Designing California Native Gardens: The Plant Community Approach to Artful, Ecological Gardens.
U.C. Press, 04/07. Item #22940 From the Publisher: Inspirational, practical, and easy to use, this book was created with the aim 342 pages, paperback. University of California Press (April 2007)
ISBN: 9780520251106
of conveying the awesome diversity and beauty of California's native plants and
demonstrating how they can be brought into ecologically sound, attractive,
workable, and artful gardens. Structured around major California plant
communities--bluffs, redwoods, the Channel Islands, coastal scrub, grasslands,
deserts, oak woodlands, mixed evergreen woodlands, riparian, chaparral, mountain
meadows, and wetlands--the book's twelve chapters each include sample plans for
a native garden design accompanied by original drawings, color photographs, a
plant list, tips on successful gardening with individual species, and more. Both
residential and professional gardeners will learn the benefits of going native
with gardens that require less water and fewer fertilizers, attract wildlife,
engage the senses, create a sense of place, and, at the same time, preserve our
rich natural heritage. Designing Native California Gardens includes:
and residential native gardens
Price: $38.95