About the Author

Billy Goodnick is a landscape architect and design coach.  He has won national and local design awards, is co-host of the local television show "Garden Wise Guys" and writes sustainable landscaping feature articles for 805 Living magazine, and online for Fine Gardening magazine.  A witty, sought-after lecturer, Billy has created some of the most beautiful, environmentally responsible gardens in Southern California - large and small - and has taught his successful techniques to thousands of people.

http://billygoodnick.com/

Reviews

Imagine you had a really hip and cool neighbor who played in a rock band, designed gardens, and dropped by every now and then to drink a beer and give you a little advice about your yard. Now imagine he wrote a book. This is that book!
--Amy Stewart, New York Times bestselling author of  Wicked Plants  and The Drunken Botanist

Billy Goodnick: Landscape architect, master educator, brilliant humorist. Earmark some space in your bookcase for this writer - you'll want all his future books! -Shirley Bovshow, TV producer and host

It's about time Billy put his considerable expertise and irreverent voice into a book everyone can benefit from. Funny, blunt and insightful - his is a rare and refreshing voice in the world of garden writing. - Steve Aitken, editor, Fine Gardening Magazine

There are times when Billy Goodnick's design advice makes me laugh out lout - how often can you say that about a gardening book? Smart and sassy, Billy is entirely successful as an educator who also entertains... guaranteed to change the way you think about your own backyard. -Debra Prinzing, author of Slow Flowers and co-creator of The 50 Mile Bouquet

There really is no one else like Billy, who combines solid horticultural and design knowledge with wit, humor and a natural ability to write well. -Debra Lee Baldwin, garden photojournalist and author of Designing with Succulents and Succulent Container Gardens

Billy is the expert you want in your corner if you've got a yard that needs help. His unique talent is designing sustainable, low-maintenance gardens that are beautiful as well as highly livable... and showing how anyone can do it too. -Joe Lamp'l, host and executive producer of "Growing a Greener World"