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| Noah's Garden: Restoring the Ecology of Our Own Backyards | 
| Author: Sara B. Stein
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Category: Book
List Price: $14.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  19 reviews
Sales Rank: 19232
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 304
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 5.5 x 0.8
ISBN: 0395709407
Dewey Decimal Number: 574.5264
UPC: 046442709408
EAN: 9780395709405
ASIN: 0395709407
Publication Date: April 24, 1995
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 wonderful book about bringing Nature back into your garden August 31, 1998
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
I was in the middle of reading Mrs. Stein's book when I encountered wild turkeys in my front yard, and realized what a fragile world exists here in my subdivision. Our formal garden was constructed with some thought about attracting birds, but with too many exotic species unsuitable to the place. Her careful research and explanation of the complexities of habitats is utterly convincing and we will be making significant changes in our gardens. If you read this book, I think you will, too. It was a joy to read.
Best of type, without a doubt. May 16, 1998
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Very likely the best "how to" book I've read, Sara Stein's masterpiece is unquestionably the best introduction to natural planting and landscaping. The prose is a delight too. I look forward to reading her recent sequel.
Possibly the best book ever written on this subject. April 4, 1997
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
Being a writer of similar book on the same subject I've read many books of ecological gardening. When I was researching for my latest book which would be called in english "THE WILD GARDEN-a gardening guide for the lazy" I drew extensively and benefitted greatly from Ms. Steins book. Of all the books I've ever read on the subject this one is absolutly the tops.Ms. Stein has a way of making the reader aware of the disastrous muck-up we've done to ecology blissfully ignorant of our actions. At the same time she refrains from preaching and her prose is fluid, easlily understood and fun to read. It is my opinion, and I truly believe this, that Ms. Stein has done more for the conservation of nature than many national and international institutions.
The "Bible" for practical, native landscaping. February 24, 1997
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
It is rare that a book actually makes a change in your life but Noah's Garden did for me. Years ago my husband and I tried to explain to a landscape architect the natural effect we wanted. He did a pretty good job but suggested all sorts of exotic plants. If we had only had Sara Stein's book then! It is full of lower care native and natural planting tips and information. For those of you who find the sameness and sterility of suburban landscaping unattractive, Sara Stein has paradise waiting for you in this book. Do you wonder why you no longer have fireflys? Find out why and how to right this in Noah's Garden. A great, great book
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