Overview

Create a flourishing garden in a harsh climate! The challenge of gardening in the Southwest is greater than ever before. Extremes of temperature and drought are more pronounced, and precious water resources are stretched to the limit. But it can be done, spectacularly-and garden designer Judith Phillips shows you how. You'll learn how to cope with your local soils and climate, meld your dream outdoor space with the site you have, choose plants suited to Southwestern extremes, and keep your garden healthy. Above all, you'll discover that living in a demanding environment doesn't mean sacrificing the quality of your home landscape. By gardening thoughtfully and choosing resilient plants, you too can make your yard a place of beauty and refuge. For gardeners in Arizona, southwestern Colorado, southeastern Nevada, New Mexico, western Texas, and southern Utah.

Full Product Details

9781604695229

Table of Contents

Reviews

Explains the Southwest garden from every perspective, opening your eyes to its beauty, and helping you avoid costly mistakes. Debra Lee Baldwin, author of <i><b>Succulents Simplified </b></i>and <i><b>Succulent Container Gardens</b></i> Judith leads the way toward understanding our changing climate. With beautiful photographs and engaging prose, she shows Southwest gardeners the designs and plants we should be using to create inspiring, comfortable, and durable landscapes. David Salman, founder of <b>High Country Gardens</b> When it comes to arid gardens, Judith Phillips is one of the masters. Her deep experience shines through, in elegant plant solutions for the climate, a gallery of homeowner-scale gardens, and accommodations for wildlife and humans. Scott Calhoun, author of <i><b>The Gardener s Guide to Cactus</b></i> and columnist for <i><b>Sunset</b></i> An essential guide to gardening for the region. <i><b>Houston Lifestyles & Homes</b></i> <i>Growing the Southwest Garden</i> by Judith Phillips is possibly the best gardening book of the year for Colorado. Phillips, who lives in New Mexico, dispenses with hardiness zones but tells you the low temps that will kill that shrub, tree or perennial you re mulling. She knows about mountains, microclimates and maximizing available water. <i><b>The Denver Post</b></i> Phillips shares her tried and true tips and secrets for creating a thriving, beautiful garden in the country s most parched region...Chock-full of information on luscious flora and spectacular succulents, Phillips gardening guidebook showcases some of the desert s most unexpected and bountiful blooms and shares specifics on the region s climate, soil and geography. Everyone from Novice to expert gardener will find the information they need to begin cultivating. <i><b>Modern Luxury Scottsdale</b></i>

Explains the Southwest garden from every perspective, opening your eyes to its beauty, and helping you avoid costly mistakes. --Debra Lee Baldwin, author of <i><b>Succulents Simplified </b></i>and <i><b>Succulent Container Gardens</b></i> Judith leads the way toward understanding our changing climate. With beautiful photographs and engaging prose, she shows Southwest gardeners the designs and plants we should be using to create inspiring, comfortable, and durable landscapes. --David Salman, founder of <b>High Country Gardens </b> When it comes to arid gardens, Judith Phillips is one of the masters. Her deep experience shines through, in elegant plant solutions for the climate, a gallery of homeowner-scale gardens, and accommodations for wildlife and humans. --Scott Calhoun, author of <i><b>The Gardener's Guide to Cactus</b></i> and columnist for <i><b>Sunset</b></i> An essential guide to gardening for the region. --<i><b>Houston Lifestyles & Homes</b></i> <i>Growing the Southwest Garden</i> by Judith Phillips is possibly the best gardening book of the year for Colorado. Phillips, who lives in New Mexico, dispenses with hardiness zones but tells you the low temps that will kill that shrub, tree or perennial you're mulling. She knows about mountains, microclimates and maximizing available water. --<i><b>The Denver Post</b></i> Phillips shares her tried and true tips and secrets for creating a thriving, beautiful garden in the country's most parched region...Chock-full of information on luscious flora and spectacular succulents, Phillips' gardening guidebook showcases some of the desert's most unexpected and bountiful blooms and shares specifics on the region's climate, soil and geography. Everyone from Novice to expert gardener will find the information they need to begin cultivating. --<i><b>Modern Luxury Scottsdale</b></i>

Author Information

Judith Phillips has spent more than forty years gardening in the Southwest and is still adapting. She is the owner of Judith Phillips Design Oasis, an ecosystem-inspired garden design and consulting service. She has designed thousands of residential gardens in New Mexico, Colorado, and Arizona, and has also been involved in public projects from habitat gardens at wildlife refuges and parks, to healing gardens at hospitals, courtyard gardens for townhomes and an historic inn, and outdoor classrooms for elementary schools. As a part-time faculty member in the Landscape Architecture Department at the University of New Mexico her class focuses on native and climate-adapted plants for arid landscapes, hopefully inspiring a new generation of ecodesigners.

Tab Content 6

Customer Reviews

Recent Reviews

Countries Available