Notes on Natural Design In the CA landscape

Notes on Natural Design In the CA landscapeNotes on Natural Design: The California Backyard Restoration Gardenerby Judith Larner Lowry, illustrations by Kathleen O'Neill40 pages A revised and expanded version of the chapbook first written in 1989, this edition was rewritten in 2012. See the results of thirty years of experience in the field of restoration design, which has its own particular set of opportunities and challenges. By working within a plant community, you have a model providing

supporting over 300 species of terrestrial vertebrates including mammals

This wild buckwheat known as erigonum

It can handle full sun to light shade

Goes partially dormant in late summer if growing in full sun

next to a poppy and a bee

and how the land was managed during that time

and ecosystems

with an immense root system once established

restoration

but since they are the main planters of our hazelnut orchard

Todd Keeler-Wolf is Senior Vegetation Ecologist

rugged terrain