Natural by Design: Beauty and Balance in Southwest Gardens: Beauty and Balance in Southwest Gardens

by Judith Phillips

Book Overview

Landscape gardening involves a partnership between gardener and environment and an understanding of why and how plants grow where they do. This title takes the reader on an illustrated garden tour... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0890132771
• ISBN13: 9780890132777
• Release Date: May 1995
• Publisher: Museum of New Mexico Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 9.7" x 10.0"

Customer Reviews

Gardening through for a drought

Albeit I could not address the design ideas from this book into my own landscape conversion because of the archictectual design of my home. I have a number of "natural" gardeners that have embraced this book and the ideas it offers. This book will help fill in the need for beauty and plant ideas in the coming drought years. This is a sister book to "Plants for Natural Gardens: Southwestern Native & Adaptive Trees, Shrubs, Wildflowers & Grasses".

Natural By Design

This is truly a remarkable book. The wide scope and depth of thought of Judith Phillips' writing are amazing. It is by far the best gardening book ever. Reading it will open your mind and your heart to the beauty of the natural world of gardening. Thank you for this book.

from a new mexico gardener...

Of the many books I've read on southwest gardening, this was the most rewarding. I learned so much about native and adaptive plants that are suited to our climate and growing conditions here in the southwest. Also about the different "microclimates" that determine proper location of particular plants in the garden so they will thrive. After applying the valuable information from this book to my own gardening efforts I see miraculous results! This book is a MUST for New Mexico gardeners interested in beautiful, water conservative plants.