Recreating the Country - Ten key principles for designing sustainable landscapes. Second edition.
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Helen Scott says,
'If you want one book to cover any topic you care to choose on revegetation and sustainable landscape design for generations to come, this is it.'
(To read Helen's full book review, see page 52, Landcare in Focus. Nov, 2024)
Bring wildlife back to your property while enhancing your income with plantations that last for centuries. This book puts into plain English modern scientific research, measured against 35 years of practical revegetation experience.
An easy-to-read designer's guide that will give landholders all they need to put trees back onto rural and urban landscapes in an environmentally and economically sustainable way.
At the heart of Recreating the Country are ten design principles, observed from nature. Integrated with other forms of income-generating revegetation like agroforestry, biorich plantations enrich biodiversity beyond our lifetimes into perpetuity.
Recently updated and expanded, this edition builds on the sustainable biorich design
system first published in 2009 by author and ecologist Stephen Murphy.
The second edition includes three new chapters - see below;
Fully illustrated in colour, this practical designer's guide would be an asset to any personal library.
A DISCOUNT IS AVAILABLE TO LANDCARE GROUPS FOR THE PURCHASE OF 6 OR MORE BOOKS
For a quote please email: [email protected]
Australia Post charge $8.14 to post each book. I'm paying for half this cost, so you can buy a coffee on me and start your RtC experience.
Helen Scott says,
'If you want one book to cover any topic you care to choose on revegetation and sustainable landscape design for generations to come, this is it.'
(To read Helen's full book review, see page 52, Landcare in Focus. Nov, 2024)
Bring wildlife back to your property while enhancing your income with plantations that last for centuries. This book puts into plain English modern scientific research, measured against 35 years of practical revegetation experience.
An easy-to-read designer's guide that will give landholders all they need to put trees back onto rural and urban landscapes in an environmentally and economically sustainable way.
At the heart of Recreating the Country are ten design principles, observed from nature. Integrated with other forms of income-generating revegetation like agroforestry, biorich plantations enrich biodiversity beyond our lifetimes into perpetuity.
Recently updated and expanded, this edition builds on the sustainable biorich design
system first published in 2009 by author and ecologist Stephen Murphy.
The second edition includes three new chapters - see below;
Fully illustrated in colour, this practical designer's guide would be an asset to any personal library.
A DISCOUNT IS AVAILABLE TO LANDCARE GROUPS FOR THE PURCHASE OF 6 OR MORE BOOKS
For a quote please email: [email protected]
Conservationist helps farmers protect 'paddock trees' and restore degraded land
by ABC journalist Rhiannon Stevens (click on title above for a 4 minute read of Rhiannon's article)
'Stephen Murphy’s philosophy and key principles for revegetation expand the potential of tree planting methods and technologies. They open new ways of thinking about the kind of rural and urban landscapes that we need to create.'
About this book:
Chapter by chapter, what you will discover in Recreating the Country:
Chapter 1 reviews revegetation in the past and explains why we need to think bigger and better
Chapter 2 describes the sustainable design system, its valuable attributes and supporting scientific research
Chapter 3 provides six case studies of people who have used ‘biorich’ design and how it fits their unique applications:
An award winning winery; a boutique dairy; a traditional grazier; a biodynamic farmer; an engineer and a 'biorich' demonstration property. This chapter also looks at environmental stewardship and Conservation Covenants
Chapter 4 gives practical examples of how the design system can incorporate productive plants to create income while increasing biodiversity
Chapter 5 describes how to incorporate farm forestry and improve biodiversity across all rural landscapes
Chapter 6 looks at the critical role of paddock trees and the importance of landscape connections. It discusses community grass-roots methods that get results
Chapter 7 discusses planting on heavy volcanic soils, saline soils and lime rich/alkaline soils. It includes simple soil tests and lists suitable plant species
Chapter 8 provides a practical rundown of the four establishment techniques used in revegetation projects - natural regeneration, direct seeding, planting tubestock and rewilding
Chapter 9 explains how plantations/remnants can be managed to enhance their biodiversity through the use of cool burning, grazing, thinning and controlling pest plants and animals.
by ABC journalist Rhiannon Stevens (click on title above for a 4 minute read of Rhiannon's article)
'Stephen Murphy’s philosophy and key principles for revegetation expand the potential of tree planting methods and technologies. They open new ways of thinking about the kind of rural and urban landscapes that we need to create.'
About this book:
Chapter by chapter, what you will discover in Recreating the Country:
Chapter 1 reviews revegetation in the past and explains why we need to think bigger and better
Chapter 2 describes the sustainable design system, its valuable attributes and supporting scientific research
Chapter 3 provides six case studies of people who have used ‘biorich’ design and how it fits their unique applications:
An award winning winery; a boutique dairy; a traditional grazier; a biodynamic farmer; an engineer and a 'biorich' demonstration property. This chapter also looks at environmental stewardship and Conservation Covenants
Chapter 4 gives practical examples of how the design system can incorporate productive plants to create income while increasing biodiversity
Chapter 5 describes how to incorporate farm forestry and improve biodiversity across all rural landscapes
Chapter 6 looks at the critical role of paddock trees and the importance of landscape connections. It discusses community grass-roots methods that get results
Chapter 7 discusses planting on heavy volcanic soils, saline soils and lime rich/alkaline soils. It includes simple soil tests and lists suitable plant species
Chapter 8 provides a practical rundown of the four establishment techniques used in revegetation projects - natural regeneration, direct seeding, planting tubestock and rewilding
Chapter 9 explains how plantations/remnants can be managed to enhance their biodiversity through the use of cool burning, grazing, thinning and controlling pest plants and animals.
What the experts are saying;
'Writing with passion, commitment and insight, Stephen Murphy emphasises the need to mimic nature and that working with nature requires a long-term perspective. It’s an important reminder that the actions we take today will shape the country that future generations will inherit.’
Andrew Bennett, Emeritus professor in Ecology, La Trobe University
'The sustainable biorich model is a way of ‘breaking down the fence’ between farmers and foresters.’
Geraint Richards, Head Forester for King Charles III
'This is a beautiful book, which shines with the optimism and determination of the rural community, bearing witness that we can do more (individually and collectively) to recreate the country that we want.'
Richard Loyn, Ecologist and adjunct professor, La Trobe University
'Writing with passion, commitment and insight, Stephen Murphy emphasises the need to mimic nature and that working with nature requires a long-term perspective. It’s an important reminder that the actions we take today will shape the country that future generations will inherit.’
Andrew Bennett, Emeritus professor in Ecology, La Trobe University
'The sustainable biorich model is a way of ‘breaking down the fence’ between farmers and foresters.’
Geraint Richards, Head Forester for King Charles III
'This is a beautiful book, which shines with the optimism and determination of the rural community, bearing witness that we can do more (individually and collectively) to recreate the country that we want.'
Richard Loyn, Ecologist and adjunct professor, La Trobe University
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