Why read The Urban Garden?

Book cover of The Urban Garden: 101 Ways to Grow Food and Beauty in the City

Book description

In The Urban Garden you’ll find dozens of inspiring and creative ways to grow flowers, shrubs, vegetables, herbs, and other plants in small spaces and with a limited budget.

Whether you want to grow on a balcony, rooftop, front stoop, or a tiny urban patio, turn your growing dreams…

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Why read it?

1 author picked The Urban Garden as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Mary-Kate Mackey

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Approximately eighty-three percent of folks in the U.S. live in cities. So, encouraging the greening of these artificial expanses is important to sustain us and all kinds of wildlife—birds, pollinators, even the soil biota. Consider this a gardening cookbook—with enticing recipes you’ll immediately want to go out and try. Whether it’s finding the space for growing, adding plants in an alley, or employing tactics to secure your fruits and flowers while living in close proximity with others, this book empowers readers to go out and garden, no matter where they live.

From Mary-Kate's list on The best garden books to save the planet.