Waterwise Plants for Sustainable Gardens: 200 Drought-Tolerant Choices for all Climates
Scott Ogden has prospected for new, garden-adaptable bulbs as well as proven, heirloom varieties in Texas (his home state), the South, Mexico, and beyond. As a horticulturist and designer he consults for and creates public and private gardens across the country. He lives in Fort Collins, Colorado.Garden designers Scott Ogden and Lauren Springer Ogden lecture internationally, emphasizing plant diversity and ecological attunement. Their rich plant palette draws its inspiration from their studies of plants in the wild in the United States, Mexico, Argentina, Europe, and South Africa. They have spoken at most major botanic gardens, public gardens, and arboreta in the United States.This husband-and-wife team's horticultural experience spans USDA zones 4-10. They have designed gardens and/or gardened professionally in Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming as well as England, Ireland, and Austria. Public projects include gardens at Naples Botanical Garden, Denver Botanic Gardens, Callaway Gardens, and San Antonio Botanical Gardens.Scott and Lauren have written several books in which they pioneer new plants and garden aesthetics. Their latest book,Plant-Driven Design, takes a bold look at garden design from a plant perspective, marrying site, region, plants, and people while both embracing and transcending regionality. Other books includeGarden Bulbs for the South(Timber Press 2007),Passionate Gardening(Fulcrum Publishing 2000),The Moonlit Garden(Taylor Publishing 1998),The Undaunted Garden(Fulcrum Publishing 1994),Waterwise Gardening(PrenticeHall 1994), andGardening Success With Difficult Soils(Taylor Publishing 1992.)The Ogdens and their work have been featured on several television shows and in numerous publications, including theNew York Times, theWall Street Journal, Nature, Martha Stewart Living, Sunset, andHorticulture. Awards include two American Horticultural Society book awards and a landscape design award from the Association of Professional Landscape Designers.Before making horticulture and garden design their life's work, Scott studied geology and paleontology at