[Scpg] Sun MAR 29/Sustainable Landscaping: A Visionary Look at the Future of Gardens with Owen Dell

[Santa Barbara Permaculture Network]

Sustainable Landscaping:
A Visionary Look at the Future of Gardens
  Book-Signing & Talk with Owen Dell
  author of Sustainable Landscape for Dummies

Sunday, March 29, 7 pm, Donation $5
Santa Barbara Public Library, Faulkner Gallery


***Free Admission and copy of the book to any member of the community 
who lost their home to the Tea Fire.

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Podcast of interview with Owen available on Sustainable World Radio:
http://www.pdcastsusworldradio.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=446689

         The word sustainable is everywhere these days, but just what 
makes a sustainable landscape and why does it matter?

         Join Owen Dell, author of the newly published book 
Sustainable Landscaping for Dummies, on March 29, at 7pm , for a talk 
and book-signing event at the Santa Barbara Public Library, Faulkner 
Gallery. Dell is the smart man behind the Dummies title, who shares 
more than 38 years of knowledge and experience as a landscape 
architect and contractor with a passion for good design that makes 
sense for the homeowner and the environment and saves money too.


         Part of the phenomenally successful "Dummies" book 
series---with its give-me-the-facts, make-me-smarter format that have 
made them so popular, Sustainable Landscaping for Dummies provides 
hands-on, how-to instructions for the novice and expert alike.  From 
creating abundant edible landscapes, to making your home safe in 
wildfires, to making the most of rainfall that falls on your land, 
the book describes processes that don't just make things less bad, 
they make them a lot better.

                 A long time "guru" for sustainable landscaping, Dell 
suggests we can mimic nature for best design.  Humorously describing 
traditional landscape design as an "environmental train wreck", he 
seriously notes these practices destroy native habitats, consume 
natural resources, cause strip mining and forest clear cutting, and 
annually poison nearly 70 million birds with pesticides.

         Working since the 1970's with his first landscape design 
business, Dell found a niche designing beautiful and functional 
gardens using native plants.  Later, taking inspiration from natural 
disasters he created "firescapes" for the fire ecology of southern 
California, and water-wise gardens, that responded to drought 
conditions in the 1980's.  More recently he developed the concept of 
"fossil free" landscapes, noting the need for less fossil fuel (oil) 
powered equipment used in our gardens, and has incorporated many 
permaculture ideas as well.   Dell hopes to reach a larger mainstream 
audience with the Dummies book, that are becoming conscious of 
climate change, water resources and other environmental impacts, many 
caused by decisions made in their own backyards.

         Owen Dell  is an award-winning California-licensed landscape 
architect and contractor, and the owner of County Landscape and 
Design in Santa Barbara, California. He is one of the founders of the 
Firescape Demonstration Garden in Santa Barbara, which was the first 
of its kind in the nation. He has been a contributor to Sunset 
Magazine, Pacific Horticulture and many other publications.  Dell is 
the co-star of Garden Wise Guy's a sitcom about sustainable 
landscaping.  He has presented workshops and lectures for homeowners 
and professional audiences at botanic gardens, colleges and 
universities, and conferences throughout the United States, Canada, 
and overseas.

Sustainable Landscaping for Dummies will show you how to design, 
build, and live with an earth-friendly landscape that:

    *         Requires minimal maintenance
    *         Is inexpensive to construct and maintain
    *         Is made from safe, natural materials
    *         Resists pests and diseases
    *         Is drought-tolerant and long-lasting
    *         Supplies wholesome, organic food for you and your family
    *         Provides outdoor rooms for many uses
    *         Is stunningly beautiful

Some of the inside tricks you'll learn in Sustainable Landscaping for Dummies:
    *         How to make use of "heritage" materials that will last 
many lifetimes
    *         How to design and build a drip irrigation system that 
really works
    *         How to make use of the "world's best design tool"
    *         How to cut your maintenance costs by half or much more
    *         How to supercharge your plants by adding one natural 
element one time only, for pennies per plant
    *         How to virtually eliminate fertilizing by using the 
"chop and drop" technique
    *         How to develop a Neighborhood Foodshed in your community ,



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