The climate conscious gardener / Janet Marinelli, editor.

This volume provides a step-by-step guide to offsetting climate change through gardens and landscaping. This book includes information, based on the latest climate research, on how to prevent climate change in your garden and beyond. It introduces climate science for gardeners and gives tips on redu...

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Uniform Title:Brooklyn Botanic Garden guides for a greener planet ; handbook no.195.
Corporate Author: Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Other Authors: Marinelli, Janet
Language:English
Published: Brooklyn, NY : Brooklyn Botanic Garden, [2010], ©2010.
Series:Brooklyn Botanic Garden guides for a greener planet ; handbook no.195.
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Physical Description:119 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm.
Format: Book

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505 0 |a Introduction: A wake-up call from the climate / Janet Marinelli -- A gardener's guide to climate change / Janet Marinelli -- Reducing your garden's climate footprint / Janet Marinelli -- Offsetting carbon emissions in your garden / Janet Marinelli -- Turning your landscape into a carbon sink / Niall Dunne -- Beyond the garden / Barbara Pearson -- For more information -- Contributors -- Index. 
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