The Wild & Free Garden

The Wild & Free Garden is your guide to creating a stunning outdoor space using nothing but found materials, free resources, community connections, and your own creativity.

Money is tight for millions of homeowners who want a beautiful outdoor living space but don't have the budget to create it. Here's where author Stephanie Rose of @garden_therapy comes to the rescue by providing ideas and insight for building the backyard of your dreams with zero monetary investment. She's perfected the recipe for resourceful, eco-chic gardening using freely available materials coupled with a splash of ingenuity and dash of DIY inspiration.

In The Wild & Free Garden you'll learn how to:

Embrace a zero-cost gardening lifestyle for a stylish, sustainable yardDevelop a sharing economy mindset and learn where to find the free resources you need Identify community partners and programs for sourcing both information and materials Repurpose furniture, architectural salvage, and hardscaping materials Find free mulch and soil amendmentsStart a composting collective for neighbors and other community members Save seeds and propagate plants for your own use or for a plant swap Collaborate with neighbors to share plant care, build a greenhouse, or set up a rainwater collection systemImplement a community tool-lending library, seed exchange, or group purchases of bulk items Plus, a dozen step-by-step illustrated DIY projects help you do everything from building a patio or arbor to setting up solar-powered garden lighting.

More than just a gardening book, this is an invitation to join a movement that's cultivating not just plants, but also stronger communities and a more sustainable world-all without spending a penny.