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Zusatztext “A must-have for any California gardener who wants a little color and interest in the landscape.” — Garden Design Online “Detailed plant descriptions are paired with honed advice for planting and care in garden settings.” — San Diego Home and Garden “There are a lot of practical and ecological reasons to turn your landscape into a way station and home for bees. In fact! the list of advantages is so compelling it may dramatically change how you see and use the space around your home.” — The Press Democrat “Lucy Warren! co-author of The Drought-Defying California Garden ! believes that emulating nature by using drought-tolerant plants is the productive way to grow! especially in Mediterranean climates.” — The Associated Press “This well-written! well-illustrated! well-designed book is an excellent introduction to creating attractive! sustainable landscapes with native plants that greatly reduce water use.” — Choice Magazine “An indispensable guide to growing native plants culled from years of hands-on experience” — San Diego Home and Garden “A wealth of information based on the authors’ many years of experience in the field. . . . The practical information shared by Rubin and Warren is what makes this book so useful for anybody who is considering installing a California native garden. . . . simply follow their recommendations.” — Succulents and More Informationen zum Autor Greg Rubin is the president and founder of California’s Own Native Landscape Design, Inc. working as a licensed landscape contractor after leaving a career in aerospace engineering. Rubin designs residential, commercial, and institutional landscapes and has been featured in many outlets including the Wall Street Journal, San Diego Union Tribune, Los Angeles Times, Sunset, San Diego Home and Garden, California Garden, Kiplinger’s, MSNBC, and NPR. Learn more at calown.com. Lucy Warren is a longtime regional gardening professional 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 Horticulture Society, a UCCE Master Gardener, and a horticulture chair on the board of Friends of Balboa Park. She is a sought-after speaker and expert on native plants and sustainable landscaping. Klappentext Grow a stunning garden with less water! Home landscapes that require copious amounts of water simply aren’t an option anymore. But that doesn’t mean you have to settle for barren expanses of rock mulch or artificial turf. California native plants can create a lush, wildlife-friendly landscape that requires minimal irrigation once it’s established. Learn which plants will work best in your yard, how to get them established, and how to keep them looking great all year long. Vorwort The Drought-Defying California Garden offers gardeners in the Golden State everything they need to get started on a new type of garden using the minimum amount of water. Introduction California is in a state of crisis. Persistent drought has drawn down water supplies and the reliability of future precipitation is uncertain. Water, the precious source of life, can no longer be taken for granted and must be utilized wisely—nowhere more so than in the landscape. But Californians have always been pioneers, embracing change and exploring innovative new directions and solutions, and this wake-up call to the limits of our natural resources is an opportunity to create beautiful, lush, native landscapes in tune with nature. Californians can shed their old habits of neighborhoods lined with turf lawns and create interesting, beautiful landscape...
