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CONSERVATION LANDSCAPE DESIGN Apfelbaum, Steven and Alan Haney. Restoring Ecological Health to Your Land. Island Press, 2010. Reed, Sue. Energy-Wise Landscape Design: A new approach for your home and garden. New Society Publishers, 2010. Sawyers, Claire E. The Authentic Garden: Five principles for cultivating a sense of place. Timber Press, 2007. Scarfone, Scott C. Professional Planting Design: An architectural and horticultural approach for creating mixed bed plantings. John Wiley & Sons, 2007. Summers, Carolyn. Designing Gardens with Flora of the American East. Rutgers University Press, 2010. CREATING WILDLIFE HABITAT Mizejewski, David. Attracting Birds, Butterflies and Other Backyard Wildlife. Creative Homeowner, 2004. Kress, Stephen W. The Audubon Society Guide to Attracting Birds. 2nd Edition. Cornell University, 2006. Tallamy, Douglas W. Bringing Nature Home: How you can sustain wildlife with native plants. Updated and expanded. Timber Press, 2007. Recommended Books For Gardeners www.adkinsarboretum.org

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CONSERVATION LANDSCAPE DESIGN

Apfelbaum, Steven and Alan Haney. Restoring Ecological Health to Your Land. Island Press, 2010.

Reed, Sue. Energy-Wise Landscape Design: A new approach for your home and garden. New Society Publishers, 2010.

Sawyers, Claire E. The Authentic Garden: Five principles for cultivating a sense of place. Timber Press, 2007.

Scarfone, Scott C. Professional Planting Design: An architectural and horticultural approach for creating mixed bed plantings. John Wiley & Sons, 2007.

Summers, Carolyn. Designing Gardens with Flora of the American East. Rutgers University Press, 2010.

CREATING WILDLIFE HABITAT

Mizejewski, David. Attracting Birds, Butterflies and Other Backyard Wildlife. Creative Homeowner, 2004.

Kress, Stephen W. The Audubon Society Guide to Attracting Birds. 2nd Edition. Cornell University, 2006.

Tallamy, Douglas W. Bringing Nature Home: How you can sustain wildlife with native plants. Updated and expanded. Timber Press, 2007.

Recommended Books For Gardeners

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This list of books is recommended to guide gardeners in selecting the best native plants for a particular site, and in practicing sustainable gardening, while designing beautiful and ecologically functional landscapes.

Books in orange are essential for the Chesapeake region gardener.

NATIVE AND INVASIVE PLANTS

Armitage, Allen. Armitage’s Native Plants for American Gardens. Timber Press, 2006.

Bruce, Hal. How to Grow Wildflowers and Wild Shrubs and Trees in Your Own Garden. The Lyons Press, 1976. Available on used book market.

Burrell, C. Colston. Native Alternatives to Invasive Plants. Brooklyn Botanic Garden, 2006.

Cullina, William. Ferns, Moss and Grasses: From amber carpets to amber wave, serene and sensuous plants for the garden. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2008.

Cullina, William. Growing and Propagating Wildflowers in the United States and Canada. Houghton Mifflin Company, 2000.

Cullina, William. Native Trees, Shrubs and Vines: A guide to using, growing, and propagating North American woody plants. Houghton Mifflin Company, 2002.

duPont, Elizabeth N. Landscaping with Native Plants in the Middle-Atlantic Region. 2nd Edition. Brandywine Conservancy, 2004. Available on used book market.

Eastman, John and Amelia Hansen. The Book of Swamp and Bog: Trees, shrubs, and wildflowers of the eastern freshwater wetlands. Stackpole Books, 1995.

Kaufman, Sylvan Ramsey and Wallace Kaufman. Invasive Plants: Guide to identification and the impacts and control of common North American species. Stackpole Books, 2007.

Leopold, Donald J. Native Plants of the Northeast: a guide for gardening and conservation. Timber Press, 2005.

Miller, Bebe. Wildflower Perennials for Your Garden: A detailed guide to years of bloom from America’s native heritage. Stackpole Books, 1996.

Roberts, Edith A. and Elsa Rehmann. American Plants for American Gardens. University of Georgia Press, 1996.

Slattery, Britt E., Kathryn Reshetiloff, and Susan M. Zwicker. Native Plants for Wildlife Habitat and Conservation Landscaping: Chesapeake Bay watershed. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Chesapeake Bay Field Office, 2005.

Thunhorst, Gwendolyn A. Wetland Planting Guide for the Northeastern United States: Plants for wetland creation, restoration, and enhancement. Environmental Concern, Inc., 1993.

CONSERVATION GARDENING

Carroll, Steven B. and Steven D. Salt. Ecology for Gardeners. Timber Press, 2004.

Darke, Rick. The American Woodland Garden: Capturing the spirit of the deciduous forest. Timber Press, 2002.

Kays, Jonathan, Joy Drohan, Adam Downing, and Jim Finley. The Woods in Your Backyard: Learning to create and enhance natural areas around your home. Natural Resource, Agriculture, and Engineering Service (NRAES), 2006.

Kingsbury, Noel. Natural Gardening in Small Spaces. Timber Press, 2003.

Lathan, Zora, and Thistle A. Cone. Ecoscaping Back to the Future: Restoring Chesapeake landscapes. Chesapeake Ecology Center, 2005.

Maloof, Joan. Teaching the Trees: Lessons from the forest. University of Georgia Press, 2005.

Marinelli, Janet. Stalking the Wild Amaranth: Gardening in the age of extinction. Henry Holt and Company, 1998. Available on used book market

Nardi, James B. Life in the Soil: A guide for naturalists and gardeners. University of Chicago Press, 2007.

Stein, Sara. Noah’s Garden: Restoring the ecology of our own back yards. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1993.

Stein, Sara. Planting Noah’s Garden: Further adventures in backyard ecology. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1997.

University of Maryland Extension. Master Gardener Handbook. University of Maryland, 2008.

Zimmerman, Catherine. Urban & Suburban Meadows: Bringing meadowscaping to big and small spaces. Matrix Media Press, 2010.

Cloyd, Raymond A., Nancy R. Pataky, and Philip L. Nixon. IPM for Gardeners: A guide to integrated pest management. Timber Press, 2009.

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