Handbook Water in the Garden - Paula Polak - Non-fiction

Everything you need to know about the proper use of the valuable resource water in the organic garden!

Gardening in Times of Climate Change : Reducing Your Ecological Footprint . Water is our most precious resource – especially in organic gardening. Keywords like pollution, climate change, and water scarcity present us gardeners with a major challenge: We all want to garden as sustainably as possible and create and preserve habitats for plants and animals in our balcony and garden oases. With the help of sound background knowledge, practical instructions , and clear illustrations, this handbook shows you how to obtain, conserve, and save water, and how to plan and design sustainable ponds, natural pools, and biotopes yourself.


Achieve great things with simple tricks: Gardening without watering

– Design your own dream garden, tailored to size, type and needs
– the right plant selection for every location – tailored to soil conditions and water requirements
– Improvement of soil life through natural nutrient enrichment
– Saving water in the garden: sustainable methods and tips for collecting and using rainwater in a targeted and economical way
– Planning, construction and maintenance of rain barrels, infiltration basins and cisterns


My own water oasis: Individually designing ponds, streams and natural pools
Paula Polak is one of Austria's most experienced and sought-after pond builders . In easy-to-follow instructions and illustrated with helpful drawings , she explains step by step how to plan, construct, plant, maintain, and overwinter biotopes, swimming ponds, and ornamental streams while protecting our precious groundwater and drinking water reserves. Drawing on her wealth of experience, the author shares her best tips and tricks.

– creative design examples: particularly diverse and insect-friendly water garden landscapes, edible plants, swimming ponds and the like.
– It blooms and croaks in the pond habitat: Which plants and animals are suitable for my dream pond?
– with practical plant lists: flowering time, color, water depth, plant height
– Technical essentials for your pond: from liners and filters to pond pumps, wooden decks and safety measures
– Help with every challenge: ecological balance, cleaning, overwintering


Comprehensive and straightforward: a book covering everything about saving water in the garden.
Saving water in the garden means enjoying the garden in a natural, conscious and sustainable way: With this handbook, designers of large and small gardens, balconies and biotopes meet the demands of climate change with practical knowledge.

A book for reference, inspiration, and application.

Publisher: Löwenzahn
Number of pages: 588 pages, hardcover