
Grow Now
How We Can Save Our Health, Communities, and Planet One Garden at a Time
By: Emily Murphy
Paperback | 1 February 2022 | Edition Number 1
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Want an easy, actionable way to reduce your contribution to emissions and food waste? Create your own climate victory garden. Garden plots in towns and cities are critical to supporting ecological diversity, and by instituting organic, regenerative practices and growing some of our own food, we can shift toward living in a more responsible way.
In Grow Now, Emily Murphy, the founder of the popular website and podcast Pass the Pistil, provides concrete advice on how to particpiate in garden-based climate activism. Filled with DIY projects, easy-to-implement plans, stylish photographs, advice for improving the overall health of a garden, and tips on choosing plants that help a garden become a functioning part of the planet's larger ecological cycles, Grow Now is the must-have garden book for people wanting a healthier planet.
About the Author
Emil Murphy is an organic gardener with a BS in Ethnobotanical Resources from Humboldt State University. She later studied pedagogy at Sierra Nevada College and garden design with the California School of Garden Design. She teaches and speaks regularly about gardening and living, and her writing appears in numerous publications. Emily is also a photographer, cook, garden design coach and consultant, and creator of the celebrated blog Pass The Pistil. She is the author of Grow What You Love.
277 colour photographs, 15 illustrations
Industry Reviews
"Murphy's reframing of gardening as a critical factor in mitigating global warming makes this book so potentially impactful in the hands of a beginning gardener. With a list of related sources and a bibliography, Murphy offers a positive and doable approach to addressing our climate crisis." --Booklist
"An encouraging primer on gardening as a way to combat climate change....New gardeners will find this a fine starting point, and those with dirt already under their nails will enjoy the nudge to try something new." --Publishers Weekly
"No-dig gardening can fix even the worst soil...when you let nature do the work, you'll end up with a healthier garden." -- Better Homes Gardens Online
"Murphy's love for nature and her passion for growing, as well as her connection with others, are joyfully expressed on every page as she encourages and empowers readers to 'Grow the change we want to see.'" --The Seattle Times
"Grow Now is an earth manual that applies to everyone, everywhere. Regenerating life begins with our hands, the soil, and our heart. Take this book and go outside, stay outside, and transform." --Paul Hawken, author of Drawdown and Regeneration
"People always ask me, 'What can I do?' Now I can answer, 'Start by reading Grow Now.' This beautiful, helpful, humane book is like one of those strangers you meet and instantly bond with. It's your new best friend." --Carl Safina, ecologist and author of Becoming Wild
"This is a book I've been waiting for. Emily Murphy shows us how restoring nature can begin in our own garden--how to rewild our own patch of land, sink carbon to build soil, and grow good, healthy food for our families. And when we restore nature to the home garden, we learn some of what we need to know to save the home planet."--Yvon Chouinard, founder of Patagonia
"This amazing resource goes beyond basic gardening skills, which you still get here." --Deanna Cat
"Murphy shows how home gardens can be one of the biggest forces to improve our health, rebuild nature, reduce pollution, and reverse climate change. The time has never been more urgent for people to join forces for the benefit of themselves and the planet. Start with transforming lawn care." --Will Raap, founder and chairman of Gardener's Supply Company, the Intervale Center, and Nordic Farm
"A thorough guide for gardeners who want to channel any despair they have over climate change into nurturing their own small piece of land."--Rewilding
"Emily Murphy wants to change the world by convincing you to grow plants with impact and high ecological value. With her energy, knowledge, and passion, she just might do it!" --Doug Tallamy, author of Nature's Best Hope and The Nature of Oaks
"Murphy leaves the reader fully equipped to step outside and take action...All told, Grow Now is an exceedingly hopeful book that empowers us to garden helpfully and be happy." --Horticulture
ISBN: 9781643260471
ISBN-10: 1643260472
Published: 1st February 2022
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number of Pages: 248
Audience: General Adult
Publisher: Workman
Country of Publication: GB
Edition Number: 1
Dimensions (cm): 19.0 x 35.6 x 1.7
Weight (kg): 0.3
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