Redesigning the American Lawn: A Search for Environmental Harmony, Second Edition / Edition 2

by F. Herbert Bormann, Diana Balmori, Gordon T. Geballe, Lisa Vernegaard

Overview

The authors in this book argue that our dedication to maintaining beautiful lawns is contributing to the serious environmental problems facing the planet, and they offer strategies for creating and caring for aesthetically pleasing and ecologically sound lawns. This new edition updates the original text and adds a chapter and illustrations showing what progress has been made in the ecological management of landscapes over the past decade.

Reviews of the first edition:

“An extremely readable summation of the origins of the addiction to lawns, and of the environmental reasons why Americans should kick the habit.”—Anne Raver, New York Times Book Review

“A manual for improving a large part of the American environment while reducing pollution, saving Americans a large amount of money, and beautifying the landscape.”—Edward O. Wilson

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780300086942
Publisher:	Yale University Press
Publication date:	06/10/2001
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

F. Herbert Bormann is emeritus professor of forest ecology at the Yale University School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. Diana Balmori holds appointments as a lecturer in the Yale University School of Forestry and Environmental Studies and Yale University School of Architecture. She is also principal at Balmori Associates, Inc., New Haven, a landscape and urban design firm. Gordon T. Geballe is associate dean and lecturer in forest microbiology at the Yale University School of Forestry and Environmental Studies.

Editorial Reviews

extremely readable . . . the origins of the addiction to lawns, and why Americans should kick the habit.

Anne Raver