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Glenn Keator and Alrie Middlebrook
Designing California Native Gardens
The Plant Community Approach to Artful, Ecological Gardens
$70.00, £40.95 hardcover
978-0-520-23978-4
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$29.95, £17.95 paperback
978-0-520-25110-6
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352 pages, 7x 10 inches, 347 color illustrations, 17 line illustrations
June 2007, Available worldwide
Categories: Natural History; Plants; Gardening; California & the West
June 2007, Available worldwide
Categories: Natural History; Plants; Gardening; California & the West
"Gorgeous"—San Bernardino Sun
"A worthy addition to the genre, providing another perspective on gardening with natives. . . . This is much more than the how-to book its title suggests. . . . Gardeners, native plant lovers, and novices curious about native plant horticulture can all enjoy and learn from this book."—Bay Nature
"Visionary . . . an ambitious and complex book that offers, in a variety of ways, a strong rationale for using natural vegetation communities as models for designing California native gardens."—Pacific Horticulture
"Just looking at the photographs of the more than 600 native species recommended for gardeners will inspire a person."—Placerville Mountain Democrat
"Keator is one of our native plant gurus and the author of several bibles on California gardening."—Petaluma Argus-courier
"This terrific new book that not only tells you all about hundreds of these beautiful plants but —most important — how and where to deploy them to great effect."—Oakland Tribune
"When you've had a taste of California native plants and want more, you'll want the new book by Glenn Keator and Alrie Middlebrook."—Ron Sullivan, Joe Eaton, San Francisco Chronicle
"A worthy addition to the genre, providing another perspective on gardening with natives. . . . This is much more than the how-to book its title suggests. . . . Gardeners, native plant lovers, and novices curious about native plant horticulture can all enjoy and learn from this book."—Bay Nature
"Visionary . . . an ambitious and complex book that offers, in a variety of ways, a strong rationale for using natural vegetation communities as models for designing California native gardens."—Pacific Horticulture
"Just looking at the photographs of the more than 600 native species recommended for gardeners will inspire a person."—Placerville Mountain Democrat
"Keator is one of our native plant gurus and the author of several bibles on California gardening."—Petaluma Argus-courier
"This terrific new book that not only tells you all about hundreds of these beautiful plants but —most important — how and where to deploy them to great effect."—Oakland Tribune
"When you've had a taste of California native plants and want more, you'll want the new book by Glenn Keator and Alrie Middlebrook."—Ron Sullivan, Joe Eaton, San Francisco Chronicle
"An excellent how-to book on California native plant landscaping . . . with plans, photographs, and plant lists which are sure to fire the imagination of any gardener."—Arvind Kumar, California Native Plant Society
Inspirational, practical, and easy to use, this book was created with the aim 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:
* More than 600 selected native species recommended for the garden
* More than 300 photographs of native plants, natural plant communities, and residential native gardens
* Recommended places to visit for viewing each plant community
Designing Native California Gardens includes:
* More than 600 selected native species recommended for the garden
* More than 300 photographs of native plants, natural plant communities, and residential native gardens
* Recommended places to visit for viewing each plant community
Gardening with a Wild Heart: Restoring California's Native Landscapes at Home, by Judith Larner Lowry
Hardy Californians: A Woman's Life with Native Plants, New, expanded edition, by Lester Rowntree
Native Treasures: Gardening With the Plants of California, by M. Nevin Smith
Introduction to Trees of the San Francisco Bay Region, by Glenn Keator
The California Landscape Garden: Ecology, Culture, and Design, by Mark Francis and Andreas Reimann
Growing California Native Plants, by Marjorie G. Schmidt
Hardy Californians: A Woman's Life with Native Plants, New, expanded edition, by Lester Rowntree
Native Treasures: Gardening With the Plants of California, by M. Nevin Smith
Introduction to Trees of the San Francisco Bay Region, by Glenn Keator
The California Landscape Garden: Ecology, Culture, and Design, by Mark Francis and Andreas Reimann
Growing California Native Plants, by Marjorie G. Schmidt