Waterwise Gardening: Everything You Need to Know About Efficient Watering to Grow a Healthy Yard

$29.95

Whether home gardeners want to conserve water for ecological or purely monetary reasons, each is becoming more acutely aware that water is an increasingly scarce and expensive resource. This volume will be the first to actually give scientific guidance on how much to water, with what methods, and when. The EPA estimates that home gardeners waste 50% of the water they use, without a good understanding of how much water their plants need. Richard Restuccia will fix that, showing readers how to achieve truly lush, beautiful, and bountiful gardens using less water than they would have ever imagined. By knowing…

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About The Author

La Jolla, California–based Richard Restuccia has been associated with the green industry for over twenty-two years. He has served on the Irrigation Association’s Board of Directors and has consulted with many private companies and public agencies concerning water management. His career has evolved through positions at industry leaders in irrigation, including Husqvarna, Jain Irrigation, ValleyCrest Companies, and Rain Bird Corporation.

He is a regular presenter at conferences like the California Green Technology, WaterSmart Innovations, Irrigation Association, the National Facility Management and Technology, ASLA, and Urban Sustainability conferences on subjects concerning how contractors can help their customers save water and money, as well as how to use social media to influence water conservation.

Restuccia has published articles in Common Ground and Landscape Management magazines concerning efficient irrigation. He also started the Jain Irrigation Training Series, which has educated over two hundred thousand people on sustainable irrigation practices. He is also a Master Gardener himself.

 

Publish Date: March 11, 2025
Format: Trade Paperback Original
Category: Gardening – Garden Design
Publisher: Rizzoli
Trim Size: 8 x 10
Pages: 240
US Price: $29.95
CDN Price: $40.00
ISBN: 978-0-8478-4689-4

 

Reviews

“This book is fantastic—a perfect blend of usefulness and insight, surprise and beauty. If you’re a gardener (or if you love a gardener) this book will help make your garden water smart—more beautiful, more manageable, more sustainable. It will help make water your partner, and it will solve some water mysteries along the way.
— Charles Fishman, Author of the national bestseller, The Big Thirst: The Secret Life &Turbulent Future of Water

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