{"product_id":"gardening-in-summer-dry-climates-plants-for-a-lush-water-conscious-landscape-paperback","title":"Gardening in Summer-Dry Climates: Plants for a Lush, Water-Conscious Landscape - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNora Harlow\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSaxon Holt\u003c\/b\u003e (Photographer)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDry summer, wet winter climate? This is your must have plant guide. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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, \u003ci\u003eGardening in Summer-Dry Climates\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eNora Harlow is a landscape architect and gardener with wide-ranging experience in the summer-dry climates of California. She was assistant editor of \u003ci\u003ePacific Horticulture\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003ePlants and Landscapes for Summer-Dry Climates of the Bay Area\u003c\/i\u003e, co-editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Pacific Horticulture Book of Western Gardening\u003c\/i\u003e, and co-editor of \u003ci\u003eWild Lilies, Irises, and Grasses\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003eSaxon 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 \u003ci\u003eArchitectural Digest\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePacific Horticulture\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, to \u003ci\u003eSmithsonian \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eMoney\u003c\/i\u003e magazines.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 308\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 10.4 x 7.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 05, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770835829024,"sku":"9781604699128","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/7d37a2b40caa34914eeca3416ff5beb1.webp?v=1780379126","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/gardening-in-summer-dry-climates-plants-for-a-lush-water-conscious-landscape-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}