From Sustainable Landscape Construction, Third Edition Principle 2: Heal Injured Soils and Sites Reproduced by permission of Island Press, Washington,...
Drought and Fire Resilience
Delve into water-wise design and protection from wildfire, especially in the wildland urban interface, and find expert recommendations for plant selections.
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Like all great plants, aloes don’t need much and give a lot. They look beautiful year round, especially solitary plants...
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Sedums are easy to love, because in many ways, they’re perfect plants.
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Wildfire. The word makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up. Fire has hit the West hard....