With its lush photographs and authoritative text this definitive history captures the exuberant past and dynamic present of the California garden. Ranging from

"An introductory overview of California's microclimates and soil types, along with a primer on general gardening techniques and a color-coded USDA zone map, pre

Account of the land and its flora, both native and naturalized, and of the men and women who devoted themselves to its cultivation.

Detailed with loving accuracy in the photography of Melba Levick and in the lucid prose of Karen Dardick, Estate Gardens of California showcases fifteen magnifi