Gaia’s Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture, 2nd Edition — Your Friendly Blueprint for Thriving Backyard Ecosystems

If you’re ready to turn any yard or patio into a resilient, food-producing ecosystem, Gaia’s Garden is the classic, friendly guide that shows you how. Toby Hemenway walks you through home-scale permaculture with plant guilds, water-wise design, and soil-first strategies that work in small spaces and larger homesteads alike. It’s approachable for beginners yet deep enough for seasoned growers. Think of it as your step-by-step map to a more abundant, low-maintenance, and biodiverse garden — from herb spirals to mini food forests.

Why It’s Tough Enough for Tough Kraut
• Home-Scale Permaculture, Demystified: Clear, practical steps for designing backyard ecosystems that feed people and wildlife while cutting routine chores.
• Urban and Small-Space Ready: Includes guidance tailored to city and suburban plots, so renters and balcony growers can start now.
• Visual, Practical, Built to Use: 328 pages in a roomy 20.3 × 25.4 cm (8 × 10 in) format with photos and illustrations, making concepts easy to digest and apply.
• TK Angle: We love the emphasis on water capture, soil health, and layered planting — all core to Mediterranean, drought-aware gardening and long-term resilience.

Proven Finishing Touches
• Trusted by Readers: Consistently high ratings, including about 4.8/5 on Amazon and ~4.4/5 on Goodreads, signaling lasting value for home gardeners.
• Endorsed by Big Thinkers: Praised by Bill McKibben and Paul Stamets for its message of working with nature, not against it.
• Specs That Matter: Trade paperback, 328 pages, with color photos and illustrations that make planning and building plant guilds straightforward.

Why We Love It
At Tough Kraut, this is one of those dog-eared books that actually changes how you see your land. It encourages small, smart experiments that fit a busy life and a real budget. The focus on stacking functions — soil building, habitat, food, and water management — matches how we design in a dry, Mediterranean climate. Whether you have a balcony or a budding food forest, it nudges you toward a garden that gives back more every season.

Get Yours Now
Ready to design a resilient, low-maintenance garden that feeds your crew and the local pollinators? Gaia’s Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture, 2nd Edition is available from Chelsea Green and on Amazon in your region.

Specifications
• Author: Toby Hemenway
• Publisher / Year: Chelsea Green Publishing, 2009
• Format: Trade paperback, illustrated, color photos
• Page Count: 328 pages
• Trim Size: 20.3 × 25.4 cm (8 × 10 in)
• Typical Product Dimensions: 25.1 × 20.1 × 2.0 cm (9.9 × 7.9 × 0.8 in)
• Weight: 0.75 kg (1.65 lb)
• ISBN-13: 9781603580298