Books we love
Why ecological landscaping matters
Nature's Best Hope: A New Approach to Conservation That Starts in Your Yard
By Douglas W. Tallamy
The Humane Gardener: Nurturing a Backyard Habitat for Wildlife
By Nancy Lawson
How to landscape ecologically
Garden Revolution: How Our Landscapes Can Be a Source of Environmental Change
By Larry Weaner and Thomas Christopher
Lawns Into Meadows, 2nd Edition: Growing a Regenerative Landscape
By Owen Wormser
Planting in a Post-Wild World: Designing Plant Communities for Resilient Landscapes
By Claudia West and Thomas Rainer
Finding plants for your ecoregion
The Northeast Native Plant Primer: 235 Plants for an Earth-Friendly Garden
By Uli Lorimer and Native Plant Trust
Deer-Resistant Native Plants for the Northeast
By Ruth Rogers Clausen
and Gregory Tepper
The Southeast Native Plant Primer: 225 Plants for an Earth-Friendly Garden
By Will Stuart and Paula Gross
Native Plants for Florida Gardens
By Stacey Matrazzo and Nancy Bissett
The Midwest Native Plant Primer: 225 Plants for an Earth-Friendly Garden
By Alan Branhagen
Landscaping with Native Plants of the Southwest
By George Oxford Miller
The Pacific Northwest Native Plant Primer: 225 Plants for an Earth-Friendly Garden
By Andrew Merritt and Kristin Currin
The Drought-Defying California Garden: 230 Native Plants for a Lush, Low-Water Landscape
By Lucy Warren and Greg Rubin
Garden design inspiration and recordkeeping
Chasing Eden and Vita Sackville-West’s Sissinghurst illustrate how two homeowners balanced structure and wildness to create extraordinary Blooming Romantic yards, our subscribers’ favorite Yardenality™. We do not recommend the plant choices, which are not native to their regions.
Chasing Eden: Design Inspiration from the Gardens at Hortulus Farm
By Renny Reynolds and Jack Staub
Vita Sackville-West's Sissinghurst: The Creation of a Garden
By Vita Sackville-West and Sarah Raven
RHS Gardener's Five Year Record Book
By Royal Horticultural Society
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