Gardening with a wild heart : : restoring California's native landscapes at home / / Judith Larner Lowry.
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| Place / Publishing House: | Berkeley : : University of California Press,, [1999] 1999 |
| Year of Publication: | 1999 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (280 pages) :; colored illustrations |
| Notes: | Second paper printing 2007. |
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Table of Contents:
- Part I Beginnings
- 1 Gardening at the Seam 3
- Part II Tipping the Balance in a Native Direction
- 2 Planning Back-Yard Restoration Gardens 23
- 3 Design Thoughts, Principles, and Guidelines 35
- 4 In the Changeful Garden 55
- 5 Examples of Back-Yard Restoration Gardens 65
- Part III Doing the Real Work
- 6 Along the Flower Trail 77
- 7 The Land Wore a Tufted Mantle: The Challenge of Our Native Bunchgrasses 104
- 8 To See All the Colors, to Hear All the Songs: Problems of Exotic Pest Plants 123
- 9 Wildland Seed Harvest 145
- 10 Seed Propagation and Planting Techniques 153
- Part IV Resources for the Back-Yard Restoration Gardener
- 11 Naturalists and Field Trips 171
- 12 Tools and Tricks of the Trade 192
- Part V Restoration and Community
- 13 In My Town 209.