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useful books

Useful Books

Ethnobotany

 

• ** Food Plants of Coastal First Peoples, Nancy J. Turner, UBC Press, Vancouver, B.C. (in collaboration with the Royal British Columbia Museum, Victoria, B.C.), 1995.

Gardening for Wildlife

 

• Butterfly Gardening: Creating Summer Magic in Your Yard, Xerces Society/Smithsonian Institution, Sierra Club Books/National Wildlife Federation, 1990.

   

• ** Landscaping for Wildlife in the Pacific Northwest, Russell Link, Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife, 1999.
  

   

• Wild Neighbors: The Humane Approach to Living with Wildlife, Humane Society of United States, Fulcrum Publishing, Golden, Colorado, 1997.

Home Gardening

 

• Caring for Perennials: What to do and When to do it, Janet Macunovich, Storey Books, 1996.

   

• ** Gardening with Native Plants of the Pacific Northwest: An Illustrated Guide, Arthur R. Kruckeberg, University of Washington Press, Seattle, 1982.
  

   

• ** Grow Your Own Native Landscape: A guide to Identifying, Propagating, and Landscaping with Western Washington Native Plants, Michael Leigh, Native Plant Salvage Project, WSU Cooperative Extension - Thurston County, 1997.
  

   

• Landscaping with Nature: Using Nature's Designs to Plant Your Yard, Jeff Cox, Rodale Press, 1991.

   

• Native Plants in the Coastal Garden: A Guide for Gardeners in British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest, April Pettinger White Cap Books, Vancouver, B.C., 1996.

   

• Natural Landscaping: Gardening with Nature to Create a Backyard Paradise, Sally Roth, Rodale Press, 1997.

   

• Northwest Garden Style: Ideas, Designs, and Methods for the Creative Gardener, Jan Kowalczewski Whitner & L. Quartman Younker, Sasquatch Books, 1996.

   

• Organic Garden Design School, Ann Lovejoy, Rodale Press, 2001.

   

• Perennial Combinations: Stunning Combinations that Make Your Garden Look Fantastic Right from the Start, C. Colston Burrell, Rodale Press, 1999.

   

• Propagation of Pacific Northwest Native Plants, Robin Rose, C. Chachulsky and D. Haase, Oregon State University Press, Corvallis, 1998.

   

• Rodale's Illustrated Encyclopedia of Perennials, Ellen Phillips & C. Colston Burrell, Rodale Press, 2004.

   

• Sunset Western Garden Book, 2001.

   

• Waterwise Gardening: Beautiful Gardens with Less Water, Sunset, 1989.

   

• Winter Ornamentals for the Maritime Northwest Gardener, Daniel Hinkley, Sasquatch Books, 1993.

   

• ** Xeriscape Color Guide: 100 Water-Wise Plants for Gardens and Landscapes, David Winger, Denver Water, Fulcrum Publishing, Golden, Colorado, 1998.
  

   

• Xeriscape Plant Guide, David Winger, Editor, Fulcrum Publishing, Golden, Colorado, 1996.
  

   

• Xeriscape Handbook: A How-To Guide to Natural, Resource-Wise Gardening, Gayle Weinstein, Fulcrum Publishing, Golden, Colorado, 1999.
  

Ornamental Grasses

 

• The Color Encyclopedia of Ornamental Grasses, Sedges, Rushes, Resticos, Cat-tails, and Selected Bamboos, Rick Darke, Timber Press, 1999.

   

• The Encyclopedia of Ornamental Grasses, John Greenlee & Derek Fell, Rodale Press, 2000.

   

• Grasses, Nancy J. Ondra & Saxon Holt, Storey Books, 2002.

   

• Landscaping with Ornamental Grasses, Fiona Gilsenan, Sunset Books, 2002.

Plant Identification

 

• Plants of the Pacific Northwest Coast, Jim Pojar & Andy MacKinnon, Lone Pine Publishing, Redmond, 1994.

   

• ** Winter in the Woods: A Winter Guide to Deciduous Native Plants in Western Washington, Erica Guttman & Rod Thurman, Native Plant Salvage Project, WSU Cooperative Extension - Thurston County, 1999.
  

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