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 enlarge | Author: Toby Hemenway
Creator: John Todd
Publisher: Chelsea Green
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  41 reviews
Sales Rank: 8643
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 240
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 9.8 x 7.9 x 0.7
ISBN: 1890132527
Dewey Decimal Number: 635.048
EAN: 9781890132521
ASIN: 1890132527
Publication Date: April 1, 2001
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Great book August 23, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I highly recommend this book.
It is a fun place to start, if you wish to create a sustainable garden. All the basics are covered, from grey water, to ponds, to guilds, to forest gardens, and it is enjoyable and easy reading.
Well documented, practical and enticing July 24, 2007
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I bought this book together with Patrick Whitefield's "Permaculture in a Nutshell" and read the latter first, which is a mere introduction compared to Toby Hemenway's "Gaia's Garden". Toby transmits his love for and knowledge of permaculture very well. I am trained as an agricultural engineer and did learn a lot while reading. He first teaches the basics and then rehearses them in the different chapters. The concepts sort of grow and develop while reading, which leaves you with the feeling that you don't have to open the book again to start designing your own garden. Toby's enthusiasm is also tangible and infectious.
The only thing that's missing for me is more examples and better documentation about existing permaculture gardens/farms. My design would be quite different from Toby's (I live in Spain and we have our own favourite mediterranean crops) but the book provides the tools needed to do it your own way and Toby comes over as an open minded teacher.
So good it got stolen. July 21, 2007
4 out of 11 found this review helpful
Sad but true. As a former library worker, I can tell you there is no better praise than when a book gets ripped off.
It is annoying mine was lifted from me but it happened and I am sad; it's a good one.
Thanks for writing it.
Gaia's Garden is a practical guide for transforming yard to Eden May 12, 2007
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
This book is a fascinating read, very informative, and approachable for anyone trying out sustainable living, whether experimenting for the first time or with some experience. The author is inspiring and maintains a level of hopefulness not always found in environmental literature. He balances idealism with practicality and treasures the process of growing one's own food and flowers, recognizing that this is a lifelong journey and the gardener is always learning in a dynamic process. I find myself reading a chapter or so and being drawn out into my own yard to putter around with a new idea, then rocking on my front porch while I devour another chapter. This book is life-giving on several levels!
Highly recommended. April 7, 2007
20 out of 21 found this review helpful
Of all the thousands of books, magazines, pamphlets and other advice on growing food, I have only two books I recommend above all others: Gaia's Garden by Toby Hemenway and Square Foot Gardening by Mel Bartholomew. Anyone seriously interested in growing his or her own food successfully, and not burning out after a single season of disappointment, should invest the money and time to buy and read these two books. You can save yourself a whole lot of back-break, heartbreak and half-bake.
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