The secret behind a successful planting - the assessment of the site conditions
The assessment of the site conditions -The secret behind a successful planting The process of building a garden starts with a very important step and that is the assessment of the site and the soil. Therefore if you are planning to build your garden and you have a potential site for your project then you need to follow some important steps just to be sure that you are choosing the best design and plants for your site conditions. According to William Thompson in his book "Sustainable landscape construction: a guide to green building outdoors" it is very important to assess the site for the garden as healthy or not, and to treat it accordingly. The sites that are healthy are characterized by the following: •They support strong ecosystems and high biodiversity. •They are not dominated by species imported there by humans. •They are essentially self-maintaining, not dependent on outside resources supplied by people. •Their species are reproducing at normal rates. In order
