Overview

For those of you and your numbers are growing gardening in drought-stricken parts of the country, The Bold Dry Garden will quench your thirst for inspiration. New York Times Book Review Ruth Bancroft is a dry gardening pioneer. Her lifelong love of plants led to the creation of one of the most acclaimed public gardens, The Ruth Bancroft Garden in Walnut Creek, California. The Bold Dry Garden offers unparalleled access to the garden and the extraordinary woman responsible for it. In its stunningly photographed pages, you ll discover the history of the garden and the design principles and plant palette that make it unique. Packed with growing and maintenance tips, profiles of signature plants for a dry garden, and innovative design techniques, The Bold Dry Garden has everything you need to create a garden that is lush, waterwise, and welcoming.

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This sumptuous book will inspire you to create your own water-saving paradise. Flora Grubb, owner of <b>Flora Grubb Gardens</b> This book wonderfully reveals Ruth s enduring lessons in the power of creativity and imagination and big, bold compositions to transform even the most unpromising landscape into a work of art. Jenny Young du Pont, president and CEO of <b>The Garden Conservancy</b> Ruth Bancroft s garden is a rare combination of an artist s vision and a meticulous collector s passion an invaluable resource that showcases the rich textures, structures, and colors of dry plants. Andrea Cochran FASLA, principal of <b>Andrea Cochran Landscape Architecture</b> <i>The Bold Dry Garden</i> beautifully showcases the glorious garden Ruth Bancroft so courageously created. Bernard Trainor, <b>bernard trainor + associates</b> Replete with brilliant color photography, this hopeful book will win over anyone! <i><b> Publishers Weekly</b></i>

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Johanna is a James Beard Award-winning author who writes mostly about plants and people. Johanna is a contributing editor at Better Homes & Gardens, and her work has been featured in Martha Stewart Living, The San Francisco Chronicle, and Eating Well. Previously, Johanna spent ten years at Sunset Magazine, beginning with a shovel in her hands and culminating as head of the garden department. In 2016, she oversaw the creation of new editorial test gardens as part of the brand's historic move from Menlo Park to Oakland and Sonoma.

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