Education

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