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Packed with practical advice on what you can do in your garden to tackle climate change. Is it okay to use potting compost? Which plants are best for absorbing pollution? What's the alternative to carbon-packed fertilizers? How can I cut out single-use plastics? Aspects of gardening can actually be bad for the environment. But make a few changes and you can significantly reduce the carbon imprint of your outdoor space, and even use it to lessen the impact of your other activities. How to Garden the Low-carbon Way offers clear, practical guidance on how and where to start. Packed with advice, backed by the latest scientific research, it helps you turn your outdoor space into a carbon-absorbing sink, explore the benefits of no-dig gardening, switch fences for hedges, coppice shrubs to support wildlife, learn to love weeds, and much more. Printed locally in the most environmentally friendly way possible, as a 1-colour paperback on FSC paper, this is essential reading for everyone who has a garden and wants to do what they can to protect our planet.

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Author:   Sally Nex
Publisher:   Dorling Kindersley Ltd
Imprint:   DK
Dimensions:   Width: 17.10cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 21.80cm
Weight:   0.379kg
ISBN:  

9780241472972

ISBN 10:   0241472970
Pages:   192
Publication Date:   04 March 2021
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order  
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Sally Nex worked as a journalist on BBC radio, television, and World Service for 15 years. Since leaving the BBC, she has devoted herself to horticulture, qualifying to RHS Level 3 and gaining a planting design diploma. Sally writes, teaches, and gives talks on veg growing, self-sufficiency, and sustainable gardening. She is a regular contributor and columnist for BBC Gardeners' World magazine, the RHS journal The Garden, Grow Your Own, and The Guardian.

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