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Ratings and Reviews for Books & DVDs: Sustainable Landscaping
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Sunset Western Garden Book
Gardeners throughout the region will be welcoming a thoroughly updated and fresh-looking 8th edition of the "bible of Western gardening." With a new, easy-to-read design, more plant photography, larger illustrations, and more than 8,000 plant listings--500 of them new--it's THE essential book for gardeners in the Western states. Average Price: $30.00
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The Xeriscape Flower Gardner
Xeriscaping focuses on reducing water use. But you don't have to sacrifice color in your garden! ARP: $15
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Dry-Land Gardening
Dry-landing gardening does NOT = ugly gardening. ARP: $10
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Beth Chatto's Gravel Garden
A wonderful guide to drought-resistant planting. ARP: $25
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Xeriscape Plant Guide
ARP: $20
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Xeriscape Color Guide
Xeriscaping focuses on reducing water use. But you don't have to sacrifice color in your garden! ARP: $15
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Southwestern Landscaping with Native Plants
Plants native to the Southwest are naturally drought-tolerant-- and gorgeous. ARP: $23
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Gardening the Mediterranean Way: How to Create a Waterwise, Drought-Tolerant Garden
ARP: $25
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1001 All-natural Secrets to a Pest-free Property
You don't have to poison your yard to keep it pest free. ARP: $22
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The Organic Gardener's Handbook of Natural Insect and Disease Control
Keep bugs away and keep your plants organic and beautiful. ARP: $15
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California Native Plants For The Garden
An authoritative reference on California gardening, with detailed advice on landscape design, installation, watering, pruning, and pest control. (From Los Angeles Times January 2006 review) MSRP: $27.95
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Xeriscape Handbook
The Xeriscape Handbook will help gardeners and landscape designers at all levels to understand landscaping from the plant's point of view and to save water in the process.To help people make the best choices, Weinstein's book provides plenty of good information about the environment and on why plants grow where they do. The book tells you how to organize plant groups according to their needs for water, sunlight, etc. to achieve what Weinsten calls "a compatible alliance among the garden, landscape, and natural world." ARP: $18
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Xeriscape Colorado
A great guide to water-wise landscaping tailored to the Colorado environment. ARP: $20
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Rain Gardens: Managing Water Sustainably in the Garden and Designed Landscape
Rain gardens encompass all possible elements that can be used to capture, channel, divert and make the most of the rain and snow that fall on a property. Using the innovative and attractive approaches described here, it is possible to enhance outdoor spaces and minimize the damaging effects of drought, stormwater runoff, and other environmental challenges. Nigel Dunnett & Andy Clayden have created a comprehensive guide to water management techniques for the garden and built environment. Filled with practical, manageable solutions for small and large-scale implementations and utilizing authoritative research with state-of-the-art case studies from all over the world, Rain Gardens is the first book on sustainable water management schemes suitable for students and professionals. $24
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