Ecological Gardening: Your Safe Path to a Healthy, Beautiful Garden

by Marjorie Harris

Marjorie Harris returns with a completely updated edition of her classic guide to gardening with the environment in mind.

In her witty and accessible style, Marjorie Harris – who has been an organic gardener since the 1960s – encourages the Canadian gardener to get back to basics. With information updated for today’s society, Ecological Gardening shows how little use pesticides and chemicals are when making a lush and abundant garden. In 1992, when the book was first published, gardening ecologically was a choice – now, it’s absolutely a matter of proper stewardship. With a society intent on leaving as small a footprint on the earth as possible, there is no better time than now for this important and vital book.

Genres: Gardening, Nonfiction

224 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1991

Reviews

[Alyssa Thulmann · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this book and thought that it had lots of helpful information. I found Harris' tone to be both friendly and informative, and I appreciated that it was not judgmental or pretentious. Harris offers many different solutions to gardeners' problems and describes which ones are more money conscious, time friendly, environmentally friendly, etc., all while focusing on healthy, ecological gardening techniques. It was an interesting book to read through, and an even better one to keep on the shelf in order to return to it when needed. Some of the information was a bit outdated, what with the book being first published in the 90s. That being said, much of the content still stands, and the language is very accessible.

All in all, I would recommend this book as a starting point for those looking to be more ecological in their gardening practices.

[Paulina Favela Tirado · Rating 5 out of 5]

It's a great book filled with lots of tips, specially if you have a garden/backyard. It can be a little overwhealming if you're a beginner, but great to go back to when you get a little more experience.

[Nanci · Rating 3 out of 5]

Well written book with lots of valuable knowledge. One to buy for my personal library.

[Edmond · Rating 2 out of 5]

It was more of a reference book, it has lots of information for gardening. I was hoping to get some ideas to be more environment friendly.