Judy Phillips, a gardener and writer from New Mexico, takes landscape design to a new level with her book Natural by Design (available from Amazon.com Books. Her books look at plants and humans as forming an important partnership in the garden. When the gardener is educated about the natural environment, the resulting gardens are easy to maintain, and very beautiful. Phillips’ garden designs are appropriate for a variety of climates in the southwestern United States. She focuses on using natural plants in ecologically-sound combinations.
