A Selected List of Landscaping Books…
Some of the landscaping, native plant, and water-efficient garden books available at the San Benito County Library.
Hollister Branch
Water Conserving Landscaping
- Waterwise Gardening (Sunset)
- Water-Conserving Plants and Landscapes of the Bay Area (EBMUD)
- Xeriscape Series – books and video (American Water Works)
Landscaping with Native Plants
- The California Landscape Garden (Francis & Reiman)
- Paradise by Design: Native Plants and the New American Landscape (Phillips)
- Growing California Native Plants (Schmidt)
General Landscaping
- Easy Care Landscape Plans (Roth & Co.)
- Gardening in California, Landscape and Flower (McLaren)
- Landscape It Yourself (Gibbs)
- California Gardens (Dobyns)
- Western Landscaping Book, 2000 (Sunset)
- Western Garden Book, 2000 (Sunset)
- Landscape Gardening (Time Life)
- Landscaping Small Spaces (Sunset)
- Easy-Care Gardening (Sunset)
- Natural Gardening (Time Life)
San Juan Bautista Branch
- Western Garden Book (Sunset)
- Western Landscaping Book (Sunset)
- California Landscape Garden (Francis & Reiman)
- Gardening with a Wild Heart (Lowry)
- Xeriscape Series – books and video
- The Hummingbird Garden
- Basic Landscape Design (Rossi)
- Postage Stamp Gardening (Newcombe)
Water Conservation Department
- Videos on water-efficient gardening are available on loan from the Water Resources Association; call (831) 637-4378 for more information.