Master Gardener
Library Book Resources
B100 “Annuals for
Engebretson,
Don and Williamson, Don
More than 500
annuals suitable to the
Tips on planting, growing,
recommended varieties, problems and pests.
B120 “Bonsai” (Sunset Publications 2004)
Hogan, Elizabeth
Culture and Care of Miniature Trees
B140 “Complete Shade Gardener” (Timber Press 1991)
Schenk, George
Even if you have shied away from
shade plants in the past, you will find this
an inspiring guide from
the basics to the creation of a shady retreat.
B160 “Complete Vegetable & Herb Gardener” (Simon
& Schuster 1997)
Cutler, Karen Davis
This book focuses on all aspects of growing organic
vegetables and edible herbs
in the home garden. Planting
techniques and tools, garden design and more than
90 individual plant portraits are included. 300 full-color photos.
B180 “Common Weeds of the
Covers 220 important weeds with
illustrations, maps and botanical information, with plant lore for each; more
than 225 illustrations.
B200 Concise Encyclopedia of Favorite Flowers Doubleday 1953
Johnson, Marjorie
Facts the
home gardener should know in growing successfully the 106 most popular flowering herbaceous plants for beds
and borders
B220 Contrary Farmer’s Invitation to Gardening Chelsea Green
Publishing 1997 Logsdon, Gene
Once upon a time people thought
gardens were flat, rectangular, and planted in rows. People grew vegetables
such as lettuce, carrots, and tomatoes. Then Gene Logsdon, the self-proclaimed
dean of American curmudgeons, came along to smash the concept of garden to
smithereens. He is an American original, a farmer who thinks, and a writer who
gardens.
B240 Country Herbal Crafts, The
Book of Rodale/St.Martin Press 1991
Cusick,
Dawn
Here is a step-by-step guide to
making over 100 beautiful wreaths, garlands,
bouquets, and much more, with easy-to-follow
directions and full color illustrations. Includes plans for six herb gardens,
information on growing, harvesting, and
working with herbs, and an encyclopedia of
common herbs and their uses.
B260 Dirr’s Hardy Trees
and Shrubs:
an Illustrated Encyclopedia Timber
Press 1997
Dirr,
Michael
Lavishly illustrated, this
encyclopedia describes the best woody plants adapted to cooler climates (USDA
zones
B270 Dwarf Shrubs for the
Keith, Rebecca McIntosh
The first section contains general
cultural information. The second has
detailed descriptions of 104 plants selected for their adaptability to the
B280 Encyclopedia of Plants & Flowers DK
Publishing 2002
The American Horticulture Society
Simply
the definitive full-color reference to the horticulture of
Contains more than 8,000 plant
references, 4,250 photographs, and practical advice
on everything from cultivation and
pests to plant selection and identification.
B300 Essential Gardener, The Crescent
Boos 1993
Fell, Derek
Complete
guide to gardening presents in one volume; a wealth of information on planning, planting, cultivating, and
propagating annuals, perennials, bulbs,
shrubs, herbs, and roses.
B320 Ferns Cassell Illustrated 2003
Martin Rickard
All the information you need to
successfully grow and maintain these attractive and
hardy perennials is included here.
Various methods of propagation, including from
spores, by division and other methods, are
all discussed, along with tips for soil preparation, feeding and watering,
pruning, container growing, controlling pests
and diseases, and more, backed by color
photographs and illustrations.
B330 Field Grown Cut Flowers Avatars
World 1997
Stevens, Alan
Both beginning and advanced growers
will find this volume an indispensable guide to producing fresh and dried cut
flowers outdoors. It also includes details on production systems and the labor
requirements needed to get the job done. Information on how
to grow eight of the most popular
outdoor-produced cut flowers is also featured.
B340 Flower Drying with a Microwave Sterling/Lark
Books 1988
Joosten, Titia
This is an easy-to-follow and safe
guidebook that includes step-by-step instructions
for drying flowers in both conventional
ovens and microwave ovens.
B360 Flowering Plants & Shrubs: A Grower’s
Guide Crescent Books 1997
Hanks, Margaret
Gloriously illustrated, this
brilliant guide is packed with indispensable advice for
gardeners of every experience level. Includes
a climate map, flowering/harvesting
chart, and index. Explains how to choose,
grow, prune, and take cuttings from
more than 85 flowering plants and
shrubs. Packed with advice on everything from
color, design, planning, and planting to
coping with pests and disease.
B380
Riley, Mary
This is the first book to deal
exclusively with an important and neglected area of
landscape gardening--the front of the house.
With expert advice, gorgeous
photographs, and plans from leading landscape
architects, The
a guide to all aspects of the front
landscape, including parking, garage doors,
as well as the design of the garden
itself. 100 color photographs.
