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1 | FIND THIS LIST AT: go.ncsu.edu/forsyth-emgv-books | ||||||||||||
2 | What is your full name? | Title of the gardening book | Author of the gardening book | Why do you like this book? (1-2 sentences only, please.) | ISBN number if you know it (check inside the cover). | Year / Date of Publication | What is the general topic and/or type of book? (For example: is it a plant identification resource, a non-fiction biography of a gardener, etc.) | ||||||
3 | Steve Barnes | Half Earth | E.O. Wilson | reinforces why we work to support the earth's ecology | 978 - 1631490826 | 2016 | |||||||
4 | Steve Barnes | Drawdown | Paul Hawken | Not really a gardening book but it extends the concept described in "Bringing Nature Home" by Tallamy of actions we can do to assist in supporting earth's systems for successful functioning. Extends the idea to all of human's arenas | 978 - 0143130444 | 2017 | |||||||
5 | Ann Cash | The Grumpy Gardener: An A to Z Guide by Steve Bender | Steve Bender | The isn’t the most comprehensive guide, but it is humorous (while still informative) and a book you will read cover to cover. | |||||||||
6 | Art Kelley | Armitage's Native Plants for North American Gardens | Allan Armitage | comprehensiveness. helpful information on each plant. Color photos | 2006 | ||||||||
7 | Rosemary Lorefice Dippert | What's Wrong with My Plant | David Deardorff and Kathryn Wadsworth | Helps with diagnoses | 978-1-60529-126-0 | 2009 | |||||||
8 | Rosemary Lorefice Dippert | The Complete Book of Herbs | Lesley Bremness | Includes care, uses, harvesting and propagating | 0-670-81894-1 | 1988 | |||||||
9 | Rosemary Lorefice Dippert | The Well Tended Perennial Garden | Tracy DiSabato-Aust | Has common and botanical names | 13:978-0-88192-803-7 | 2006 | |||||||
10 | Rosemary Lorefice Dippert | Native Plants of the Southeast | Larry Mellichamp | Specific to our area | 978-1-60469-323-2 | 2014 | |||||||
11 | Anne Kennedy | North Carolina Gardeners Guide | Toby Bost | It's concise, comprehensive and easy to find the information you want. There are updated versions than the one I have which is autographed. | 1-888608-09-9 | 1997 | |||||||
12 | Art Kelley | Manual of Woody Lanscape Plants | Michael A. Dirr | I like the line drawings of leaves and stems. This manual is packed with information--more that you could ever remember. particularly like the notes on propagation--a future goal of mine. | 1990 | ||||||||
13 | Sheilah Lombardo | Gathering Moss | Robin Wall Kimmerer | The subtitle, "A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses," sums it up. It's not so much a gardening book as a deep dive into the subject. | 0-87071-499-6 | 2003 | |||||||
14 | Sheilah Lombardo | Looking for Longleaf, the Fall and Rise of an American Forest | Lawrence S. Earley | Comprehensive look at the ecology, history and efforts to preserve the longleaf pine forest that once dominated the Southeast. | 0-8078-2886-6 | 2004 | Suggestions from here and above were submitted in 2020 | ||||||
15 | Amy Bridges | Perennials | Eyewitness Series | Lots of good pictures, easy format, quick, short info. Terrific how-tos in the back. | 0-7894-0430-3 | 1996 | These suggestions were submitted in 2022 | ||||||
16 | Shirlie Pinkham | Understanding Perennials: A New Look at an Old Favorite | William Cullina | Super informative, like explaining another culture, and his writing is both descriptive and amusing. | 978-0-618-88346-2 | 2009 | It talks about how perennials grow, interact and survive. | ||||||
17 | Art Kelley | Second Nature: A Gardener's Education | Michael Pollan | Pollan talks about his struggles as a gardener with humorous anecdotes but also gives lots of information about gardening and the history of gardening. | 978-0-8021-4011-1 | 1991 | This is an autobiographical account of Michael Pollan's education as a gardener | ||||||
18 | Art Kelley | The Drunken Botanist | Amy Stewart | Each vignette ends with a cocktail recipe | 978-1-61620-046-6 | 2013 | Short vignettes about plants that are used to create alcoholic drinks cocktails | ||||||
