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Garden Allies: The Insects, Birds, and Other Animals That Keep Your Garden Beautiful and Thriving Paperback – Illustrated, September 28, 2021

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"Explains how your garden can be a thriving, balanced community that gives more to your landscape than it takes." —Douglas W. Tallamy, author of The Nature of Oaks and Nature’s Best Hope

The birds, mammals, reptiles, and insects that inhabit our yards and gardens are overwhelmingly on our side—they are not our enemies, but instead our allies. They pollinate our flowers and vegetable crops, and they keep pests in check. In Garden Allies, Frédérique Lavoipierre shares fascinating portraits of these creatures, describing their life cycles and showing how they keep the garden’s ecology in balance. Also included is helpful information on how to nurture and welcome these valuable creatures into your garden. With beautiful pen-and-ink drawings by Craig Latker, Garden Allies invites you to make friends with the creatures that fill your garden—the reward is a renewed sense of nature’s beauty and a garden humming with life.

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    September 28, 2021
  5. Dimensions
    6.63 x 1 x 7.63 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    1643260081
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1643260082
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"Frédérique Lavoipierre explains how your garden can be more than a collection of high-maintenance decorations; it can be a thriving, balanced community that gives more to your landscape than it takes." —Douglas W. Tallamy, author of The Nature of Oaks, Nature’s Best Hope, and Bringing Nature Home

“Garden Allies introduces and engages readers about the many phenomenal organisms—from soil-dwelling microorganisms to beetles, bees, bacteria, and bats—who are our natural allies in the garden. In demystifying these fabulous creatures, Lavoipierre inspires us as gardeners to stop, look, listen, learn, and put away the toxic chemicals.” —Jennifer Jewell, creator and host of Cultivating Place, author of The Earth in Her Hands

“An excellent resource for any gardener willing to press pause before turning to the pesticide.”—Booklist

"A useful and interesting read for rookie, armchair, and experienced gardeners. Easy to read front to back or section by section, and information can be applied to any region of the United States." —Kirkus 

“A useful and interesting read for rookie, armchair, and experienced gardeners. Easy to read front to back or section by section, and information can be applied to any region of the United States.”—Library Journal

“Sure to become a favorite among ecologically minded gardeners and conservationists.” —The American Gardener

“Gardeners will walk away from this spirited advice finding creepy crawlers at least a bit more charming.”—Publishers Weekly

“Frederique Lavoipierre brings her wide-ranging knowledge of ecological principles ins sustainable landscapes together with her ability to write winningly about attracting and encouraging insects and the complex relationships between species in the garden.” —Landscape Architecture Magazine

“With beautiful drawings, Garden Allies presents fascinating portraits of the creatures that live in readers’ gardens.” —Sir Reads a Lot

“Frederique Lavoipierre adds her voice to the crescendoing chorus calling for holistic approaches to gardening that work with nature instead of against it. What makes this book different, though, is its singular focus on the living organisms that can help you—if you’ll let them—and the superb organization of the content.” —The Washington Gardener

“A book about all the things in your garden that help it flourish.” —Garden Design Online

“The Washington-based author fills this 320-page book with ways to support wildlife that keeps your yards’ ecology in balance” —The Oregonian

“Frédérique Lavoipierre shares fascinating portraits of these creatures, describing their life cycles and showing how they keep the garden's ecology in balance. Also included is helpful information on how to nurture and welcome these valuable creatures into your garden.” —Irish Times

About the Author

Frédérique Lavoipierre is the former director of education at the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden and author of Garden Allies, a ten-year series of articles published in Pacific Horticulture Magazine. She currently works as a consultant and serves on the editorial advisory group for the American Public Gardens Association.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Timber Press; Illustrated edition (September 28, 2021)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 320 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1643260081
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1643260082
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.63 x 1 x 7.63 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 35 ratings

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Frédérique Lavoipierre was director of education at the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, where she shared her enthusiasm for plants, insects, and the garden food web. Previously, she directed the Sustainable Landscape Professional Certificate Program at Sonoma State University, where she also revived the student Garden Classroom program and established an Entomology Outreach program.

She holds a M.Sc. in Biology, focused on garden ecology and plant/insect interactions. For ten years, she owned and operated an organic nursery specializing in heirloom vegetables and culinary herbs from around the world.

Frédérique lectures, teaches, and works at a consultant. She serves on the editorial advisory group for the American Public Gardens Association magazine, and is on the content committee for the Pacific Horticulture Society.

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Leyla
5.0 out of 5 stars Useful book
Reviewed in the United States on October 1, 2021
This is a well written book about the insects and organisms in our garden, and how they work and play a great part in our successes (of failures).
The book is very readable, and flows from chapter to chapter with great ease. There are black and white hand drawn illustration which I enjoyed very much. This book reall opened my eyes to the benefit of working with nature.
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Old Warden
4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Gardening Reference!
Reviewed in the United States on October 25, 2021
An excellent little guide to why it's better to get along with nature rather than to try to control it. All the little bugs and critters that you can find in your garden, if you just put away the pesticides/insecticides. The author aptly presents her information in a clearly and easily understandable manner. Cute illustrations. This one will go on my gardening shelf for referring to over and over again!
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Joppa
5.0 out of 5 stars New perspective
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Well written. Interesting take on the interplay between the residents of our gardens. If you spend a lot of time digging in the dirt and tending to green things, you’ll appreciate this book.
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Fox
5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Help for My Gardening
Reviewed in the United States on December 14, 2021
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Knowledge is power and this book is helping me become a better, more informed gardener. It's also very interesting.
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Iron
5.0 out of 5 stars Must have!
Reviewed in Canada on March 17, 2023
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This cover gratefully all categories of insects in the garden and what they do, for a beginner. Clear explanation per category with book references to go deeper in the category or species.
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Deborah G.
5.0 out of 5 stars Exquisite illustrations and fascinating descriptions
Reviewed in Canada on October 10, 2021
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This book is a delight to look at and to read. With tender precision, both the drawings and the text provide a clear, accurate, and fascinating description of the natural inhabitants of the garden.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Exquisite illustrations and fascinating descriptions
Reviewed in Canada on October 10, 2021
This book is a delight to look at and to read. With tender precision, both the drawings and the text provide a clear, accurate, and fascinating description of the natural inhabitants of the garden.
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