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Garden & Landscape in NM

When gardening and landscaping in our Santa Fe climate, we privilege xerascaping, i.e. the use of plants which :
  • are drought tolerant (after they've been established) 
  • or which use small amounts of water
See file attached below.

Also of importance given the recurring NM fires is the concept of firescaping, explained in this page from the SF botanical gardens and in the file attached below.


Below is a long list of useful resources to gardening and landscaping in Santa Fe
- provided for the Tessera Neighborhood by Amy Eads, Master Gardener, updated 5/22/22 - 

Informational Websites
Consumer Websites
Book and Guide Publications

 Title  Author  Publisher  Year
 Bringing Nature Home  Douglas Tallamy    2016
 Southwestern Landscaping with Native Plants  Judith Phillips    2002
 Signature Plant Guide Orchard Gardens  Santa Fe Botanical Garden    2019
 Gardening in the Southwest  Kathleen Norris Brenszel & Philip Edinger  Sunset Books  2005
 A Guide to Native Plants for the Santa Fe Landscape  Santa Fe Extension Master Gardeners    2019
 Western Garden Book, 9th Edition    Sunset Books  2011
 Waterwise Plants for Sustainable Gardens  Lauren Springer Ogden & Scott Ogden    2011
 Trees & Shrubs of St. John’s College (Guide H-178)  J. Fechner, M. L. Kersten, J. Clark, A. Skidmore   Cooperative   Extension   Service  2021
 Backyard Beneficial Insects in New Mexico (Guide H-172)  A. B. Bennett & M. L. Kersten  Cooperative   Extension   Service  2019
 Noxious and Troublesome Weeds of New Mexico (Circular 698)  L. Beck & J. Wanstall  Cooperative   Extension   Service  2021
 Plants of the Southwest catalog  Plants of the Southwest Nursery    2019
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