Product Description

The fact that our urban forests have been propagated with male-clones is a crime on two counts: male plants are the pollen-producing offenders and without female plants to absorb pollen, allergenic pollen counts are on the rise. Here, horticulturalist Thomas Leo Ogren explores this issue, as well as many other allergy-related, socio-environmental topics: organic gardening; protecting pets against allergies; handling allergy-related stress; and global warming's effects on allergies.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #752546 in Books
• Published on: 2004-03-01
• Released on: 2004-03-01
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 213 pages

From the Publisher
•Forty years ago, only 5 percent of Americans suffered from allergies; today, that number has grown to a whopping 38 percent!

•ALLERGY-FREE GARDENING has sold over 10,000 copies.

About the Author
THOMAS LEO OGREN is a former landscape gardening instructor and nursery owner and is the creator of the Ogren Plant Allergy Scale (OPALSTM), the first plant-allergy ranking system now used by the USDA. He lives with his family in San Luis Obispo, California.

Customer Reviews

Another great book!
Anyone who has read Tom Ogren's book "Allergy Free Gardening" knows it is the bible of all allergy books. I recommend this book just as highly -- Ogren's scientific, common-sense approach to allergies is something that will benefit anyone with allergies, and anyone who has friends or relatives with allergies. I very highly recommend both of these books!!

A must read
Safe Sex in the Garden should be required reading for anybody that is in any way involved with making decisions on what plants will be part of both our public and private spaces. Statistics only confirm how pervasive allergies are in the Los Angeles area and the toll this condition takes on the quality of our daily lives and work. I wish for full disclosure from plant growers regarding the potential health impact of the supposed convenience of this cultivars and more widespread knowledge on what company each plant should keep. Thank you. This book could improve the lives of many of us.

Fascinating - not dry reading at all
You have to love a book with a title like this. You might think a book about allergies and plant sex would be dull, but Ogren's writing style is lively and he knows how to convey information in a fun way. I wish he'd been my science teacher in high school! Everyone who's thinking about doing some landscaping, or has allergies, should read this. I know it's made me think more carefully about what I plant.