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Waterwise house & garden : a guide for sustainable living / Allan Windust.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Windust, Allan.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Landscape gardening--Water conservation--Australia.
- Landscape gardening.
- Water conservation--Australia--Citizen participation.
- Water conservation.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (200 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Collingwood, Vic. : Landlinks, 2003.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Shows how we can contribute to conserving water, our most precious resource, in our home and garden.
- Contents:
- Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 The value of water; Chapter 3 The importance of plants; Chapter 4 The house and garden system; Chapter 5 Waterwise strategies; Chapter 6 Waterwise options; Chapter 7 The theory and practice of mulching; Chapter 8 Planning your waterwise garden; Chapter 9 Plants; Chapter 10 Help with plant selection; Chapter 11 What to do during a drought; Chapter 12 The future; Appendix 1 The importance of water to plants; Appendix 2 Australian plants tolerating very dry conditions; Appendix 3 Exotic drought-tolerant plants
- Appendix 4 Fire-retardant speciesAppendix 5 Drain stranglers and cloggers; Appendix 6 Wastewater reuse EPA guidelines; Appendix 7 Water audit; Appendix 8 Publications; About the author; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-15404-8
- 9786613154040
- 0-643-06983-6
- OCLC:
- 476022099
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