The Living Landscape: Designing for Beauty and Biodiversity in the Home Garden

The Living Landscape Book Cover

Rick Darke and Doug Tallamy. Timber Press, 2014.

Topic(s): Designing Native Landscapes, Ecological Systems, Landscaping for Birds, Recommendations: Landscape Practices

An excellent source of inspiration for creating gardens that capture the beauty and replicate the ecological functions of natural landscapes. It includes rich detail on the complex ecological relationships we must understand to build real habitat for insects and birds, and each section is brought to life with lovely, illustrative photographs.