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9781607744917

The Allergy-fighting Garden: Stop Asthma and Allergies With Smart Landscaping

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  • ISBN13:

    9781607744917

  • ISBN10:

    1607744910

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2015-02-17
  • Publisher: Random House Inc
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Summary

Breathe Easy with This Groundbreaking Gardening Guide 

If you are one of the millions of people with allergies or asthma, this totally unique book shows you how to avoid plants that trigger allergies and to create a garden that will actually protect you by trapping pollen and cleaning the air around you. This revolutionary approach combines the best of horticulturist Thomas Ogren’s previous books—Allergy-Free Gardening and Safe Sex in the Garden—into a full-color guide, including hundreds of new and updated plant listings and photographs.

Ogren’s innovative system for combating allergens is based on the crucial matter of plant sex. By replacing troublesome male plants in your yard with pollen-blocking female “pollen screens,” allergy sufferers can reduce or eliminate their symptoms. More than 3,000 plant listings are included, accompanied by an easy-to-use allergy ranking scale of 1 to 10. With many new pollen-free plants to choose from, as well as clearly marked “worst offenders” to avoid, this is the ultimate resource for home gardeners and professionals alike who want to build healthy, safe, and beautiful gardens that everyone can enjoy.

Author Biography

THOMAS LEO OGREN has a master’s degree in agricultural science and is the creator of the Ogren Plant Allergy Scale (OPALS), a plant-allergy ranking system now used by the United States Department of Agriculture. He is a horticulturist and allergy researcher as well as a former landscape gardening instructor, nursery owner, and gardening radio show host. He lives in San Luis Obispo, California.

Table of Contents

Foreword by David A. Stadtner, MD 
Introduction 
Part I: Creating an Allergy-Fighting Garden
One: Botanical Sexism and Our Current Allergy Crisis 
Two: How to Fight Allergies Close to Home 
Three: Understanding Plant Sex and Its Importance in Allergies 
Four: Allergy-Blocking Hedges 
five: Eliminating Allergy-Causing Mold Spores 
six: Fighting Allergies in Your Neighborhood and City 
Part II: The Allergy-Fighting Plants
seven: Understanding OPALS 
eight: Using the A to Z Plant Listings 
nine: A to Z Plant Listings with OPALS Allergy Rankings 
Glossary of Horticultural Terms 
Recommended Reading 
Useful Websites 
Pollen Calendar 
USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map 
Acknowledgments 
About the Author 
Index

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