Description

Find out the best ways to invite friendly, helpful bugs to your garden, and boot out harmful, invasive creepy crawlies. No toxic pesticides or dangerous chemicals required.

About the Author

Dr. Mary Margaret Gardiner is an assistant professor of entomology and extension school instructor at Ohio State University. As such, she works not only with undergraduate and graduate students, but with hundreds of backyard gardeners, community gardeners, and small farmers to teach them about working with beneficial insects to improve their crops. Her specialty is beneficial insects, and she is the go-to expert on them, having been quoted on them in such non-academic publications Mother Earth News and the Columbus Dispatch. She is also a well-respected researcher and very connected in the entomology community. She is a member of the International Organization for Biological Control of Noxious Animals and Plants, the Ecological Society of America, the Entomological Society of America, the International Association for Landscape Ecology, and the Society for Conservation Biology. She has served as associate editor of Environmental Entomology and as ad hoc editor of Biological Control, Great Lakes Entomologist, Ecological Applications, and Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. She contributed chapters to the textbook Integrated Pest Management (Cambridge University Press 2011), and she is the author or coauthor of many technical bulletins and reports aimed at farmers and gardeners.

Praise For…

"I received the book yesterday and it is beautiful! I think it's the best garden bug book I have ever seen." - Editor, Garden Therapy

"Gardeners looking for environmentally friendly ways to care for their yard and garden will find this a helpful resource. This book is science-based and yet very approachable. The book has a thorough index ready to help if classification orders are not your way of thinking. The book has a striking layout and feels wonderful in your hand. The sturdy pages should hold up to some outdoor wear. If you're a gardener looking to improve pest management and the ecology of your space, this is your book." - Joy Landis, Michigan State University Integrated Pest Management