Firescaping: Creating Fire-resistant landscapes, gardens, and properties in California's diverse environments

Wilderness Press, 2005

    Considered the most flammable state in the US, California has a fire season that lasts eight months, with one in four residents as risk of encountering a wildfire. Since 1990, 53 lives and more than 12,000 structures have been lost in the State to wildfires, costing individuals, and local and state economies millions of dollars.

    Firescaping describes what type of properties and landscapes are higher-risk, how to make a home more accessible to firefighters, and what to do to minimize the chances of damage from a wildfire. It cover fire-resistant fencing and roofing materials, has tips on using water efficiency, gives best methods for effectivevagetation removal, and provides a comprehensive plant lists and maintenance calendars.

      Professionals from fire protection as well as landscape and architecture experts have contributed to Firescaping, to make it a complete and essential resource. Firescaping is a tool for landscape architects, landscapers, developers, community leaders, and groups concerned about fire protection.

Ocean Friendly Gardens

The Surfrider Foundation, October 2009 

    The United States has a water problem, an oceans, rivers, and lakes problem. Our National treasures are polluted.

A New Era of Gardening: A book on gardening for oxygen and a healthier atmosphere

Garden Shed Productions, 2001 

    A New Era of Gardening is one of a kind: It is the only book on gardening for oxygen.

    A New Era proposes a model of sustainability for residential landscapes based on the exchange of oxygen, carbon dioxide, and energy. The goal is to enable gardeners to create landscapes that capture more carbon dioxide and energy. Sustainability is reached when the carbon and energy harvested (though photosynthesis) is greater than the carbon dioxide released and energy used to install and maintain the landscape.

    A New Era explains the processes of oxygen production, how easy it is to create a carbon-costly landscape, steps to create a beneficial landscape, and an audit that can be used to test a landscape.

    Over the last 150 years the levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has leaped by 25% -- the effects of which are being felt around the world. There has never been a better time, or greater need to start gardening for oxygen.