Description:

Xeriscaping means planting gardens that require little or no water. A smart thing to do in Southern California! The Orbach Science Library has many beautiful resources to help you build your drought-tolerant garden.

Bibliography:

With Book Jackets

	The dry gardening handbook : plants and practices for a changing climate / by Olivier Filippi. London : Thames & Hudson, 2008. SB439.8 F55 2008
	Dryland gardening : plants that survive and thrive in tough conditions / Jennifer Bennett. Buffalo : Firefly Books, 2005. SB439.8 .B46 2005
	Garden plants for Mediterranean climates / Graham Payne. Marlborough : Crowood, 2002. SB453.3.M4 P29 2002
	Gardening the Mediterranean way / text and photographs by Heidi Gildmeister New York : H.N. Abrams, c2004. SB453.3.M48 G56 2004
	Low-water-use plants : for California & the Southwest / by Carol Shuler. Tucson, Ariz. : Fisher Books, c1993. SB439.8 .S58 1993
	Mediterranean gardening : a waterwise approach / Heidi Gildemeister Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, 2002. SB475.83 .G56 2002
	Xeriscape color guide : 100 water-wise plants for gardens and landscapes / edited by David Winger Denver, Colo. : Denver Water ; Golden, Colo. : Fulcrum Pub., c1998. SB439.8 .X47 1998

Without Book Jackets

• Drought irrigation strategies for deciduous orchards / David A. Goldhamer.
  Berkeley : University of California, Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources, [1989?]
  SB357.285 .G65 1989
  Book 1 here
• Drought tips for vegetable and field crop production / Snyder, Richard L., et al.
  Oakland : University of California, Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources, 1989.
  TD388 .S56 1989
• Drought tolerant ornamental plants for the Coachella Valley / Aslan, Sam.
  Indio, Ca. : Coachella Valley Resource Conservation District ; Palm Springs, Ca. : Desert Water Agency, 1983.
  SB439.8 .A75 1983
• Easy gardening with drought-resistant plants, by Arno and Irene Nehrling.
  New York, Hearthside Press [1968]
  SB454 .N38 1968
• Waterwise landscaping with trees, shrubs & vines : a xeriscape guide for the Rocky Mountain region,
  Knopf, Jim.
  Boulder, Colo. : Chamisa Books, c2003.
  SB439.8 .K66 2003

This exhibit was created on March 19, 2010 and  designed by Margaret Hogarth.


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