The Bold Dry Garden

By Johanna Silver, Marion Brenner (photographer),

Book cover of The Bold Dry Garden: Lessons from the Ruth Bancroft Garden

Book description

"For those of you-and your numbers are growing-gardening in drought-stricken parts of the country, The Bold Dry Garden will quench your thirst for inspiration." -New York Times Book Review Ruth Bancroft is a dry gardening pioneer. Her lifelong love of plants led to the creation of one of the most…

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1 author picked The Bold Dry Garden as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

As Californians, we’re always water-conscious and it’s so refreshing to see a book that makes water-wise gardening so lush and stylish.

The Bold Dry Garden offers access into the famed Ruth Bancroft Garden, showing off its signature plants and color palette, which we can’t get enough of. Best of all, we love how the author breaks it down with practical growing and maintenance tips so we can try to recreate some of the look at home. 

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