Author Reception: Beth Young, "The Naturescaping Workbook"

Start: 06/14/2012 5:00 pm

Celebrate the release of local gardener Beth Young’s book, The Naturescaping Workbook, at Grass Roots Books & Music. Join us for a reception with the author where she will answer gardener questions, and enjoy refreshments. Please submit your questions prior to the event to grootsreads@gmail.com.

With nature as your guide, your dream garden is within reach — one that rarely needs weeding, pruning, watering, fertilizing, or mowing. One that will take less time, money, and energy keeping it beautiful and healthy than you're spending on your yard now. A garden that will produce the most flavorful edibles, nurture plants to their full potential, and provide a haven for beneficial bees, birds, and butterflies. In The Naturescaping Workbook, garden design expert Beth Young helps make your ideal naturescape a reality, walking you through the process with easy worksheets and clear, encouraging guidance.

Beth O’Donnell Young is principal and owner of Beth Young Garden Design, a design firm specializing in home landscapes. She has been teaching do-it-yourself landscaping classes for homeowners since 2001. In 2005, she created a class called "Naturescape Your Yard. It was her personal response to Al Gore's call to action in An Inconvenient Truth to do whatever one can to minimize our collective carbon footprint. The Naturescaping Workbook is based on that class. Beth holds a bachelor's degree in landscape architecture from the University of California at Berkeley. She currently splits her time between Siena, Italy and Corvallis, Oregon.

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