This practical, inspiring book will take the guesswork out of choosing the right plants for our California climate. Gardeners from all over the state will find this useful guide a vital part of selecting a wide range of garden plants. The plants are readily available, grow well and offer the best features in any garden. Plenty of tips and planting information.

Vetgetable Gardening for California lists over 40 vegetables, hundreds of recommended varieties perfectly suited for California. Also, includes information on cultivating and harvesting, and organic approaches to pests and diseases.

Container Gardening is one of the hottest trends in gardening today. Container Gardening opens the door to the limitless possibilities for growing in restricted spaces, problem planting areas and more.

This book features 500 plants and designs suitable for container gardening in California. It provides easy-to-use information about design, using color, container selection and maintenance as well as pest and disease management.

Food plants have their own ornamental value, adding harmony to existing landscapes without creating a separate vegetable garden. They also provide a fresh, healthy alternative to the tasteless and woody fruits and vegetables bred for long-distance transportation and shipped to our grocery stores from all over the world. In this book, we show how, with just a little effort, you can augment your landscape with edibles of every description in an environmentally sustainable manner: * Veggie favorites: tomatoes, lettuce, carrots, beans and onions * Berries: blueberries, raspberries, blackberries and strawberries * The superhealthy: flax, broccoli, kale and garlic * The oddly beautiful: Brussels sprouts, kohlrabi, asparagus and artichokes * The ancient and exotic: quinoa, amaranth and fennel * Plus starting, maintaining and harvesting an edible garden, propagation and winter care, and solutions to common garden problems.