B390 Gaia’s Garden, A
guide to Home-scale Permaculture Chelsea Green2000
Hemenway,
Toby
Permaculture is a verbal marriage of "permanent"
and "agriculture". Australian
Bill Mollison
pioneered its development. Key features include: use of compatible perennials;
non-invasive planting techniques; emphasis on biodiversity; specifically
adaptable to local climate, landscape, and soil conditions; highly productive
output
of edibles
B395 Garden Insects of
Cranshaw,
Whitney
Using full-color photos and
scientifically accurate text, Cranshaw creates a
comprehensive, user-friendly guide on how to better
understand, appreciate and
tolerate 1,420 of the insects affecting yard
and garden plants in
B400 Garden Planner, The Time-Life
Books 2000
Walker, John
A unique mix-and-match guide to over 300 plants. Organized in a handy flip format.
B420 Garden Flowers, The
Complete Encyclopedia Thunder
Bay Press 2003
Bryant, Kate
The Complete Encyclopedia of Garden
Flowers offers a host of ideas and advice about a vast range of flowering
plants. This handy, all-encompassing reference covers every flowering plant
imaginable and provides a guide to growing both traditional plants as well as
more unusual varieties. Useful tips show how to get the most from any plant in
the garden and detailed descriptions and cultivation requirements make even a
beginning gardener shine.
B440 Gardening Basics: How To Time-Life
2000
Practical, beautiful books that help
even beginners create breathtaking gardens. Bold, close-up photos and Time Life's
"how-to" instructions make projects easy.
B450 Gardening with Conifers Fire-fly
Books
Bloom,
A highly acclaimed reference guide to using and growing conifers in your
garden. Includes
design ideas, sources and directory of 600 different conifers. Illustrated throughout in color.
B460 Gardening With Groundcovers & Vines Harper Collins
1993
Lacy, Allen
One of the best garden writers in
B480 Gardening With Native Wild Flowers Timber Press 1997
Jones, Samuel and Foote, Leonard
This classic on native plants
encourages the garden use of wild flowers, grasses,
ground covers, and hardy ferns native to
the Eastern and
B500 Gardening With Prairie Plants Univ
Wasowski,
Sally and Wasowski, Andy
A practical, comprehensive and
packed with information guide and resource for prairie gardening. Award-winning
gardening author and landscape designer Wasowski
provides all the info on how to get started. 241 photos.
335 maps.
B510 Grasses: Versatile Partners for Uncommon Storey Books 2002 B510A Garden Design
Ondra,
Nancy
From spring green to winter gold,
the drama of grasses is nonstop. One of the few books available that advises the gardener
on how to uses grasses in the garden, "Grasses" features plans and
practical advice for more than 24 unique gardens. The book includes an identification
guide to the plants and features more than 150 color photos, illustrations,
and landscape plans.
B520 Home Gardener’s Problem Solver: Ortho Meredith Publishing Group
2001
McKinley, Michael
This classic is updated by top
professionals who share information on how they troubleshoot garden problems.
Includes tips on how to identify gardening problems indoors and outdoors,
comprehensive problem-solving techniques for lawns, groundcovers, flowers, trees, shrubs,
and more. 400 photos
B525 How to Attract Birds Ortho
Books
How to attract, and how to avoid,
specific birds, particularly with seeds and feeders,
for example, suet feeders that
starlings can't use. The book features new hints for avoiding problems such as
squirrels, window strikes, trouble with neighbors, and cats killing birds. Like
the earlier edition, this guide for bird lovers shows how to attract
dozens of beautiful visitors by creating
in your yard the habitat they prefer.
B530 How to Grow Fresh Air Penguin
Books 1997
Wolverton,
Dr. B.C.
Plants are the lungs of the earth. This revolutionary guide, based on 25 years of research by NASA, shows how common
houseplants can combat sick building syndrome and cleanse the home or
office of common pollutants. Color photos & llustrations.
B535 Invasic Plants of
the Upper Mid West U
Czarapata,
Elizabeth
An informative, colorful, comprehensive guide to invasive
species that are currently endangering native habitats in the region. It will be an essential resource for land managers, nature
lovers, property owners, farmers, landscapers, educators, botanists, foresters,
and gardeners.
B540 IPM of
Krischik,
Vera and Davison, John
Tactics
and tools for integrated pest management
B560 Joy of
Raymond, Dick
The best of Dick
Raymond's vegetable gardening wisdom is illustrated with full-color photos and
at-a-glance charts that make his methods accessible to any gardener.
