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Larner Seeds: Gardening with heart
"What role can the home gardener play in restoring the native California ecosystem?
The answer to that question is limitless for Judith Larner Lowry, who has grown native plants on an acre-and-a-half lot on the Bolinas Mesa for nearly four decades through her business, Larner Seeds."
National Wildlife Federation
Unsung Heroes
The growers who run native plant nurseries are vital to wildlife gardening and to restoring lost habitats
"WHEN JUDITH LARNER LOWRY MOVED to Bolinas, California, in 1984, she was entranced by the landscape surrounding the secluded coastal town some 30 miles north of San Francisco. She described it in her lyrical book Gardening with a Wild Heart as a rich tapestry of all shades of green and gray, “accented in spring and summer with the rainbow colors of coastal wildflowers.”"
Bay Nature
"If not for an unassuming wire fence, you might mistake Judith Larner Lowry’s garden for one of nature’s own. The tall wooden gate resists slightly, then yields, permitting the visitor to step into a quiet community of coastal scrub."
Alta
Bumper Crops
Watch your fall garden grow with a little help from these seed purveyors.
"Not only do natives thrive in local soil, but they also tend to use less water and are a haven for birds, beneficial insects, and other wildlife."
California Native Plant Society
Hot Sunny Slopes and the Plants That Hold ‘Em
"Slopes and hillsides can be difficult spaces to garden, so much so that seedswoman and author Judith Larner Lowry, in her book, Gardening with A Wild Heart, says that one of the most common calls her business receives starts with, “I have this slope behind my house…” Plants for slopes must perform many functions: control erosion, hold the slope, be drought-tolerant, and, since slopes are often in fire-risk areas, be firewise. Happily, there are many plants in the native palette which meet these needs."