<B>A valuable and artfully crafted guide to tending a naturalistic garden.</B> <BR/><BR/> From plantsman Kelly Norris, author of <I>New Naturalism</I>, comes a <B>much-needed handbook to maintaining today’s natural gardens</B>. Naturalistic plantings, overflowing with biodiverse communities of plants, are filling front and backyards around the globe with colorful blooms, easy-care plants, and wildlife habitat. But caring for a naturalistic garden is vastly different than caring for a traditional home landscape of carefully manicured plants separated by mulch and regularly primped and pruned. In Y<I>our Natural Garden</I>, tending your garden properly means understanding its connection to the greater natural world and using <B>garden care methods that mimic nature instead of controlling it</B>.<BR/><BR/> Page by page, you’re guided through all the seasons of a naturalistic garden’s life and the tasks and to-dos that come with each of them. Including how t