Now it's the turn of wild shrublands to stimulate naturalistic planting. Shrubs have a raw beauty, combine well with other plants and are tough which makes them valuable in the garden. Profiling wild shrublands from the USA and beyond, the authors identify the relationships between key plants and offer design insights that will redefine garden-making. Kevin Philip Williams is Assistant Curator for Denver Botanic Gardens and a gardener who works with plants to create dynamic, resilient and challenging landscapes and. After graduating with an MS in public horticulture Kevin worked on The High Line in Manhattan. Michael Guidi is a Horticulturist for the Denver Botanic Gardens who is broadly interested in temperate arid-land flora and ecology and focuses his horticultural ambitions on creating naturalistic, dynamic habitats in the garden.