Great news: Energy-Wise Landscape Design received top billing in the "Noteworthy" column of Landscape Architecture Magazine's book review section (June). This is the first professional recognition of the book's value not just to homeowners and gardeners but also to landscape architects and designers. Very gratifying!

Come to my book-signing at Boswells Books in Shelburne Falls, May 2 at 2 PM. Boswells is a great indie bookstore that features lots of local authors.

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Many people who've bought this book have then come back to buy another one (or two), to give to their friend, boss, colleague, sister, mother, etc. One person even got a second copy to give to his landscaper!

Here's a lovely review, by ForeWord Reviews, posted March 18:

ENERGY-WISE LANDSCAPE DESIGN: A NEW APPROACH FOR YOUR HOME AND GARDEN by Sue Reed (New Society Publishers, 293 pages, softcover, $29.95, 978-0-86571-653-7): If you want to "go green," you have to do more than just plant a garden. Reed instructs both veteran and prospective landscapers on how to maximize the efficiency of their landscapes, as well as how to save time, money, and energy, while preserving the natural beauty of the environment. Topics range from capturing light, wind, and geothermal energy, to "Creating Healthy Working Ecosystems." The suggestions within this book are broken down with subheadings, diagrams, and photographs, making this comprehensive guide as efficient as the techniques it proposes.

Sue's book, Energy-Wise Landscape Design, is now for sale in bookstores and online. To learn more about the book, and to order a signed copy from the author, please visit www.energywiselandscape.com.

Sue's book is now available for pre-order on Amazon, Barnes & Noble or from the publisher, at a discounted price until March 1, 2010. To learn more about the book, visit www.energywiselandscape.com.

Look for Sue Reed's new book, Energy-Wise Landscape Design, from New Society Publishers (available in March 2010).

This book explains how to create landscapes specifically for the purpose of saving energy. Hundreds of practical tips enable readers to both lower their home's operating costs and reduce the amount of fuel that's consumed in the construction, care and everyday use of their landscapes. And because the book is written by an experienced landscape architect, its ideas also help make landscapes more comfortable, livable and beautiful.

Energy-Wise Landscape Design:

• Combines technical explanations and design suggestions.
• Provides general guidelines supported by practical methods for achieving them.
• Includes many ideas that cost little or nothing to implement.
• Applies to a wide range of regions and landscape types.
• Is written in a comfortable, conversational style, using easy, non-technical language.
• Includes steps for saving both large and small amounts of energy.
• Provides abundant how-to details without getting bogged down in numbers, dimensions and calculations.