Pope Benedict XVI, Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger

The New Western Garden Book: The Ultimate Gardening Guide (Sunset Western Garden Book)

• Western Garden Book of Edibles: The Complete A-Z Guide to Growing Your Own Vegetables, Herbs, and Fruits
• Western Garden Book: More than 8,000 Plants - The Right Plants for Your Climate - Tips from Western Garden Experts (Sunset Western Garden Book)
• Western Landscaping Book: Companion to the Best-Selling Western Garden Book
• Designing with Succulents
• California Native Plants for the Garden
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• A photo gallery shows the West's most innovative gardens, from all-edibles front yards to stylish water-wise and fire-wise gardens to living walls and green roofs-all with ideas you can use.
• Climate Zone Maps and growing-season graphs for all regions of the West including Alaska and Hawaii.
• A new "Plant Finder" section helps you choose plants for their garden's problem areas or for special effects.
• "A to Z Plant Encyclopedia" lists some 8,000 plants that thrive in the West, including more than 500 new ones. Gorgeous color photographs illustrate all plant entries-for the first time ever in The Western Garden Book.
• "Gardening From Start to Finish" is a new visual guide that leads readers through all steps of making a garden, from soil prep through planting, growing and care, with special sections on natives, veggies, grasses and more.