B565 Landscaping with Ornamental Grasses Sunset Books
2002
Gilsenan,
Fiona and editors
This complete design and reference
book explores the history of grasses in their natural settings, and describes
how to integrate them in a variety of climatic situations -from shady woodland
to desert, Asian-style gardens to naturalistic landscapes, family-friendly
yards to small patios. 250 photos. 20
illustrations.
B570 Making the Most of Shade: How to Plan, Plant
& Grow Rodale 2005
A Fabulous Garden that
Lightens Up the Shadows
Hodgson, Larry
A gorgeous celebration of the shade
garden--featuring nearly 300 perennials, annuals, bulbs, ferns, ornamental
grasses, and climbing plants that will thrive without direct sunlight A shaded garden can be a soothing sanctuary that even the
most dedicated sun worshipper can welcome on a hot summer day. In this stunning
volume, garden expert Larry Hodgson shows how to create a lush and lovely
garden filled with plants that will flourish in the shade.
B580 Naturalist’s Garden, The Rodale
Press 1987
Ernst, Ruth Shaw
Even the most attractive
and peaceful garden can seem empty without birds, mammals, and butterflies,
bees, and other insects. Those who make an effort to share their gardens with
wild neighbors will be repaid with song, beauty, entertainment, and fewer
pests. This book shows how to design a garden to attract wild creatures by
including the plants they need to thrive and by landscaping to provide them
with shelter and nesting sites. It covers information on water gardens,
wildflowers, and natural methods of bug and disease control and will appeal to
gardeners and naturalists.
B600 Organic Gardener’s Handbook of Natural
Insect
and
Disease Control Rodale
Press 1996
Ellis, Barbara and Bradley, Fern
Marshall
Entries on vegetables, fruits,
herbs, annuals, perennials, bulbs, trees, shrubs, vines and lawns feature
information on preventing problems along with symptoms of and solutions for
major pests and disease. Detailed illustrations of major vegetables, fruits and
ornamental plants show just how to diagnose problems. 350+ color photos.
B620 Organic Gardening, The
Best Of Rodale
Press 1996
McGrath, Mike
This collection of tid-bits and proven advice from over 50 years of Organic Gardening magazine has bushels of know-how crammed into an
easy to read format. If you love the magazine, you'll love the book. The
instructions for being an organic gardener are put forth here in plain English
so that anyone can grow a great garden without the use of chemicals!
B640 Perennials for Every
Purpose Rodale
Press 2000
Hodgson, Larry
Encyclopedic in its range of
information, this single volume contains everything readers need to know to
create a perennial garden. Hodgson covers site selection, starting a garden,
garden pests, and diseases and gives the lowdown on
more than 700 perennials. 300 photos
B650 Perennials, an Illustrated Encyclopedia Rodale Press
1993
Phillips, Ellen & Burrell C.Colston
An excellent
reference book for all gardeners, from the novice to the expert.
B660 Perennials for
Engebretson,
Don and Williamson, Don
Full color photographs featuring
more than 500 perennials and accompanied by common-sense advice and useful information.
You'll find planting tips, blooming periods and information on choosing
plants for specific sites. Also includes plant information charts for a wealth
of valuable information.
B680 Perennials for Shade:
A quick-reference series for readers
who don't have the time or the experience to do their own research
B700 Plant Propagation, The
Complete Book of Wardlock Ltd 1997
Clarke, Graham and TooGood, Alan
Raising plants from seeds or
cuttings is one of a gardener's greatest joys. All aspects of the subject,
including specific information on equipment and techniques for seed sowing
undercover, raising plants from spores, grafting, budding, even
micro-plantation, receive in-depth attention in this encyclopedic collection,
the only book needed for a lifetime of successful propagation. Dazzling color
photographs and line drawings enhance the information.
B720 Ponder’s Bible Carolelle Publishing 1999
Lovgren, Gostga
A down to earth book by a great guy who really loves ponds
and has done it all. He gives details way beyond the typical
book on ponds. He has been experimenting with techniques for a long time.
B740 Ponds and Waterfalls, How to Build Tetra
Press 1997
Reid, Jeffrey
This easy-to-read,
easy-to-understand book shows readers how to build ponds and waterfalls.
Jeffrey Reid proves that knowing the correct steps and using the right product
for the job practically guarantees success.
B760 Prairie Primer U
W Extension 1996
Nichols, Stan; Entine,
Lynn & Howell, Evelyn
Discusses the prairie, a unique
ecological system characterized by a plant cover of grasses & wildflowers, rather than
trees or shrubs. It comprises an open, grass-covered, treeless landscape.
Prairie animals have specially adapted to thrive on "grasslands" rather than in forests or wetlands. The
prairie has largely disappeared, but there is a growing interest in preserving
& restoring it.
