The Blooming Lawn: Creating a Flower Meadow

Rating:
Summary: Good for the British Isles.
Review: This is yet another book relevant to Great Britain but being sold in North America without any warning that its information is largely irrelevant here. The idea behind a wildflower meadow instead of a lawn is to be promoted anywhere. But the species suggested for planting and the animals that will visit them to not make sense to the American reader. Many of the suggested wildflowers are in fact invasive weeds in North America. Even the style of meadow design lacks imagination. This is probably a good book for readers in Europe, but will mostly frustrate the American who wants to create an environmentally responsible wildflower meadow. Surely for serious North Americans there are better books describing how to create natural spaces.

Rating:
Summary: Good for the British Isles.
Review: This is yet another book relevant to Great Britain but being sold in North America without any warning that its information is largely irrelevant here. The idea behind a wildflower meadow instead of a lawn is to be promoted anywhere. But the species suggested for planting and the animals that will visit them to not make sense to the American reader. Many of the suggested wildflowers are in fact invasive weeds in North America. Even the style of meadow design lacks imagination. This is probably a good book for readers in Europe, but will mostly frustrate the American who wants to create an environmentally responsible wildflower meadow. Surely for serious North Americans there are better books describing how to create natural spaces.