19 | Cindy Jones | The Joy of Weeds | Paul Farrell | The unusual art work, and the information about the weeds. This book is British, and I am learning of weeds I have never heard of. | 978-1-91162-263-5 | 2022 | Weed description, uses of weeds, facts about weeds and stunning abstract illustrations of the weeds | ||||||
20 | Harriet McCarthy | Nature’s Best Hope | Douglas Tallamy | It synthesizes all the scientific ecological disciplines. It’s a holistic guide to sustainability. | 1604699000 | 2020 | Non-fiction guide that explains ecological sustainability | ||||||
21 | Brian Stebbins | The Vertical Veg: Guide to Container Gardening | Mark Ridsdill Smith | Combines knowledge as well as community aspects of gardening | 2022 | Wide variety of tips and techniques for container gardening | |||||||
22 | Ann Cash | The Grumpy Gardener | Steve Bender | Obviously, I have a number of favorite reference books that will no doubt be on most of our lists. However, this book you can read cover to cover while laughing along the way. Informative, but funny! | ISBN-13: 978-0-8487-5313-9 | 2017 | A to Z Gardening Guide | ||||||
23 | Steven Barnes | Native Plants of the Southeast | Larry Melichamp | Horticultural attributes are described along with an asthetic (or quality) rating of the plant. | 978-1-60469-323-2 | 2014 | Native plants for our area home landscapes | ||||||
24 | Steve Barnes | A Natural History of the Future | Rob Dunn | Helps provide a base from which we can place ourselves in the environment . | Big picture of the natural processes within which we garden | ||||||||
25 | Dez Balsamo | Weed Free Gardening | Tasha Greer | I appreciate it because unlike some other books it encourages a work with nature approach and acknowledges not all weeds are "bad". There is also lots of practical advice that is helpful for reducing workload in the long run. | 9780760373231 | 032022 | Weed Management | ||||||
26 | Jennifer Taylor Pierce | AN IMMENSE WORLD | Ed Yong | Ed Yong is a Pulitzer Prize winning science writer who breaks down nature into a miraculous and easily understood journey. He describes the interdependence of nature in a remarkable way. An amazing book. | 9780593133231 | 2022 | Describes how the world is perceived by animals and the interdependence of all creatures. | ||||||
27 | Ann Williams | Growing and Propagating Showy Native Woody Plants | Richard E. Bir | Clear language, photographs and drawings | 0-8078-2027-X | 1992 | Detailed instruction | ||||||
28 | Barb | Attracting Beneficial Bugs to Your Garden | Jessica Walliser | ||||||||||
29 | Ann Cash | Gardening in the South | Mark Weathington | ||||||||||
30 | Sharon Fortner | Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains | Timothy Spira | ||||||||||
31 | Sharon Fortner | Wild Spectacle | Janisse Ray | ||||||||||
32 | Harriet McCarthy | Wicked Plants | Amy Stewart | ||||||||||
33 | Leslie Rose | Pollinator Gardening for the South | Danesha Seth Carley & Anne M. Spafford | ||||||||||
34 | Amy Bridges | The Successful Gardener's Guide | Toby Bost | May be difficult to find | Suggestions from here and below were suggested in 2020 | ||||||||
35 | Sheilah Lombardo | Noah's Garden | Sarah Stein | ||||||||||
36 | Sheilah Lombardo | Planting Noah's Garden | Sarah Stein | ||||||||||
37 | Rosemary Lorefice Dippert | The Brother's Gardeners | |||||||||||
38 | Rosemary Lorefice Dippert | Founding Gardeners | |||||||||||
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40 | The Secret Life of Trees | Bernd Heinrich | |||||||||||
41 | Nature's Best Hope | Doug Tallamy | |||||||||||
42 | Wild Flowers of North Carolina | William Justice, C. Richie Bell | Wildflowers are divided by colors | ||||||||||
43 | Month by Month Gardening in the Carolinas | Bob Polomski | |||||||||||
44 | Perennials and Their Garden Habits | Hansen | May be rare/difficult to find. German. | ||||||||||
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