{"product_id":"9781856232876","title":"The Plant Lover's Backyard Forest Garden","description":"\u003cb\u003eGrow your own beautiful multilayered food forest in your own backyard.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePippa Chapman is an RHS trained gardener who designs, plants and maintains abundant, biodiverse, edible and beautiful forest gardens. In \u003ci\u003eThe Plant Lover's Backyard Forest Garden\u003c\/i\u003e, she shares her practical tips for realistically transforming your own plot, whatever its size, and with limited time, money and resources. A forest garden doesn’t have to be big; you can grow a productive edible paradise in pots and containers too.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePippa explains how to create multiple layers on a small-scale to maximize your growing area, using polycultures and guilds for healthy, low-maintenance food. She shares how to use perennials for structure, year-round food, and incorporate flowers for beauty, wildlife and the kitchen.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapters on permaculture design and forest gardening give practical advice:\u003cbr\u003e• How to plan and plant your own garden, with guilds and plant profiles to give real-life\u003cbr\u003eexamples to help you get started.\u003cbr\u003e• Useful tips on propagation and seed saving to help keep plant costs low.\u003cbr\u003e• A handy chapter on the soil-food web to help you understand your own soil and how to keep it healthy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A beautifully clear guide to using the principles of forest gardening on a garden scale that perfectly balances the practical and inspirational with Pippa's personal experience.\"—Mark Diacono, food writer, grower, photographer and cook\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Pippa Chapman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":47794276401364,"sku":"9781856232876","price":40.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/9208\/files\/BNCImageAPI_62a3e4da-06e1-4002-a282-35bfec48aa84.jpg?v=1776185329","url":"https:\/\/penguinshop.ca\/products\/9781856232876","provider":"Penguin Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}