Books

We want to thank Diane from Catskill Native Nursery for providing this list

Bringing Nature Home: How Native Plants Sustain Wildlife in Our Gardens by Douglas Tallamy
The Living Landscape: Designing for Beauty and Biodiversity in the Home Garden by Rick Darke and Doug Tallamy
Nature’s Best Hope: A New Approach to Conservation that Starts in Your Yard by Doug Tallamy
Planting in a Post-Wild World: Designing Plant Communities for Resilient Landscapes by Thomas Rainer
Garden Revolution: How Our Landscapes Can Be a Source of Environmental Change by Larry Weaner
A New Garden Ethic by Benjamin Vogt
Noah’s Garden: Restoring the Ecology of Our Own Backyards by Sara Stein
Urban and Suburban Meadows by Catherine Zimmerman
The American Meadow Book: Creating a Natural Alternative to the Traditional Lawn by John Greenlee
Beautiful No Mow Yards by Evelyn J. Hadden

Reference Books

Dirr’s Hardy Trees and Shrubs: An Illustrated Encyclopedia – Micheal Dirr
Native Trees, Shrubs and Vines – William Cullina.
Growing and Propagating Wildflowers – New England Wildflower Society and William Cullina
Native Ferns, Mosses and Grasses – William Cullina
Armitage’s Native Plants For North American Gardens – Alan Armitage
Conifers for Gardens: An Illustrated Encyclopedia – Richard L. Bitner
Pollinators of Native Plants: Attract, Observe and Identify Pollinators and Beneficial Insects – Heather Holm
Attracting Native Pollinators: The Xerces Society Guide, Protecting North America’s Bees and Butterflies – by the Xerces Society
Designing Gardens with Flora of the American East – by Carolyn Summers