Part I Beginnings
1 Gardening at the Seam 3
Part II Tipping the Balance in a Native Direction
2 Planning Back-Yard Restoration Gardens 23
3 Design Thoughts, Principles, and Guidelines 35
4 In the Changeful Garden 55
5 Examples of Back-Yard Restoration Gardens 65
Part III Doing the Real Work
6 Along the Flower Trail 77
7 The Land Wore a Tufted Mantle: The Challenge of Our Native Bunchgrasses 104
8 To See All the Colors, to Hear All the Songs: Problems of Exotic Pest Plants 123
9 Wildland Seed Harvest 145
10 Seed Propagation and Planting Techniques 153
Part IV Resources for the Back-Yard Restoration Gardener
11 Naturalists and Field Trips 171
12 Tools and Tricks of the Trade 192
Part V Restoration and Community
13 In My Town 209.