Redesigning the American lawn : a search for environmental harmony / F. Herbert Bormann, Diana Balmori, Gordon T. Geballe.

Main entry:

Bormann, F. Herbert, 1922-2012.

Title & Author:

Redesigning the American lawn : a search for environmental harmony / F. Herbert Bormann, Diana Balmori, Gordon T. Geballe.

Edition:

2nd ed.

Publication:

Description:

xii, 178 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-169).
Ch. 1. Love of the Lawn -- Ch. 2. Questioning the Lawn -- Ch. 3. The Economic Juggernaut -- Ch. 4. Environmental Costs -- Ch. 5. A New American Lawn -- Ch. 6. The Lawn and Sustainability.

Summary:

"Americans enthusiastically plant, weed, water, spray, and mow 31 million acres of lawn. But is our dedication to these lawns contributing to the serious environmental problems facing the planet? The authors in this book argue that it is, and they offer strategies for creating and caring for aesthetically pleasing and ecologically sound lawns. This new edition, which is being reissued in a more artistic format and with many additional illustrations, updates the original text and adds a chapter showing what progress has been made in the ecological management of landscapes over the past decade."--Jacket.

ISBN:

0300086946 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780300086942 (pbk. ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Lawns United States.
Lawn ecology United States.
Pelouses États-Unis.
Écologie des pelouses États-Unis.
Lawn ecology
Lawns
United States

Added entries:

Balmori, Diana.
Geballe, Gordon T., 1947-

Holdings:

Location: Library main 217291
Call No.: SB433.B64 2001
Status: Available

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