Displaying 1 of 1 2025 Format: Book Author: Johnson, Noelle (Horticulturist), author. Title: The water-smart garden : techniques and strategies for conserving, capturing, and efficiently using water in today's climate ... and tomorrow's / Noelle Johnson. Publisher, Date: [Beverly, MA] : Cool Springs Press, an imprint of The Quarto Group, [2025] ©2025 Description: 192 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm Summary: "The Water-Smart Garden is a complete guide to conserving, capturing, and efficiently using water in your landscape at a time when water-usage restrictions are on the rise"-- Provided by publisher Target Audience Note: 0 Lexile. Subjects: Xeriscaping. Landscape gardening -- Water conservation. Water harvesting. Notes: Includes index BookPage,110124 Description based on publisher data. Contents: Identifying low-water conditions where you live -- Plant choice and how it influences water use -- Where and how to plant for water efficiency -- Building drought resistant soil -- Rain and how to capture it: free water! -- When and how to water plants efficiently -- Maintaining low-water plants the 'right' way -- Replacing the thirsty lawn -- Waterwise container gardening -- The water-efficient vegetable garden -- Projects. LCCN: 2024012592 ISBN: 9780760388242 * 9780760388259 Other Number: 1445900107 System Availability: 2 # Local items: 1 Call Number: 635.952 Johnson, N Water-sm # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 2 Current Holds: 0 Place Request Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Where is it? Suggestions and more Large Cover Image Summary Have you ever faced water-use restrictions and worried about how you can still grow a beautiful, productive landscape? Let The Water-Smart Garden show you how! As freshwater shortages increasingly strike regions around the globe, it's more important than ever to employ water-conserving practices in the garden. Whether your landscape is filled with shrubs and perennials or fruits and vegetables, in The Water-Smart Garden , you'll learn dozens of techniques to limit water use while growing a gorgeous and thriving garden. Not only will you learn how to make smart plant choices and improve the water-holding capacity of your soil , you'll learn xeriscaping techniques, drought-tolerant growing tips , and plant care advice to make the most of low-water situations. Also includes information on: Harvesting and redistributing rainwater in cisterns and rain barrels Employing methods like ollas and drip irrigation to target water directly to plant roots Being more water-efficient in the vegetable garden by using mulches and targeted irrigation Planting containers that require less-frequent watering Replacing a lawn with more drought-resilient plants Building swales and berms to redirect water to where it's needed Author and dry-gardening horticulturist Noelle Johnson of @az.plant.lady makes it easy to help save this precious resource and still have a resilient, attractive, and low-maintenance landscape. Table of Contents Introduction: Welcome to Gardening with Less Water81Identifying Low-Water Conditions Where You Live122Plant Choice and How it Influences Water Use183Where and How to Plant for Water Efficiency444Building Drought-Resistant Soil565Rain and How to Capture It-Free Water!626When and How to Water Plants Efficiently847Maintaining Low-Water Plants the "Right" Way1088Replacing the Thirsty Lawn1189Waterwise Container Gardening12610The Water-Efficient Vegetable Garden13811Projects156Resources180Photography Credits182Location Credits182Acknowledgments184About the Author185Index186 Librarian's View Series Information Similar Titles Similar Series Summary Reader Reviews Displaying 1 of 1
