Designing California Native Gardens
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Author_Alrie Middlebrook
Author_Glenn Keator
beauty of plant life
bluffs
california
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channel islands
chaparral
coastal scrub
deserts
diversity of plant life
easy to use guide
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gardening
gardens
grasslands
inspirational
mixed evergreen woodlands
mountain meadows
native garden design
native gardening
native gardens
native plants
natural plant communities
oak woodlands
plants
plants from california
practical guide
professional gardeners
redwoods
residential gardeners
residential native gardens
riparian
wetlands
Product details
- ISBN 9780520251106
- Weight: 1043g
- Dimensions: 178 x 254mm
- Publication Date: 04 Jun 2007
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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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; and, recommended places to visit for viewing each plant community.
Glenn Keator, a California plant specialist, is author of Introduction to Trees of the San Francisco Bay Area (UC Press), The Life of an Oak, Plants of the East Bay Parks, and Complete Garden Guide to the Native Perennials of California. Alrie Middlebrook is the founder and president of Middlebrook Gardens in San Jose, California, a design company that specializes in California native gardens. She is author of Eating California. They have been hiking California and teaching classes on California native plants for thirteen years.
