Want to Support the environment and revitalize your local ecosystem? Look no further than your own property. The grass lawn, a suburban staple, can finally be ditched for striking sanctuaries of native plants with a long list of benefits: lower water bills, no poisonous pesticides, increased biodiversity, and self-sustaining flora. In At Home with Nature, Curb Appeal-expert John Gidding will help you reimagine your home's surroundings with a vision that's unique, easily implemented, and immediately, environmentally beneficial. Gidding provides six detailed examples of how lawns might be reformed, tailored to every continental US hardiness zone from the Northeast to the Southwest. Refer to John's landscaping basics, native plant regional maps, and illustrated blueprints to shape your property with suggestions from trees and shrubs to flowers and ground covers. Including the vibrant history of the forces and people who shaped the American landscape and lovingly illustrated with its native plants and animals, this is the ultimate guide to understanding your ecosystem and living with it in harmony.