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Practical Conservation Gardening for All

Conservation gardening comes in many shapes and sizes. Whether you have a small lawn, an empty lot, or many acres, these titles will ignite your passion and empower you to make a difference in an era of ever-increasing habitat loss. Turn your yard into a healthy habitat that requires fewer resources and supports a diverse community of native organisms by building your own pocket prairies, pollinator gardens, rain gardens, and more. Let these titles guide you to garden with nature instead of against her.

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  • An inspired weaving of indigenous knowledge, plant science, and personal narrative from a distinguished professor of science and Native American author.
    Book, 2013Minneapolis, Minnesota : Milkweed Editions, 2013 — 305.597 Kimm
  • Nature's Best Hope

    A New Approach to Conservation That Starts in Your Yard

    Tallamy, Douglas W
    Nature's Best Hope shows how homeowners everywhere can turn their yards into conservation corridors that provide wildlife habitats. It's practical, effective, and easy--you will walk away with specific suggestions you can incorporate into your own…
    Book, 2020Portland, Oregon : Timber Press, 2020 — 333.72 Tall
  • The Book of Wilding

    a Practical Guide to Rewilding Big and Small

    Tree, Isabella, 1964-
    A blueprint for how to rewild the world around us from two of the world's pioneers of wilding.
    Book, 2023London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2023 — 333.9516 Tree
  • 100 Plants to Feed the Bees

    Provide a Healthy Habitat to Help Pollinators Thrive

    In an at-a-glance, photo-driven format, this book presents 100 plants that home gardeners can cultivate to create a more bee-friendly world.
    Book, 2016North Adams, MA : Storey Publishing, [2016] — 571.8642 One
  • Saving the Wild South

    the Fight for Native Plants on the Brink of Extinction

    Eubanks, Georgann,
    A wondrous trek from Alabama to North Carolina to search out native plants that are endangered and wavering on the edge of erasure. The author reveals the intricate beauty and biology of the South's plant life and shows how local development and…
    Book, 2021Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, 2021 — 581.6809 Euba
  • Beyond the War on Invasive Species

    a Permaculture Approach to Ecosystem Restoration

    Orion, Tao, 1980-
    Offers a much-needed alternative perspective on invasive species and the best practices for their management based on a holistic, permaculture-inspired framework
    Book, 2015White River Junction, Vermont : Chelsea Green Publishing, [2015] — 631.58 Orio
  • Rain Gardening in the South

    Ecologically Designed Gardens for Drought, Deluge, and Everything in Between

    Kraus, Helen (Helen T.)
    A colorful, readable how-to guide on creating beautiful gardens that capture and use water that runs off roofs, driveways, and other hard surfaces in our landscape.
    Book, 2009Hillsborough, N.C. : Eno, [2009] — 635 Kra
  • Native Plants of the Southeast

    a Comprehensive Guide to the Best 460 Species for the Garden

    Mellichamp, Larry
    Shows you how to choose the best native plants and how to use them in the garden. This complete guide contains plant profiles for over 460 species of trees, shrubs, vines, ferns, grasses, and wildflowers.
    Book, 2014Portland, Or. : Timber Press, 2014 — 635.0975 Mell
  • A guide to growing beautiful gardens in drought-prone area s utilizing minimal water for maximum results.
    Book, 2016Berkeley : Ten Speed Press, 2016 — 635.9 Peni
  • This complete guide shows gardeners how to create a harmonious atmosphere, maintain a healthy landscape, and design with nature.
    Book, 2003Des Moines, Iowa : Meredith Books, [2003] — 635.95 Ort
  • The Naturescaping Workbook

    a Step-by-step Guide for Bringing Nature to Your Backyard

    Young, Beth O'Donnell
    If you're an eco-conscious homeowner, the best garden designer is Mother Nature, and following her lead can result in a beautiful low-maintenance landscape that requires fewer resources, attracts natural wildlife, and saves time and money.
    Book, 2011Portland, Or. : Timber Press, [2011] — 635.95 Youn
  • Lawns Into Meadows

    Growing a Regenerative Landscape

    Wormser, Owen,
    Explains how to replace the deadscape we call lawn with low-maintenance, eco-friendly meadows. This award-winning, how-to book on growing your own wildflowers and native grasses is also about sustainability, regeneration, and beauty.
    Book, 2022San Francisco, California : Stone Pier Press, [2022] — 635.951 Worm
  • Thoreau's Garden

    Native Plants for the American Landscape

    Loewer, H. Peter
    This title combines excepts from Thoreau's journals with the author's botanical illustrations and comments on more than fifty native plants.
    Book, 1996Mechanicsburg, PA : Stackpole Books, [1996] — 635.9517 Loe
  • Lavishly illustrated with more than 250 gorgeous color photographs, this book is both an introduction to the most familiar and easiest to find native plants of the South and a basic primer on how to use them effectively.
    Book, 1994Dallas, Tex. : Taylor Pub. Co., [1994] — 635.9517 Was
  • The Landscaping Revolution

    Garden With Mother Nature, Not Against Her

    Wasowski, Andy, 1939-
    Promotes the use of native plants, natural alternatives to manmade chemicals, and easy-to-maintain landscape designs.
    Book, 2000Lincolnwood, IL : Contemporary Books, [2000] — 635.9517 Was
  • A renowned plantsman addresses gardeners looking for ways to make their gardens more environmentally friendly by showing them how even in a small garden a sustainable ecosystem can be created and - once established - can largely look after itself.
    Book, 2003Portland, Or. : Timber Press, [2003] — 635.96 Kin
  • 100 Plants to Feed the Monarch

    Create a Healthy Habitat to Sustain North America's Most Beloved Butterfly

    Xerces Society,
    A practical, inspiring guide that shows how to help support the endangered North American monarch butterfly, with information on creating monarch-friendly landscapes using plants that feed and sustain the butterfly through the different stages of…
    Book, 2021North Adams, MA : Storey Publishing, [2021] — 638.5789 Xerc
  • The Art of Butterfly Gardening

    How to Make Your Backyard Into a Beautiful Home for Butterflies

    Tekulsky, Mathew, 1954-
    A complete, step-by-step guide to gardening for butterflies. (ebook)
    eBook, 2015[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2015 — eBook
  • Bringing Nature Home

    How Native Plants Sustain Wildlife in Our Gardens

    Tallamy, Douglas W
    Now with expanded content and plant lists for regional habitats, this offers the insight needed for home gardeners to become backyard ecologists.
    Book, 2007Portland, Or. : Timber Press, [2007] — 639.9209 Tall
  • This classic by an expert gardener and photographer shows how to create a beautiful garden using native plants.
    Book, 1994New York : Clarkson Potter, [1994] — 712.6 Dru