Description: Marfa Garden by Jim Martinez, Mary Lou Saxon, Jim Fissel, Martha Hughes A field guide to more than a hundred plants of the Chihuahuan Desert FORMAT Paperback CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Marfa Garden is a celebration of more than a hundred flowering plants of the Chihuahuan Desert, North Americas largest hot desert, spanning northern Mexico, West Texas, and parts of New Mexico and Arizona. Hundreds of photos show plants in year-round cycles, with budding, complex foliage, unfolding blooms, seedpods, and winter texture and color. Also included are introductory essays, each plants common and scientific names, historical information, garden use, and USDA classification, as well as abundant space for gardening notes. Everyday gardeners, naturalists, landscape designers, architects, and anyone interested in dry gardens of the Southwest will find great value and joy in this essential field guide. Author Biography Jim Martinezhas been creating water-wise and environmentally friendly landscapes for more than thirty years. He is a landscape designer specializing in native and xeric plants of Texas and the Southwest and the principal of Jim Martinez and Associates. He is also a member of the Chihuahuan Desert Research Institute and the Big Bend branch of the Native Plant Society of Texas. He lives in Marfa, Texas. Review "The books overriding purpose is to encourage us to rethink our ideas about the desert land of West Texas... Marfa Gardens intent is to get the regions visitors and residents to look away, for a moment, from the stunning vistas and pay attention to what is happening on the ground. The photos more than make the case, highlighting not just the prickly cacti and agave that one might expect, but a host of plants that sport colorful flowers and berries."— Texas Monthly"Jim Martinezs garden in the desert of Marfa thrives by being useful to the natural area surrounding it."— Texas Standard"A visual celebration of flora of the Chihuahuan Desert"— Big Bend Sentinel Details ISBN1595343164 Author Martha Hughes Format Paperback AU Release Date 2025-02-11 Year 2024 ISBN-13 9781595343161 Subtitle A Field Guide to Plants of the Chihuahuan Desert Audience General Pages 192 Publisher Trinity University Press,U.S. Publication Date 2024-12-19 Imprint Trinity University Press,U.S. Place of Publication San Antonio Country of Publication United States US Release Date 2024-12-19 Illustrations Color ISBN-10 1595343164 UK Release Date 2024-12-19 DEWEY 581.75409721 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:168470123;
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