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Introducing The New Sunset Western Garden Book, the Essential Guide to Gardening in the West

Now in its 80th year and ninth edition, this legendary garden “bible” has been updated and redesigned to include over 2,000 beautiful color photographs for the first time.

Flexible Binding
ISBN: 0-376-03920-5 | ISBN-13: 978-0-376-03920-0
$34.95 U.S. | $38.95 CAN

Hardcover
ISBN-10: 0-376-03921-3 | ISBN-13: 978-0-376-03921-7
$44.95 U.S. | $49.95 CAN

Menlo Park, CA, February 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Introducing The New Sunset Western Garden Book (www.sunset.com/wgb). Now in its ninth edition and completely redesigned to be more accessible, this go-to reference for gardening in the western United States includes over 2,000 full-color photographs for the first time as well as extra emphasis on contemporary issues like climate change, edible gardening, and water conservation. With an encyclopedia of 9,000 plants, savvy gardeners will relish the book’s complete reference guide with photos for every plant genus, solid information about the West’s distinct microclimates, and the new “Plant Finder” section with plants for every purpose and function.

Inside The New Sunset Western Garden Book you’ll learn to:

Find the perfect plant for every purpose. The Plant Finder includes 1,000 new photographs and has a mobile companion.
Make the most of your microclimate.
Be resourceful and sustainable.
Garden anywhere and everywhere.
Take your edible gardening to the next level. Learn to cultivate unique heirloom varieties and unusual plants.
Create a sense of place with regional gardens that celebrate the West’s most iconic native plants and landscapes.
Get creative with cool projects.

In conjunction with the publication of the The New Sunset Western Garden Book, Sunset is relaunching the popular online Plant Finder database and is introducing a companion mobile website sponsored by The Association of California Water Agencies. The new Plant Finder database and mobile app (www.sunset.com/plantfinder) feature 2,000 of the West’s most popular plants, all searchable by Sunset Climate Zone, plant type, sun and water requirements, and a variety of other categories.

About Sunset Books
Sunset Books, a Time Inc. company, is a national publisher with more than 200 titles. Sunset Books publishes books and special edition magazines in partnership with Sunset Magazine with a focus on home improvement, outdoor building, home decorating, gardening, and landscaping. Sunset Books are distributed to the trade by Hachette Book Group and are available wherever books are sold. More information is available at www.sunsetbooks.com.

About Sunset Magazine
Sunset magazine was founded in 1898 and has become the premier guide to life in the West, covering the newest and best ideas in Western home design and garden, food and entertaining, and regional travel in 13 Western states. It is published in five zoned monthly editions—Pacific Northwest, Northern California, Southern California, Southwest and Mountain—showcasing the region’s unique lifestyle and noteworthy destinations and inspiring its nearly five million readers to achieve the dream of living in the West. The magazine is also available on all tablets. Sunset is part of the Lifestyle group of magazines and websites published by Time Inc.

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