Gardening with a Wild Heart : Restoring California's Native Landscapes at Home.

Gardening with a Wild Heart : Restoring California's Native Landscapes at Home.

Judith Lowry's voice and experiences make a rich matrix for essays that include discussions of wildflower gardening, the ecology of native grasses, wildland seed-collecting, principles of natural design, and plant/animal interactions. This lyrical and articulate mix of the practical and the poe...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lowry, Judith Larner
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2007.
Edition:2nd ed.
Subjects:
Native plant gardening > California.
Native plants for cultivation > California.
Landscape gardening > California.
GARDENING > Essays.
GARDENING > Reference.
GARDENING > Vegetables.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Horticulture.
NATURE > Plants > General.
Landscape gardening
Native plant gardening
Native plants for cultivation
California
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I: Beginnings; 1. Gardening at the Seam; Part II: Tipping the Balance in a Native Direction; 2. Planning Back-Yard Restoration Gardens; 3. Design Thoughts, Principles, and Guidelines; 4. In the Changeful Garden; 5. Examples of Back-Yard Restoration Gardens; Part III: Doing the Real Work; 6. Along the Flower Trail; 7. The Land Wore a Tufted Mantle: The Challenge of our Native Bunchgrasses; 8. To See All the Colors, to Hear all the Songs: Problems of Exotic Pest Plants; 9. Wildland Seed Harvest.
  • 10. Seed Propagation and Planting TechniquesPart IV: Resources for the Back-Yard Restoration Gardener; 11. Naturalists and Field Trips; 12. Tools and Tricks of the Trade; Part V: Restoration and Community; 13. In my Town; Resources; Notes; Recommended Reading; Index.

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