What if the solution to environmental decline begins right outside your door?

In Rebuilding Nature: Yard by Yard, Edith Andersen invites listeners to rethink the modern lawn and rediscover the quiet power of creating landscapes that support life. Blending personal reflection, ecological insight, and practical guidance, this hopeful and accessible book shows how ordinary homeowners can help restore biodiversity one yard at a time.

From native plants and pollinators to healthy soil and birdsong, Andersen reveals the hidden relationships that make ecosystems thrive— and explains why even small changes matter. Listeners will learn how lawns became ecological deserts, how the soil food web supports life beneath our feet, and how simple choices in our own landscapes can create habitat, absorb water, support wildlife, and reconnect us to the living world.

Rather than promoting perfection, Rebuilding Nature: Yard by Yard encourages progress: plant one native species, reclaim a small patch for life, reduce chemicals, and begin participating in nature rather than merely observing its decline.

Warm, reflective, and deeply encouraging, this book is for gardeners, homeowners, nature lovers, bird enthusiasts, and anyone longing to create a more meaningful relationship with the earth— beginning at home.