As I live in California and native species gardening is hugely popular, this is an excellent resource for gardeners looking to transition to succulents. Gorgeous pictures and great instructional text.

Ruth Bancroft (who is now 107 years old!) is a dry gardening pioneer and her love of plants led to the creation of one of the most acclaimed public gardens in America the Ruth Bancroft Garden in Walnut Creek, California which spans over 3 acres and is filled with drought tolerant and waterwise plants.

This book offers lessons from that garden and also gives a history on the garden and the woman who maintains it.

The book includes lots of advice and lessons learnt for growing and maintaining a dry garden with plants such as succulents, cacti and other drought tolerant and waterwise species.

This book will be most useful for gardeners in the Southwest of America although some Australian gardeners may be able to find similar species and be inspired by the stunning garden images.

I recommend this book to plant lovers interested in the history of a waterwise garden.

I give this book 3 stars out of 5.