[Sdpg] Earth-Friendly Desert Gardening NEW Book,

[Wesley Roe and Marjorie Lakin Erickson]

Maricopa County Cooperative Extension Urban Horticulture:
Environmentally Responsible
Gardening & Landscaping in the Low Desert

Earth-Friendly Desert Gardening: NEW BOOK

Growing in Harmony with Nature Saves Time, Money, and Resources
Go to website below to get more info on new book  and
http://ag.arizona.edu/maricopa/garden/html/pubs/mgpress/efdg.htm

Co author Jo Miller works for the City of Glendale as a Water Conservation 
Officer, she is also an expert on permaculture and landscape design and 
maintenance

Regardless of your gardening experience, you can easily save money on 
utility bills, conserve water, reduce yard waste sent to landfills, and 
create a low-maintenance landscape that is in balance with its natural 
surroundings. A new book, Earth-Friendly Desert Gardening, shows how to: • 
Lower utility bills by locating plants where they moderate the sun and wind 
• Reduce water consumption by choosing plants wisely and watering 
effectively. • Make mulch and compost from yard waste • Manage insects 
without synthetic pesticides •Create a habitat for birds, butterflies, and 
other wildlife. • Maintain the quality of water supplies by reducing 
fertilizer and pesticide use. Earth-Friendly Desert Gardening also explains 
how to: • Add edible plants to the landscape • Grow a low-allergen garden • 
Direct gallons of rainwater to the landscape • Determine if a gray water 
system is right for you. The book's information is based on university 
research and is geared specifically to the unique growing conditions of the 
Sonoran Desert. The 136-page book includes illustrations, checklists, 
guidelines, guides, plant lists, resources and an index. The Authors are 
lifelong gardeners with years of experience growing plants in the low 
desert. Cathy Cromell is a national award winning author and editor whose 
works have been published by Phoenix Home and Garden, the National 
Gardening Association, The Weather Channel, and the University of Arizona. 
Jo Miller works for the City of Glendale as a Water Conservation Officer, 
she is also an expert on permaculture and landscape design and maintenance. 
Lucy Bradley works for the University of Arizona as the Urban Horticulture 
Agent in Maricopa county.
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Key Components: Regardless of your gardening experience, you can easily 
save money on utility bills, conserve water, reduce yard waste sent to 
landfills, and create a low-maintenance landscape that is in balance with 
its natural surroundings. Earth-Friendly Desert Gardening shows how to:

Lower utility bills by locating plants where they moderate the sun and wind
Reduce water consumption by choosing plants wisely and watering effectively.
Make mulch and compost from yard waste
Manage insects without synthetic pesticides
Create a habitat for birds, butterflies, and other wildlife.
Maintain the quality of water supplies by reducing fertilizer and pesticide 
use.


Earth-Friendly Desert Gardening also explains how to:
Add edible plants to the landscape
Grow a low allergen garden
Create defensible space before wildfire strikes
Direct thousands of gallons of rainwater to the landscape
Determine if a gray water system is right for you.

The book's information is based on university research and is geared 
specifically to the unique growing conditions of the Sonoran Desert. The 
136-page book includes illustrations, checklists, guidelines, guides, plant 
lists, resources and an index.


Authors

The Authors are lifelong gardeners with years of experience growing plants 
in the low desert. Cathy Cromell is a national award winning author and 
editor whose works have been published by Phoenix Home and Garden, the 
National Gardening Association, The Weather Channel, and the University of 
Arizona. Jo Miller works for the City of Glendale as a Water Conservation 
Officer, she is also an expert on permaculture and landscape design and 
maintenance. Lucy Bradley works for the University of Arizona as the Urban 
Horticulture Agent in Maricopa county.

Awards

Western Regional Communications Award of Excellence, NACAA

Finalist for the Environmental Excellence Award, Valley Forward Association

rough the mail.

TO BUY
Make checks payable to: University of Arizona and mail order to:
Earth-Friendly Desert Gardening
$14.95   Shipping $4
Arizona Master Gardener Press
4341 E. Broadway Road, Box 103,
Phoenix, AZ 85040-8807.