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The Living Landscape: Designing for Beauty and Biodiversity in the Home Garden
The Living Landscape: Designing for Beauty and Biodiversity in the Home Garden | Rick Darke
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I liked this — the text emphasizes importance of natural and native landscapes & has many gorgeous photos with an extensive plant index. *But* it emphasizes mid-Atlantic states such as mine (both authors are local to me), and the plant lists don‘t indicate whether they‘re likely to be deer-proof. That last part is particularly important for us. At right of this photo, see almost no understory below the tall trees due to over-grazing by deer.

ValerieAndBooks @Lynnsoprano here‘s what I think of this one! 3y
Lynnsoprano It doesn‘t sound as if it‘s for me; thanks for thinking of me! I actually have two gardening books specifically for Florida on order. One is on Florida wildflowers and the other about butterfly gardening. I‘ll post when I get them. 3y
ValerieAndBooks @Lynnsoprano yes, the other books by Doug Tallamy (one you have already) are a better fit for you. This one is much more regional focused. I look forward to your posts on your incoming books! 3y
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@Lynnsoprano look — we just got this book 😊. Should give us some ideas for our property!

Finally finished the winter scene puzzle in the background! It was harder than it seemed. Next up is one called “houseplant jungle” ☺️

Lynnsoprano That looks so good! Onto the TBR it goes 😄 I need to post a picture of the butterfly garden I‘ve started. 3y
ValerieAndBooks @Lynnsoprano would love to see your butterfly garden! I‘ll let you know what I think of this book — examples seems to lean heavily towards those in mid-Atlantic states. 3y
Suet624 That puzzle looks super hard!! 3y
ValerieAndBooks @Suet624 yes it was harder than I expected. All the snow and tree branches, I guess! The top part is cut off in the picture but is all bare tree branches. (edited) 3y
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