Description
Book SynopsisBased on decades of experience, this book is packed with simple, practical steps anyone can take to beautify any landscape or garden, while helping protect the planet and the species that call it home.
Trade ReviewPraise for the first edition: "The volume of information here is impressive, and each action is accompanied by an explanation of why it’s important. . . . Useful whether read cover-to-cover or dipped into for specific topics." -
Booklist"Beautifully designed, the book is user-friendly and attractive. The information is current and science-based, with end notes that give readers access to further research." - Virginia Native Plant Society
"This fantastic resource is filled with climate-wise solutions for anyone who owns or manages a piece of ground—even if it’s just a few containers on a tiny rooftop garden." - Claudia West, ASLA, Principal, Phyto Studio LLC
"[Reed and Stibolt] articulate a new gardening aesthetic. . . . The result is a positive and hopeful story of how people can use their imagination and ingenuity to help craft more resilient landscapes." - Dr. Peter Robinson, former CEO, David Suzuki Foundation
"Beautiful photos and pleasing graphics illustrate key ideas and actions while informative sidebars and inspiring quotes from climate and landscape experts provide clarity of complex systems and motivation to adapt to a changing future." - Julie Richburg, Ph.D., ecologist
"A book on climate-wise landscaping could not be more timely or more necessary. We are moving into a new and critical era, and this book takes landscape professionals and home gardeners where they need to go." - Owen Dell, RLA, ASLA, landscape architect, educator, author, Owen Dell & Associates
"A very useful guide to designing landscapes for the twenty-first century which clearly respond to our changing climate." - Darrel Morrison, honorary associate faculty member in landscape architecture, University of Wisconsin-Madison
