The California Native Landscape: The Homeowner's Design Guide to Restoring Its Beauty and Balance
Not a rock goes unturned. ... They clearly explain — and spread — their passion for native landscapes.
Los Angeles Times
Water shortages and water rationing are commonplace throughout California, rendering expanses of lawn and thirsty, nonnative plants unsustainable. Unfortunately, these remain the most popular choices for homeowners for two main reasons: the misconception that native plants are more difficult and the false assumption that exotic plants are more beautiful than their native counterparts.
The California Native Landscape addresses both concerns by teaching homeowners how to succeed with natives and showing them how lush, colorful, and thriving their landscape can be. The authors stress the importance of smart garden design and combining the right plants to promote the natural symbiosis that occurs within plant communities. This new book also has cutting-edge information on the crucial role that natives play in creating fire-resistant landscapes, refuting the myth that natives are more fire-prone than nonnatives.
With its unique combination of proven techniques, environmental wisdom, and inspiring design advice, this is an essential resource for all California gardeners who want to create a beautiful, ecologically appropriate, and resource-conserving home landscape.
- Format: Hardcover
- Pages: 304 pp.
- Book dimensions: 7 x 9½ in. (240 x 180 mm.)
- Images: 265 color photos, 10 drawings
- ISBN-10: 1604692324
- ISBN-13: 9781604692327
- Product code: 689232
Media reviews
"Not a rock goes unturned in [this book]. ... They clearly explain — and spread — their passion for native landscapes."
—Los Angeles Times
About the authors
Greg Rubin
Greg Rubin is the owner of California’s Own Native Landscape Design, a recognized leader in the field of native plant design, which specializes in creating stable, sustainable, ornamental, low-input gardens with substantial habitat and wildlife value. Greg's business has been the subject of articles in Kiplinger's, the Wall Street Journal, and the Los Angeles Times.
Lucy Warren
Lucy Warren is a longtime regional garden writer in Southern California. She has written for many local and national publications, including a regular gardening column in the San Diego Union-Tribune. She has also been editor for California Garden magazine. She is a life member of the San Diego Horticultural Society and serves on the board of the Pacific Horticulture Society.
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