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Updated March 21, 2023
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Braiding sweetgrass
Kimmerer, Robin Wall
Paper Book
A New York Times Bestseller A Washington Post Bestseller Named a "Best Essay Collection of the Decade" by Literary Hub As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer has been trained to ask questions of nature with the tools of science. As a member...
Garden allies : the insects, birds, & other animals that keep your garden beautiful and thriving
Lavoipierre, Fre?de?rique
Paper Book
"Explains how your garden can be a thriving, balanced community that gives more to your landscape than it takes." --Douglas W. Tallamy, author of The Nature of Oaks and Nature's Best Hope The birds, mammals, reptiles, and insects that inhabit our yards and gardens are overwhelmingly on our side-...
Garden revolution : how our landscapes can be a source of environmental change
Weaner, Larry
Paper Book
"Shows us that guiding natural processes rather than fighting them is the key to creating healthier landscapes and happier gardeners." --Doug Tallamy, author of Bringing Nature Home Larry Weaner is an icon in the world of ecological landscape design, and...
Raising butterflies in the garden
Dziedzic, Brenda
Paper Book
A guide to rearing butterflies and moths in a butterfly-friendly garden. This exciting title is for butterfly lovers and gardeners who not only want to create a butterfly-friendly garden, but also want to support butterflies and moths in order to maintain healthy populations. ...
Nature's best hope : a new approach to conservation that starts in your yard
Tallamy, Douglas W.
Paper Book
"Tallamy lays out all you need to know to participate in one of the great conservation projects of our time. Read it and get started!" --Elizabeth Kolbert, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Sixth Extinction Douglas W. Tallamy's first book, Bringing Nature Home, awakened thousands of readers to an...
Using native plants to restore community : in southwest Michigan and beyond
Small, Nancy Cutbirth.
Paper Book
Bringing nature home : how native plants sustain wildlife in our gardens
Tallamy, Douglas W.
Paper Book
As development and subsequent habitat destruction accelerate, there are increasing pressures on wildlife populations. But there is an important and simple step toward reversing this alarming trend: Everyone with access to a patch of earth can make a significant contribution toward sustaining...
Prairie up : an introduction to natural garden design
Vogt, Benjamin
Paper Book
Connecting to nature with native plants Landscaping with native plants has encouraged gardeners from the Midwest and beyond to embark on a profound scientific, ecological, and emotional partnership with nature. Benjamin Vogt shares his expertise with prairie plants in a richly photographed...
Planting in a post-wild world : designing plant communities for resilient landscapes
Rainer, Thomas (Landscape architect)
Paper Book
This post-wild landscape guide is an "optimistic call to action" to help gardeners create a harmonious environment by incoporating plant communities (Chicago Tribune). Over time, with industrialization and urban sprawl, we have driven nature out of our...
We are the ark : returning our gardens to their true nature with acts of restorative kindness
Reynolds, Mary (Gardener)
Paper Book
"Reynolds gives us a much-needed reason for hope. The gardener, the conservationist, the city planner, and the nature lover will all be inspired for this wonderful book shows how thousands of even small wildlife friendly gardens can provide habitat for embattled wildlife around the world...
Native plants of the Midwest : a comprehensive guide to the best 500 species for the garden
Branhagen, Alan
Paper Book
Native Plants of the Midwest, by regional plant expert Alan Branhagan, features the best native plants in the heartland and offers clear and concise guidance on how to use them in the garden. Plant profiles for more than 500 species of trees, shrubs, vines, perennials, ground covers,...

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