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Elegantly organized by season, this lyrical yet practical guide to backyard restoration gardening celebrates the beauty, the challenges, and the rewards of growing native plants at home. Judith Larner Lowry, winner of the prestigious John Burroughs award, here builds on themes from her best-selling Gardening with a Wild Heart, which introduced restoration gardening as a new way of thinking about land and people. Drawing on her experiences in her own garden, Lowry of… More >>
The Landscaping Ideas of Jays: A Natural History of the Backyard Restoration Garden
Tags: Backyard, challenges, Garden, History, Ideas, Jays, john burroughs, judith larner lowry, Landscaping, landscaping ideas, larner, native plants, Natural, natural history, practical guide, Restoration, rewards, wild heart
#1 by T. Burd on May 13, 2010 - 11:25 am
This is an exquisite book. Each chapter is an essay on some aspect of native gardening — the role of woody debris in forests, backyard quail havens, dedications to the pioneers of native preservation gardening, and many more, each essay is so beautifully and eloquently written. I am inspired and sometimes laughing out loud at the clever, fascinating pieces. I even stole out of bed at 1 am with a flashlight to see exactly what kind of clarkia I had planted in the yard! (incidentally these were seeds I’d ordered previously from Larner’s). I am very appreciative of this movement to preserve the native species of California. Having lived here for over 20 years, I had done many miles of hiking and biking, but never gave native flora a thought until I became the steward of a plot of dried up grass with the usual mismash of exotic plantings. I am in the process of converting the whole thing to permeable hardscape and native plants (all diy). One of these days, I am going to play hooky and drive from the south bay up to Larner’s! Thank you for a lovely and inspiring book.
Rating: 5 / 5