Based on the model of a healthy natural woodland, a forest garden
incorporates a wide variety of useful plants, including fruit and nut
trees, perennial herbs, and vegetables. Robert Hart's book beautifully
describes his decades of experience gardening in the Shropshire
countryside. The principles of "backyard permaculture" he has developed
can be applied successfully in every temperate zone of North America,
helping to transform even a small cottage garden into a diverse and
hospitable habitat for songbirds, butterflies, and other wildlife.
Blending history, philosophy, anthropology, and seasoned gardening
wisdom in a lucid sequence of essays, Forest Gardening examines the
pleasure of "hands off" as well as hands-on gardening. This book offers
fresh ways of understanding the relationships between people and growing
plants. For gardeners who aspire to create ecological as well as
beautiful gardens, Forest Gardening will be an inspiration and a
pleasure.