Education
Educational Institutions & Organizations
Regional:
Ecological Landscaping Alliance
New York State:
Native Plant Center, Westchester Community College, Valhalla, NY
Local:
Books
Essential Reading:
“Bringing Nature Home,” by Doug Tallamy
“Nature’s Best Hope,” by Doug Tallamy
Native Plants:
“American Plants for American Gardens” by Edith A. Roberts & Elsa Redmann
“The Northeast Native Plant Primer,” by Uli Lorimer
Climate Change:
“Eaarth,” by Bill McKibben
Ecological Landscaping:
“The Living Landscape,” by Rick Darke and Doug Tallamy
“Garden Revolution,” by Larry Weaner
“Planting in a Post-Wild World,” by Thomas Rainer and Claudia West
“A New Garden Ethic,” by Benjamin Vogt
“Designing Gardens with Flora of the American East,” by Carolyn Summers
Pollinators, Birds, & Other Wildlife:
“The Pollinator Victory Garden,” by Kim Eirman
Soil Science:
“Plant Partners,” by Jessica Walliser
“Teaming with Microbes: The Organic Gardener’s Guide to the Soil Food Web,” revised edition, by Jeff Lowenfels and Wayne Lewis
Lawn Alternatives:
“Prairie Up” by Benjamin Vogt
Green Homesteading:
Environmental/Garden Writing:
“Braiding Sweetgrass,” by Robin Wall Kimmerer
“Noah’s Garden,” by Sara Stein
“Silent Spring,” Rachel Carson
American Landscape History:
“The Brother Gardeners,” Andrea Wulf
“Early American Gardens,” Ann Leighton
“Thoreau’s Wildflowers,” Geoff Wisner
“Wild,” by Laura J. Martin