Gaia's Garden  ## Metadata - Author: [[To Hemenway]] | [[3. Resources/Authors/To Hemenway|To Hemenway]] - Full Title: Gaia's Garden - Category: #books - Kindle: [Open in Kindle](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B005GLMASS) - Document Tags: [[Health]] ## Document Notes ## Highlights - Opportunistic plants crave disturbance, and they love edges. ([Location 441](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B005GLMASS&location=441)) - For our purposes, biodiversity means having a semiwild but well-designed palette of useful plants that will attract and sustain the helpful insects, birds, and other animals we need. ([Location 748](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B005GLMASS&location=748)) - To attract helpful insects, we could plant bee balm, which also makes a delicious tea, fills the air with minty fragrance, and offers a colorful pink-to-red flower. ([Location 758](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B005GLMASS&location=758)) - every part of the garden does more than just one thing. ([Location 892](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B005GLMASS&location=892))