Gardening in Summer-Dry Climates

Plants for a Lush, Water-Conscious Landscape

Nora Harlow, Saxon Holt

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Timber Press
05 January 2021

Gardening: plants

Dry summer, wet winter climate? This is your must have plant guide.

Selecting plants suited to your climate is the first step toward a thriving, largely self-sustaining garden that connects with and supports the natural world. With gentle and compelling text and stunning photographs of plants in garden settings, Gardening in Summer-Dry Climates by Nora Harlow and Saxon Holt is a guide to native and climate-adapted plants for summer-dry, winter-wet climates of North America's Pacific coast. Knowing what these climates share and how and why they differ, you can choose to make gardens that maintain and expand local and regional biodiversity, take little from the earth that is not returned, and welcome and accommodate the presence of wildlife. With global warming, it is now even more critical that we garden in tune with climate.

By: Nora Harlow
Illustrated by: Saxon Holt
Imprint: Timber Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 266mm, Width: 202mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 960g
ISBN: 9781604699128
ISBN 10: 1604699124
Pages: 308
Publication Date: 05 January 2021
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Nora Harlow is a landscape architect and gardener with wide-ranging experience in the summer-dry climates of California. She was assistant editor of Pacific Horticulture magazine for many years and supervisor of water conservation for the East Bay Municipal Utility District in Oakland, where she designed low-water landscapes for District facilities. She is the author of Plants and Landscapes for Summer-Dry Climates of the Bay Area, co-editor of The Pacific Horticulture Book of Western Gardening, and co-editor of Wild Lilies, Irises, and Grasses.Saxon Holt is a photojournalist who has spent more than 40 years exploring Kingdom Plantae and the fundamental importance of plants to the health of the planet. A lifelong gardener, he abandoned commercial photography when he discovered garden publishers and could no longer stay in a studio. His work has been featured in diverse publications, from Architectural Digest and Pacific Horticulture magazine, to Smithsonian and Money magazines.

Reviews for Gardening in Summer-Dry Climates: Plants for a Lush, Water-Conscious Landscape

The authors' gentle plea to welcome a little wildness into our gardens is a timely and powerful message for all gardeners and landscape designers. Make room on your shelf for this beautiful new book. --Carol Bornstein, director of the Nature Gardens, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County An outstanding and beautiful contribution to horticultural literature on summer-dry gardening along the West Coast and beyond. --Bart O'Brien, director, Regional Parks Botanic Garden With stunning images and insightful text, Harlow and Holt ask us to embrace and celebrate our dry season with grace. --David Fross, owner, Native Sons Wholesale Nursery The authors' clearly written text and Holt's detailed and stunning photographs combine to create an informative guide for gardeners who hope to cultivate a lush landscape that minimizes their footprint on Garden Earth. --The Oregonian A highly valuable guide to plants and planting design that would be useful in many regions of the country. --Landscape Architecture An authoritative guide to planting and maintaining mostly native gardens that use minimal water, expand biodiversity, and delight the eye. A welcome addition to the canon of mindful gardening. --Sunset From shrubs and flowers to succulents, grasses, and herbs, this book packs in all the recommended hardy plants a gardener could want. This makes it a snap to not just choose the best plant, but incorporate it into the right landscape choices. --Donovan's Bookshelf A solid plant guide, beautifully highlighted by Holt's stunning photographs... a must-have book for your collection. --The Designer