The Amazing Story of The Gottlieb Native Garden: A California Love Story

The Amazing Story of The Gottlieb Native Garden: A California Love Story

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The Gottlieb Native Garden: A California Love Story   is written by Mallory Smith and photographed by Susan Lenman Gottlieb. It comes in a hardback filled with gorgeous pictures that you want to leap into and surround yourself with nature. It tells Susan’s story of the importance of restoring natural habitat, and protecting natural biodiversity with your actions.

(picture shows a fish pond with California Buckwheat.  Photo Credit Dan/Susan Lenman Gottlieb)

In this book, you will be able to experience the wonderful and nature habitat of California. Birds, flowers, trees, insects and wildlife are in The Gottlieb Native Garden from the very tiny to big, they all live in this sanctuary. This book provides us with a window of what we can do to make life on this planet better for you, me, nature and wildlife. What we can do to keep our home beautiful with some effort.

(Susan Lenman Gottlieb)   (Photo Credit: Dan/Susan Lenman Gottlieb)

Her Garden: A Place of Sanctuary

Susan makes her case about how important of a role gardens play in our ecosystems, not just for California but everywhere. Human growth is expanding, taking away from natural habitats, and the very fabric that it holds dear. She spent 25 years making this garden her haven. Wildlife thrives, and people can come to get educated about nature and enjoy the beauty which she created.

In her book, Susan reaches out and tries to educate people in what they can do to conserve and make a difference in our world. We have only one and we need to do everything in our power to keep as much “natural” beauty as possible. Everything needs to be brought back into balance.

(A young Anna Hummingbird on Salvia Alpine, Cleveland Sage)  Photo Credit: Dan/Susan Gottlieb

(photo credit: Dan/Susan Gottlieb)

(Theodore Payne Foundation hosts a weekend garden tour once a year in Southern California. The Theodore Payne Foundation is a nonprofit nursery and educational organization dedicated to preserving California and their beautiful habitats, making native plants and wildflowers available by educating citizens about the importance of native plants.)

(Great Horned Owl)  photo credit: Dan/Susan Gottlieb

The Amazing Story of The Gottlieb Native Garden: My Thoughts

I, Wendy, received Story of The Gottlieb Native Garden to review. I really enjoyed leafing through and seeing what this amazing woman and her husband accomplished in their “garden”. It tells you about why they started, myths about birds and maintaining bird feeders to nature. I have sat my son down with me and show him the colorful pictures and read what she has developed.

I adore books. I love to read anything I get my hands on. This book wasn’t any different. The pictures in The Gottlieb Native Garden made me want to jump into the page and envelope myself in this wondrous world!

photo credit: Dan/Susan Gottlieb

photo credit: Dan/Susan Gottlieb

photo credit: Dan/Susan Gottlieb

Look at the photographs here. They are gorgeous! Who wouldn’t want to just get lost in this world? I know I would!

I live in Alabama on 50 acres, most of it is woods. My neighbors are acres away and at night you can’t see 3 feet in front of you. You can, however; see the stars and listen to all the noises coming from the woods from frogs, insects and different mammals. This place they are showing in the book is unique. Nature is surrounding them and they conserve it. Beautiful!

I think that people who live in cities are missing out on a lot of things. I understanding there is a lot to do in cities, but sometimes people have to get back to nature and enjoy the serenity of life. A simple and busy way, naturally. I think it is great that Susan and her husband Dan have made this sanctuary to educate and have people enjoy what was already here.

photo credit: Dan/Susan Gottlieb

Who wouldn’t want to wake up seeing this beautiful House Finch in the morning? Beautiful, isn’t he? Another great thing about buying this book is this, ALL sales go to benefit nonprofit environmental charities! So in your own little way, you’re still helping out! Big Bonus!

The Amazing Story of The Gottlieb Native Garden is a story of how to restore natural habitat and protect biodiversity with simple, individual actions, Susan Gottlieb,  is the dedicated environmentalist who created her garden with the belief we could save the world if people could understood the power of native plants. Being able to restore the natural habitat and protect biodiversity with simple, individual actions. Susan has paved the way for us to follow. It’s up to us to follow.

The suggested retail for Susan’s The Gottlieb Native Garden  is $50 on Amazon and is worth every penny. I hope you will give this book a try and enjoy it with your families!

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