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Title: Creating a Low-allergen Garden by Lucy Huntington ISBN: 1-84000-567-X Publisher: Mitchell Beazley Pub. Date: 14 February, 2002 Format: Paperback |
Average Customer Rating: 4.33 (6 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Good book
Comment: Lots of very good and very useful information. I was looking for something more detailed for people who have
Chemical Sensitivities" that are bothered by the "Chemical emissions" of plants and not the pollen. This book doesn't go into that. But it is a very nice book with very pretty colored pictures that discusses how plants pollinate, when and what precautions you can take to plan a yard or garden as "Allergy Free" as possible. Including plant choices, placements, etc. It does cover MOLDS and spores which is very useful to a person with "Chemical Sensitivities"
"Be Well"
Rating: 3
Summary: Some good info but disapointing
Comment: There are lots of good pictures and some general advice for low allergy gardening but if you are only going to get one book it would have to be the Ogren book. The garden designs and plants covered here aren't going to be suitable at all for Southern California gardeners. Most of the plants recomended are high water use and/or cool climate plants. Not much thought is given to low maintenance gardens. The options listed for large trees are minimal. The very best trees, which are female varieties of separatly sexed trees, aren't mentioned at all. Common names of plants are rarely given. While there are many good pictures you have to read carefully to find out whether the pictured plant is recomended or not recomended. Overall I found this book not to be as usefull as it could have been.
Rating: 5
Summary: It's a proactive approach, rather than reactive
Comment: Instead of just listing "bad" plants, the author lists not only WHY a plant may cause an allergic or poisonous reaction, but also suggests alternate, safer plants with similar qualities! Rather than being written dryly by a doctor, the author is instead an award-winning British landscape designer who really did her research. The reader feels that finally there is hope for the allergy-sufferer who wants a garden that is both safe and lush rather than sterile and bland. Cheers!
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Title: Allergy-Free Gardening: The Revolutionary Guide to Healthy Landscaping by Thomas Leo Ogren ISBN: 1580082009 Publisher: Ten Speed Press Pub. Date: September, 2000 List Price(USD): $32.95 |
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Title: Loamhedge (Redwall, Book 16) by Brian Jacques, David Elliot ISBN: 0399237240 Publisher: Philomel Books Pub. Date: 29 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $23.99 |
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