletter and notice of special programs. Just fill out the membership form.We appreciate your interest! Primer sales and membership help support the educational and habitat restoration programs, Native Plant Demonstration Gardens, and tours provided by the Chesapeake Ecology Center.
ABSTRACT
Ecoscaping Back to the Future…Restoring Chesapeake Landscapes
Native Plant Rain Gardens and Xeriscapes
Examples from the Chesapeake Ecology Centerby Zora Lathan and Thistle A. Cone
In a fresh look at an exciting new topic, two local experts on conservation landscaping bring an excellent new resource for your library of how-to manuals. Ecoscaping Back to the Future... will enlighten and inspire you to join the growing number of enthusiasts for environmentally-friendly gardening. With its emphasis on native plants, rain gardens, and xeriscapes, this guide provides clear advice and practical tips on how to plan and install some of the most valuable landscaping types to restore and protect water quality and wildlife habitat in the Chesapeake Bay watershed.
Specific examples, plant lists, and color photos enliven the chapters on rain gardens and xeriscape (drought tolerant) gardens. Lathan and Cone draw from their experiences and lessons learned working on the demonstration gardens at the nonprofit Chesapeake Ecology Center in Annapolis. Inspirational quotes and line drawings of native plants fill the margins of this beautifully designed book.
This user-friendly "primer" has something for everyone interested in gardening in a more ecologically sound manner. The chapters on "A New Garden Ethic and Aesthetic" and "Necessity of the Native Flora and Fauna of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed" engage the reader in understanding the ethical and practical reasons for ecoscaping as well as the historical background for this movement. The next two chapters lay out principles to follow, and, most importantly, step-by-step directions on how to achieve those goals.
Additional sections include annotated lists of trees and shrubs and their particular needs and value to wildlife. The Glossary, Resources section, and a chapter specifically for "School and Community Projects" will help even the novice gardener work within his or her own community to achieve beautiful results and benefits for both the human and natural environment.
The following is a pdf of Ecoscaping Back to the Future... Restoring Chesapeake Landscapes. A hardcopy of the primer can be purchased for $15 each (postage is included).
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