This "thoughtful, intelligent" gardening book will help readers create a garden that nurtures the wildlife communities surrounding them ( The New York Times Book Review). Many gardeners today want a home landscape that nourishes and fosters wildlife, but they also want beauty, a space for the kids to play, privacy, and maybe even a vegetable patch. Sure, it’s a tall order, but  The Living Landscape  shows you how to do it. You’ll learn the strategies for making and maintaining a diverse, layered landscape—one that offers all of the following: *Beauty on multiple levels *Outdoor rooms and turf areas for children and pets *Fragrance and edible plants *Shelter and sustenance for wildlife Richly illustrated,  The Living Landscape  will enable you to build the garden of your dreams. Interest in the native plant movement is slowly growing, but this guide will interest all gardeners as Darke and Tallamy go beyond simple gardening tips to describe how native plants can play “essential roles in gardens designed for multiple purposes, with a focus on proven functionality.” Beauty ranks high as a value and function, and the authors also note such equally important garden purposes as screening and cooling. They cover the various botanical, cultural, and temporal layers in wild landscapes, the interrelationships of living organisms, what landscapes do ecologically, the cultivation of appreciation for the wonder of nature’s processes, and diverse home garden applications. Abundant color photographs of herons, egrets, turtles, and other animals enhance images of biodiverse landscapes and instructions for using native plant cuttings to create interior decor. The authors also provide useful grids showing selected plants’ landscape and ecological functions organized by North American regions. Essential for gardeners and nature lovers interested in sustainability. --Whitney Scott “This thoughtful, intelligent book is all about connectivity, addressing a natural world in which we are the primary influence.” — The New York Times Books Review   “Two giants of the natural gardening world, Rick Darke and Doug Tallamy, have collaborated on their best work yet.” — The New York Times   “Gives meaningful definition to the idea of biodiversity . . . . the book offers guidance for creating beautiful landscapes that will be durable and “support life without sacrificing aesthetics.” — Publishers Weekly   “Essential for gardeners and nature lovers interested in sustainability.” — Booklist    “A fascinating and beautiful book on creating gardens for wildlife.” — Library Journal “Together [Darke and Tallamy] explain how to create a beautiful home landscape that nourishes and fosters wildlife.” — Garden Design Magazine “With beautiful photos and many examples, they argue eloquently that gardens can be civilized, lovely and even elegant while incorporating local plants and creating habitat for birds and the entire ecosystem in which they live.” — Chicago Tribune “A rich guide on creating sustainable landscapes.” — Sunset   “Will become the most popular book of the decade.” — Real Dirt    “Here’s the book of the season, worth contemplating all winter long for the heartfelt and elegant practicality of its environmentalism. . . . Darke’s beautiful photos stress the interconnectedness of nature, while illustrating how to create healthy ecosystems that serve humans, plants, animals, insects and birds.” — Pacific Northwest Magazine   “Striking images.” — Coastal Homes “ The Living Landscape will enable you to create a garden that is full of life and fulfills both human needs and the needs of wildlife communities.” — The Detroit News   “ The Living Landscape by Rick Darke and Doug Tallamy is a beautiful guide to creating and maintaining a landscape that is not only beautiful and functional for its human inhabitants but also offers food and shelter for wildlife.” — Daily Herald   “Both a primer on how landscapes develop in the wild and a manual for learning how to observe wild areas and then apply nature’s principles to your own garden, the book has breathtaking photographs by the authors of wildlife including birds, butterflies, moths, turtles, and bees luxuriating in habitats provided by gardens designed with their needs in mind.” — Gardenista “This book describes how home gardeners can help support sustainability and biodiversity through including in their garden plants that provide food for birds and bugs and serve as a pollination source for bees, including suggested plants for every climate and region.” —The York Weekly The Living Landscape is your roadmap to a richer, more satisfying garden. Many gardeners today want a home landscape that nourishes and fosters wildlife. But they also want beauty, a space for the kids to play, privacy, and maybe even a vegetable patch. Sure, it’s a tall order, but The Living Landscape shows how to do it. By combining the insights of two outstanding