restoring California's native landscapes at home Lowry, Judith Larner 1945- creator text bibliography Electronic books. cau 1999 1999 monographic eng 1 online resource (280 pages) : colored illustrations Part I Beginnings -- 1 Gardening at the Seam 3 -- Part II Tipping the Balance in a Native Direction -- 2 Planning Back-Yard Restoration Gardens 23 -- 3 Design Thoughts, Principles, and Guidelines 35 -- 4 In the Changeful Garden 55 -- 5 Examples of Back-Yard Restoration Gardens 65 -- Part III Doing the Real Work -- 6 Along the Flower Trail 77 -- 7 The Land Wore a Tufted Mantle: The Challenge of Our Native Bunchgrasses 104 -- 8 To See All the Colors, to Hear All the Songs: Problems of Exotic Pest Plants 123 -- 9 Wildland Seed Harvest 145 -- 10 Seed Propagation and Planting Techniques 153 -- Part IV Resources for the Back-Yard Restoration Gardener -- 11 Naturalists and Field Trips 171 -- 12 Tools and Tricks of the Trade 192 -- Part V Restoration and Community -- 13 In My Town 209. Judith Larner Lowry. Second paper printing 2007. Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-235) and index. n-us-ca Landscape gardening California Native plant gardening California Native plants for cultivation California SB439.24.C2 L68 1999eb Lowry, Judith Larner, 1945- Berkeley : University of California Press, [1999] xiv, 252 pages : colored illustrations ; 24 cm. (DLC) 98016177 9780520933873 (e-book) http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10779334 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10779334 CaPaEBR 980310 ebr10779334 eng