B780 Requiem for a Lawnmower, and Other Essays on
Easy Gardening With
Native Plants Taylor
Publishing 1992
Wasowski,
Sally and Wasowski, Andy
Consisting of practical advice as
well as call to action, the Wasowski's professed hope
is that this book will send the reader into the garden and the voting booth
with a fresh perspective.
B790 Restoring
Of Heirloom Ornamental
Plats 1640-1940 Timber Press 2004
Adams, Denise Wiles
From the colonial era to the
pre-World War II period, this remarkable book of history and horticulture
documents the changing plant palette of American gardens. 201 color photos. Line drawings & photos.
B800 Roses for Dummies IDG
Books Worldwide 2000
Walheim,
Lance
This fun and friendly guide to the
beautiful world of roses is perfect for gardening novices and experienced growers alike. This
handy reference provides readers with the
information, tips and techniques they need to plant and grow beautiful roses.
Readers benefit from the useful advice for planting and growing roses and can
take advantage of the sample rose garden plans to help
them design a garden for any space or climate. Color photos,
line drawings.
B810 Seedheads in the
Garden Timber
Press 2006
Kingsbury, Noel
Seedheads are key components of the
naturalistic garden. After providing historical context, Noel Kingsbury
explains how plants reproduce and participate in the garden's wider ecology and
explores the role of seedheads in diverse gardens
worldwide. An analysis of seedheads' aesthetic merits
is accompanied by cultivation advice and a plant directory. Jo Whitworth's
compelling photographs capture the seedheads' unique
qualities
B820 Stone Landscaping, Meredith
Books 2004
Better Homes & Gardens
Inspirational ideas of how to incorporate stonework into current
landscapes. Detailed
instructions for popular stonework projects, including stone veneers. Concise, easy-to-follow text that gives
do-it-yourselfers confidence to accomplish great results. Tips and
illustrations that add fun to projects and explain the expert techniques that
do-it-yourselfers want to learn.
B830 Teaming with Microbes: a Gardener’s Guide
To the Soil Food Web Timber
Press 2006
Lowenfels,
Jeff and Lewis,
The authors describe the activities
of the organisms that make up the soil food web and explain how to foster and cultivate
the life of the soil. The straightforward text is accessible to a wide audience
of gardeners who want to grow healthy, vigorous plants without resorting to
chemicals.
B840 Trees and Shrubs, the Complete Encyclopedia
Cheers, Gordon
The Complete Encyclopedia of Trees
and Shrubs gives comprehensive descriptions to satisfy any arborist. Focusing
on vegetation that is extraordinary for its adaptational
ability, wild beauty, or unique evolutionary position, this is an excellent
resource. The book is divided into three sections: trees and shrubs looked at
in general terms; arranged in alphabetical order according to genus; and then
depicted in numerous color illustrations, showing leaf and flower shapes,
growth habits, and structures.
B845 Trees and Shrubs for Northern Gardens UW Minnesota
Press 1980
The standard reference to trees, shrubs, and woody vines
that thrive in northern climates. Sections on how to plan a garden are followed
by advice on how to best plant and maintain trees and shrubs; an easy-to-use
guide to the many varieties of trees, shrubs, and vines that will grow in the
north. Gardeners will learn the origins of various plants, how they can best be
maintained, where and how they will grow, whether they will produce fruit or
flowers, and how they will respond to changes in weather.
B850 Vegetable Gardener’s Bible, The Storey
Publishing 2000
Smith, Edward C.
Combining creative ideas with
old-time wisdom, a lifetime gardener shares the secrets of his earth-friendly, unique
gardening system. 450 color photos
B855 Well-Designed Mixed Garden, The Timber
Press 2003
DiSabato-Aust,
Written for gardeners who are
passionate about plants of all kinds, this handbook provides not only inspiration but information
on design and connoisseur plants -
all from original research dating back to the author's degree in
horticulture. 227 color
photos.
B860 Well-Tended
Pruning Techniques Timber
Press 2001
DiSabato-Aust,
More than 200 color photos have been
added to this revised edition, showing perennials in various border situations
and providing images for each of the entries in the A-Z encyclopedia. It also
includes a new 32-page journal section with room for gardeners to enter
details, notes, and observations.
B880 What Houseplant Where 1998
Lancaster,
With over 400 color photos of plant
choices, this guide shows which houseplants are best for the home. An extensive range of
plant choices for each "mini-climate" in the house enables readers to
create a year-around garden in every room.
B900 Wild Lawn Handbook, the Alternative to the
Traditional Front Lawn Prentice
Halls McMillan 1995
Daniels, Stevie
The definitive guide to transforming
the traditional grass lawn into a beautiful alternative lawn using native grasses,
ferns, mosses, wildflowers, low-growing shrubs, and perennials is now available
in paperback. Color insert.