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Edited by Phyllis M. Faber
California's Wild Gardens
A Guide to Favorite Botanical Sites
$35.95, £25.95 paperback
978-0-520-24031-5
Available Now
248 pages, 9 x 12 inches, 500 color photographs
March 2005, Available worldwide
Categories: Natural History; Ecology, Evolution, Environment; Conservation; Botany; California & the West
March 2005, Available worldwide
Categories: Natural History; Ecology, Evolution, Environment; Conservation; Botany; California & the West
"An extraordinarily beautiful book stuffed with photographs to make us appreciate what remains of California's natural habitat after decades of farming, logging and development. . . . Those concerned about preserving California's natural settings and native plants will find this book irresistible."—Dan Vierria, Sacramento Bee
"Wonderfully photographed and painstakingly researched. . . . California's Wild Gardens is largely a book of photos, but Faber folds in plenty of sidebars and short essays by botanists and ecologists. . . . With more than 6,000 varieties of native plants in California, there's a lot at stake, and the book captures this abundance magnificently."—Novella Carpenter, Bay Nature
"A real page turner. The text is easy to follow and even a nonreader would be enthralled by the gorgeous photos . . . [a] truly outstanding volume."—Marge Howard-Jones, California Garden
"In this lavishly illustrated new book, Phyllis M. Faber . . . presents us with a splendid showcase of California's native plants in their natural settings. This is the most wonderful collection of photographs on the California landscape that I have ever seen. Everything is represented in these pages. . . . Endangered plants, flourishing plants, exotic plants, and ordinary plants are all here, and in all of their magnificent beauty." —John A. Murray, Bloomsbury Review
"In this lavishly illustrated new book, Phyllis M. Faber . . . presents us with a splendid showcase of California's native plants in their natural settings. This is the most wonderful collection of photographs on the California landscape that I have ever seen. Everything is represented in these pages. . . . Endangered plants, flourishing plants, exotic plants, and ordinary plants are all here, and in all of their magnificent beauty." —Bloomsbury Review
"An introduction to California's botanical diversity showcases the splendid abundance of California's native plants in their natural settings, looking at more than one hundred unique sites throughout the state, along with their distinctive ecology and rare and common flora."—Paper Clips
"California's Wild Gardens covers more than 100 special sites mentioning rare plants in those areas and it is written by well-known botanist and ecologists. Exquisite color photographs show the terrain and native plant species unique in each area which makes your travels to see California more delightful. This year of promised abundant wildflowers after the many rain showers make it even more important to be able to name the wildflowers and this book with photos dedicated to various areas in California is fun and helpful in identifying these flowers accurately."—Joanne S. Carpender, National Garden Club
"It is an annotated guide to places suitable of being called botanical jewels in California's crown. . . . Perhaps, just as newly arrived residents need to learn the location of the Post Office and grocery store, this book could serve as a guide to the features of the new resident's surrounding landscape. . . . The layout design presents the colorful photos with skill and taste which, combined with quality printing, causes me to think of this as a coffee table book. It is not hard to understand the term 'wild gardens' in the title."—Norden H. Cheatham, Fremontia
"I wholeheartedly, unequivocally, and strongly recommend this fine and beautiful book. California's Wild Gardens: A Living Legacy is truly one of a kind and will be enjoyed by everyone interested in our state's native plants. "—Bart O'Brien, The Southern California Gardener
"This is the mother lode of California plant books, with many precious nuggets within its covers. . . .Let us hope that what remains of the diversity and beauty of our state's threatened natural gardens so sumptuously displayed and described here can be preserved. The book spells out convincingly how 'each of us can help in some small way to preserve California's rich botanical heritage.'"—Robert Ornduff, Fremontia
"Wonderfully photographed and painstakingly researched. . . . California's Wild Gardens is largely a book of photos, but Faber folds in plenty of sidebars and short essays by botanists and ecologists. . . . With more than 6,000 varieties of native plants in California, there's a lot at stake, and the book captures this abundance magnificently."—Novella Carpenter, Bay Nature
"A real page turner. The text is easy to follow and even a nonreader would be enthralled by the gorgeous photos . . . [a] truly outstanding volume."—Marge Howard-Jones, California Garden
"In this lavishly illustrated new book, Phyllis M. Faber . . . presents us with a splendid showcase of California's native plants in their natural settings. This is the most wonderful collection of photographs on the California landscape that I have ever seen. Everything is represented in these pages. . . . Endangered plants, flourishing plants, exotic plants, and ordinary plants are all here, and in all of their magnificent beauty." —John A. Murray, Bloomsbury Review
"In this lavishly illustrated new book, Phyllis M. Faber . . . presents us with a splendid showcase of California's native plants in their natural settings. This is the most wonderful collection of photographs on the California landscape that I have ever seen. Everything is represented in these pages. . . . Endangered plants, flourishing plants, exotic plants, and ordinary plants are all here, and in all of their magnificent beauty." —Bloomsbury Review
"An introduction to California's botanical diversity showcases the splendid abundance of California's native plants in their natural settings, looking at more than one hundred unique sites throughout the state, along with their distinctive ecology and rare and common flora."—Paper Clips
"California's Wild Gardens covers more than 100 special sites mentioning rare plants in those areas and it is written by well-known botanist and ecologists. Exquisite color photographs show the terrain and native plant species unique in each area which makes your travels to see California more delightful. This year of promised abundant wildflowers after the many rain showers make it even more important to be able to name the wildflowers and this book with photos dedicated to various areas in California is fun and helpful in identifying these flowers accurately."—Joanne S. Carpender, National Garden Club
"It is an annotated guide to places suitable of being called botanical jewels in California's crown. . . . Perhaps, just as newly arrived residents need to learn the location of the Post Office and grocery store, this book could serve as a guide to the features of the new resident's surrounding landscape. . . . The layout design presents the colorful photos with skill and taste which, combined with quality printing, causes me to think of this as a coffee table book. It is not hard to understand the term 'wild gardens' in the title."—Norden H. Cheatham, Fremontia
"I wholeheartedly, unequivocally, and strongly recommend this fine and beautiful book. California's Wild Gardens: A Living Legacy is truly one of a kind and will be enjoyed by everyone interested in our state's native plants. "—Bart O'Brien, The Southern California Gardener
"This is the mother lode of California plant books, with many precious nuggets within its covers. . . .Let us hope that what remains of the diversity and beauty of our state's threatened natural gardens so sumptuously displayed and described here can be preserved. The book spells out convincingly how 'each of us can help in some small way to preserve California's rich botanical heritage.'"—Robert Ornduff, Fremontia
"For more than a century the world has considered California the Garden of the West. The basis of this garden, of course, is nature herself, the wild garden of California. This glorious book, en route to becoming a classic, celebrates the first premise of California: nature, in all her bewildering variety and profusion."—Kevin Starr is the author of Americans and the California Dream and is the former California State Librarian
California's Wild Gardens showcases the splendid abundance of California's native plants in their natural settings—from foggy rain forests and rolling grasslands to high alpine meadows and parched deserts. The book offers a close-up look at more than one hundred special sites in the state, highlighting their distinctive ecology, the rare and unique plants found in them, and some of their more familiar botanical treasures. With its spectacular color photographs and lively writing by some of California's best biologists and ecologists, California's Wild Gardens is the perfect introduction to the state's remarkable botanical diversity. Like the best travel guides, it will inspire its readers to further explore California's natural heritage. In addition to illuminating California's botanical bounty, this book discusses threats facing the state's flora and describes protection efforts now under way.
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Introduction to California Mountain Wildflowers, Revised Edition, by Philip A. Munz
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