- Published: 31 May 2011
- ISBN: 9781446437803
- Imprint: Transworld Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 192
No Nettles Required
The Reassuring Truth About Wildlife Gardening
- Published: 31 May 2011
- ISBN: 9781446437803
- Imprint: Transworld Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 192
Top Title: Hints and tips from a plant ecologist who maintains that encouraging wildlife in your garden and promoting biodiversity is cheap and compatible with ordinary gardening. Delightfully readable, and attractively packaged, too
Caroline Sanderson, The Bookseller
A good read: informative and well-explained.
Bob Flowerdew, Gardener's Question Time
BOOK OF THE MONTH...Attractive and highly readable follow-up to his excellent An Ear to the Ground
The Telegraph, Gardening supplement
The author...[demystifies] and [simplifies] wildlife gardening in a friendly and accessible way. A must for anyone interested in this subject.
Gardening Which?
It's full of tips on how to fill our gardens with everything from foxes and frogs to butterflies and ladybirds...He also makes us more aware of the struggles for life that go on among the inhabitants of our garden every day, but that we rarely take time to notice.
Eastern Daily Press
I finished this book torn between wild feelings of omnipotence and a nagging sense of guilt for poisoning the mice in my garden shed...he guides us around the millions of varieties of insects that most of us either ignore or abhor...even slugs, the gardener's most persistent foe, are given respect.
Ludovic Hunter-Tilney, Financial Times
Packed with tips and sensible, easy-to-follow advice, this is a timely and welcome book to add to any gardening collection.
Nottingham Evening Post
Full of helpful hints and tips, this book reveals how easy it can be to fill our gardens with everything from foxes, frogs and mice to butterflies, ladybirds - and thousands of creepy-crawlies
Western Daily Press
Written in an easy, popular style, No Nettles Required analyses the hard scientific data behind biodiversity in gardens, whilst gently poking fun at well-worn principles promoted in a plethora of 'wildlife gardening' books...My own advice...is never to manicure the lawn...But don't listen to me - read No Nettles Required.
John Akeroyd, Plant Talk
A cheerful hand grenade of a book...fantastic science writing for a lay audience.
New Scientist
Fascinating reading. It dispels myths and offers science-based advice.
Saga
Discover how you can enjoy the pleasures of a wildlife garden, and how a whole host of wildlife can enjoy your garden, too!
The Good Book Guide
A fresh look at wildlife gardening which punctures myths and gives sold, science-based advice. Hoorah!. The book many of us have been waiting for: wildlife gardening backed up by science....Essential reading for anyone with a garden - even a tiny one
Sanjida O'Connell, BBC Wildlife
A well-researched gem. I love it. Buy it and read it.
Cleve West, The Independent
This little book is a thoroughly readable, amusing, fact based, accessible account of a research project that will be relevant to anyone with a garden or outdoor space. The advice is unfailingly practical and the received wisdom questioned. The book does not simply regurgatate the same old advice about wildlife gardening, but offers in many cases a new approach, based on the empirical evidence of the research. The author is clearly aware that wildlife gardening is viewed by many gardeners as expensive and/or unattractive, and he offers lots of sensible suggestions for things that cost next to nothing, perfectly in keeping with the most traditional garden and are proven to be effective. He stresses that anyone, no matter what size garden, can garden with wildlife in mind with very little effort.
S. Walter, Essex, Amazon