"Douglas W. Tallamy's first book, Bringing Nature Home, awakened thousands of readers to an urgent situation: wildlife populations are in decline because the native plants they depend on are fast disappearing. His solution? Plant more natives. In this new book, Tallamy takes the next step and outlines his vision for a grassroots approach to conservation. Nature's Best Hope shows how homeowners everywhere can turn their yards into conservation corridors...

Complete with garden plans, plant charts, expert tips, related projects, and custom options, a guide to landscaping shows readers how to create their own beautiful, low-maintenance gardens regardless of the size and location.

Guide to letting lawns go wild, presenting interesting native and non-native plant alternatives to high-maintenance lawn grass, with information on how to plan, accomplish, and maintain a non-traditional landscape using wildflowers, prairie and ornamental grasses, ground covers and spreading perennials, moss and shade plants.

This extensively illustrated book presents a new style of gardening that allows the gardener to work with nature to harness an area's natural ability to maintain its own health and stability. The author explains how to transform any size of outdoor space into a natural, living sanctuary that benefits our health, our communities, and the planet. [From back cover]