Natures Best Hope: A New Approach to Conservation That Starts in Your Yard by Douglas W. Tallamy

Doug Tallamylays out all you need to know to participate in one of the great conservation projects of our time. Read it and get started! Elizabeth Kolbert, Pulitzer Prize winning author of The Sixth Extinction Tallamy is one of the most original and persuasive present day authors on conservation. Edward O. Wilson, University Research Professor Emeritus, Harvard University Doug Tallamy is a quiet revolutionary and a hero of our time, taking back the future one yard at a time. In Natures Best Hope, he shows how each of us can help turn our cities, towns and world into engines of biodiversity and human health.Richard Louv, author of Last Child in the Woods and Our Wild Calling Here is one area where individual action really can help make up for all that government fails to do: your backyard can provide the margin to keep species alive. Mow less, think !Bill McKibben, author of Falter Tallamy is a key contributor to the explosive leap in public understanding of the impact of humans on the natural world and how we can repair the damage we cause.Grandy Drummer Tallamy shows how to transform yards into ecological wonderlands full of vibrant life. Your local birds, butterflies, and plants will thank you for learning from his wise advice.David George Haskell, author of The Forest Unseen, Pulitzer finalist, and The Songs of Trees This is a handbook for not only transforming your own yard, but for talking to your neighbors, the teachers in the paved schoolyard next door, and your town councilors about connecting one green haven to another to build wildlife corridors that become, as Tallamy puts it, a Homegrown National Park.Anne Raver, award winning columnist and author of Deep in the Green A clarion call to go native: acting locally in your yard or neighborhood and thinking globally about the biodiversity crisis.Scott Freeman, author of Saving Tarboo Creek Doug Tallamys inspiring vision of a human landscape capable of supporting a wondrous diversity of life is powerfully articulated in Natures Best Hope.Rick Darke, landscape designer, lecturer, photographer, and coauthor of Gardens of the High Line A revelatory guide whose application can begin just outside our doors. Booklist Tallamy provides answers in a down to earth, personalized stylethis is an essential addition to most gardening collections. Library Journal Natures Best Hope advocates not just a horticultural revolution, but a cultural one, bridging the human dominated landscape and the natural world. Smithsonian Magazine An inspiring and necessary bookTallamy is so important in todays ecological effortseveryone can (and should) read his writings. The Garden Club of America An outstanding book, full of deep insights, and practical advice. Dennis Liu, Ph.D., Vice President for Education, EO Wilson Biodiversity Foundation A full blown manifesto that calls for the radical rethinking of the American residential landscape, starting with the lawn. The Washington Post If youd like to turn your own little postage stamp of native soil into a conservation effort, Natures Best Hope, is a great place to begin. New York Times Natures Best Hope isnt just what we can do with boots on the ground; its about fighting for a changed cultural mindset. We can experience the health, wellness, and resiliency of life if were willing to embrace all of the messy complications that make this world worth experiencing in all its wild promise. The American Gardener In a world full of doom and gloom, Dr. Tallamys latest book is an uplifting and empowering guide to how each and every one of us can be part of the conservation movement and it all starts with native plants. In Defense of Plants To support conservation efforts, you need look no farther than your own backyard Natures Best Hope offers practical tips for creating habitat that protects and nurtures nature. National Geographic Even a single person acting boldly with [Tallamys] goal in mind could be a crucial source of inspiration for others around them. Associated Press If youre concerned about doing something good for the environment, Natures Best Hope is the blueprint you need. By acting now, you can help preserve our precious wildlifeand the planetfor future generations. Hockessin Community News Natures Best Hope helps us to understand the urgency we all should and must have as we try to make a difference to our ever changing planet. Nature Revisited An essential read for those concerned with the fate of planet Earth and its creatures. Connecticut Gardener Natures Best Hope is a message for every land owner, renter, property manager, container gardener, government planner and administrator: You have a vital role to play in the survival of biodiversity on this planet! The Press of Atlantic City Heres a read that does something critically important. It restores hope by giving us normal mortals something we can do. Smokey Mountain News Natures best hopeis all of us. Yakima Herald Become part of Tallamys army of gardeners converting yards and wasted spaces of America into Homegrown National Park. Wyoming Tribune Eagle An important book about the urgent importance of planting nativeseye opening and transformative. The Sun Sentinel A new and inspiring vision of what could be achieved if concerned individuals join together to transform the common attitudes and practices that have shaped our own backyards. Maine Home Garden News Tallamy strikes the perfect compromise between fear and optimism a must read for anyone who cares about the future of our environment at both a global and local level. Ferns and Feathers The steps to take toward making your garden part of the Homegrown National Park.Horticulture