California Gardener's Guide Volume II (Gardener's Guides)
"When you visit a nursery, do you wish you had a personal shopper in tow to help you sort out the confusion of choices? ....Nan Sterman's new book, California Gardener's Guide, Volume II .... feels like that personal shopper." --Sharon Cohoon, Sunset Magazine"Pick up the book and thumb through its pages loaded with color photographs, and you'll find an amazing array of plants that are California friendly and water wise, yet lush and beautiful enough to satisfy any gardening style or palette, from minimalist to the cottage garden look."  Sterman "writes with the knowledge and confidence of a hands-in-the-soil gardener.... She knows how their roots feel in her hands. She knows what their bark looks like and how the flowers smell." --Pat Rubin, Home and Garden Writer for the Sacramento Bee"Nan Sterman's `California Gardener's Guide' .... provide(s) a satisfying mix of down-to-earth advice on planning, planting and maintaining your landscape along with a healthy dish of stunning visuals."In an interview with Hayes, Sterman describes the target audience for her book, "As I write and speak about gardens and gardening, I often encounter people who have purchased their first home or purchased a new home and want to create a beautiful garden but have no idea what to plant or even where to start. My goal for this audience is to take the mystery out of gardening and provide them with the courage and the basic nuts and bolts to jump right in and get started.As California's water becomes more and more precious, California Gardener's Guide Volume II is fast becoming the essential book for every California gardener." --Holly Hayes, reporter for the San Jose Mercury News