Creating Rain Gardens: Capturing the Rain for Your Own Water-Efficient Garden Contributor(s): Uncapher, Apryl (Author), Woelfle-Erskine, Cleo (Author) |
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ISBN: 1604692405 ISBN-13: 9781604692402 Publisher: Timber Press (OR) OUR PRICE: $22.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2012 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Gardening | Techniques - Gardening | Landscape - Gardening | Garden Design |
Dewey: 635.95 |
LCCN: 2011032473 |
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 8" W x 8.9" (1.15 lbs) 208 pages |
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Publisher Description: "A beautifully-written, practical guide to planning and creating your own rain garden." --Green Upgrader You probably spend hundreds of dollars watering your yard, but there is an easy way to save money and resources--by collecting rain to reuse in front and backyards. In Creating Rain Gardens, water conservation experts Cleo Woelfle-Erskine and Apryl Uncapher walk you through the entire process, with step-by-step instructions for designing and building swales, French drains, rain gardens, and ephemeral ponds. From soil preparation, planting, troubleshooting, and maintenance, to selecting palettes of water-loving plants that provide four-season interest and a habitat for wildlife, Creating Rain Gardens covers everything you need to create a beautiful rain garden at home. |
Contributor Bio(s): Uncapher, Apryl: - Apryl Uncapher is an ecological designer dedicated to rainwater harvesting modeled on nature's examples. Co-author of the San Francisco Rainwater Harvesting Guide, Apryl has consulted on a variety of integrative stormwater management and water recycling projects for more than a decade. With a degree in innovative design engineering from Purdue University and accredited as a LEED professional, Apryl continually sources opportunities to participate in water projects that inspire a sustainable water consciousness. Apryl currently resides in San Francisco where she is passionately preserving water resources with two little girls splashing and dreaming by her side. Woelfle-Erskine, Cleo: -Cleo Woelfle-Erskine is a hydrologist, educator, and scholar of water. He co-founded the Greywater Guerrillas, and has led dozens of community-based workshops on rainwater harvesting and greywater reuse. His writing has appeared in outlets like High Country News, Yes, Urban Wilds, Dam Nation, and Sustainable Water. An avid gardener, Woelfle-Erskine is also a teacher of equity and environmental justice at the University of Washington. |