This updated version of the classic guide to gardening with native plants on the West Coast offers comprehensive information on identifying plant habitats, attracting wildlife, and locating regional plants and seeds. The authors describe the key concepts of gardening with native species, and share their expertise in turning a backyard into a lush coastal paradise. With color photographs and the latest gardening wisdom, this essential guidebook is now better than ever.
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Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, April Pettinger grew up in Toronto, St. John, Montreal and Winnipeg. She received a Bachelor of Arts in English and Sociology from United College and then completed Graduate Studies in City Planning at the University of Manitoba. In 1994, April decided to retire to fulfill a life-long ambition to write. She lives in Victoria, British Columbia.
A resident of British Columbia her entire life, Brenda Costanzo was born in North Vancouver. She has been involved in native plant gardening for over twenty years, and has traveled throughout the province and to the western United States in search of plants. Brenda spent over twelve years as the Assistant Curator in the Herbarium at the University of Victoria. She is currently the Garry Oak Botanist in the BC Ministry of Sustainable Resource Management where she writes Fact Sheets on plants at risk.
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