Gardeners and homeowners are more water savvy and environmentally aware than ever before. In fact, interest has never been so high in sustainable and water-wise garden design, construction and planting. In each edition of Sustainable & Water Wise Gardens, we show readers how to create a drought-tolerant, environmentally friendly home garden. The magazine covers topics such as planning a water-wise garden, rainwater harvesting, greywater systems,

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In a small town outside Istanbul, Sinan Basioglu, a devout Muslim, and his wife, Nilüfer, are preparing for their nine-year-old son’s coming-of-age ceremony. Their headstrong fifteen-year-old daughter, İrem, resents the attention her brother, Ismail, receives from their parents. For her, there was no such festive observance. But even before the night of the celebration, İrem has started to change–due to her secret...

In this colorful Garden Ponds Made Easy title, authors Dennis Kelsey-Wood and Tom Barthell have provided an essential guide for first-time pond enthusiasts. The authors outline all of the considerations for starting out with a new pond, including determining the site, style, size of the pond, and deciding on the construction of the pond (whether preformed, concrete, or fiberglass). Garden Ponds offers a chapter on water which discusses water chemistry...