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This revolutionary approach to combating allergens combines the best of Ogren's previous books--Allergy-Free Gardening and Safe Sex in the Garden--into a new full-color package, including hundreds of new and updated plant listings and photographs.

Table of Contents

Foreword by David A. Stadtner, MD 
Introduction 
Part I: Creating an Allergy-Fighting Garden
One: Botanical Sexism and Our Current Allergy Crisis 
Two: How to Fight Allergies Close to Home 
Three: Understanding Plant Sex and Its Importance in Allergies 
Four: Allergy-Blocking Hedges 
five: Eliminating Allergy-Causing Mold Spores 
six: Fighting Allergies in Your Neighborhood and City 
Part II: The Allergy-Fighting Plants
seven: Understanding OPALS 
eight: Using the A to Z Plant Listings 
nine: A to Z Plant Listings with OPALS Allergy Rankings 
Glossary of Horticultural Terms 
Recommended Reading 
Useful Websites 
Pollen Calendar 
USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map 
Acknowledgments 
About the Author 
Index

About the Author

THOMAS LEO OGREN has a master's degree in agricultural science and is the creator of the Ogren Plant Allergy Scale (OPALS), a plant-allergy ranking system now used by the United States Department of Agriculture. He is a horticulturist and allergy researcher as well as a former landscape gardening instructor, nursery owner, and gardening radio show host. He lives in San Luis Obispo, California.

Reviews

"Should be on the shelf of every serious gardener....Ogren has made a valuable contribution to our good health, and now it is up to us to put the information to work." --David A. Stadtner, MD, from the foreword