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March 2009 Issue:

Fantastic eco-wise gardens

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732 ways to garden smarter!
Choose the best plants; Attract birds, bees and butterflies; Cope with climate change; Plant a potager or green roof; plus products, resources and more!

FROM A GARDENER
- THE GOOD EARTH
  8
ECO WATCH
- WEATHERING CHANGE
  14
  Help your garden cope with climate extremes, PLUS tough plants that can take it
- HOW TO BE A MORE MINDFUL GARDENER
  18
  Earth-friendly gardening techniques; seed terminology; Seedy Saturdays; plant thugs; reasons to grow heirloom plants; deer-proofing your garden; air-cleaning indoor plants; compost; invasive plants
- ECO-WARE
  26
  Environmentally friendly garden gear and products
FLORA
- GO WILD
  28
  Native plants to know, grow and love
- TREE RE-LEAF
  32
  48 tough and terrific trees—one is just right for your garden
- THE URBAN FARMER (FEATURE GARDEN)
  38
  Even the tiniest patch can provide an abundance of good things to eat
- SLOW MOW
  
  44
  Grow a lawn that's much less labour and resource intensive with the latest grass mixes
- BOUNTEOUS BEAUTIES
  46
  Wildlife-welcoming shrubs with mid-season interest
FAUNA
- LAST CALL?
  50
  What you can do to help stem the alarming decline of our songbirds PLUS plants they love and bird-friendly products
- MONARCHS OF THE GARDEN
  56
  Butterflies start out as caterpillars, so here's how to encourage both to visit your garden PLUS plants that are butterfly and larvae magnets
- THE LATEST BUZZ
  62
  For a healthy planet, support bumblebees, honeybees and other pollinators PLUS top bee-attracting plants
- BEE BOX (PROJECT)
  68
  Build a quick and easy home to entice mason bees to your garden
- GO TO BAT
  70
  Maligned and misunderstood, bats need your support—and we need theirs
DESIGN
- MODERN TIMES
  72
  Some new—and even some old—approaches to designing an eco-friendly landscape
- RAISING THE ROOF
  77
  Green roof gardens are beneficial for the planet, and lovely to look at, too
REFERENCES
- GREEN RESOURCES
  84
  Useful books and websites for the earth-friendly gardener
- SOURCE GUIDE
  86
- THE LAST WORD
  98