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Information Resources for

SUSTAINABLE GARDENING: THE GREEN APPROACH
Northwest Horticultural Society Seminar 2007
Special thanks to the individuals and organizations who have contributed these materials to the library.

BOOKS

ENVIRONMENTAL GARDENING Druitt, Liz. THE ORGANIC ROSE GARDEN. Dallas:

Arms, Karen. ENVIRONMENTAL GARDENING. Taylor Publishing, 1996.
Savannah, GA: Halfmoon, 1992. SB 411 .D74 1996
SB 453.5 .A76 1992
Ellis, Barbara W. and Fern Marshall Bradley. THE
Baskin, Yvonne. THE WORK OF NATURE: HOW ORGANIC GARDENER’S HANDBOOK OF
THE DIVERSITY OF LIFE SUSTAINS US. NATURAL INSECT AND DISEASE CONTROL.
Washington, D.C.: Island Press, 1997. Emmaus, PA: Rodale Press, 1996.
QH 73 .B27 1997 SB 974 .E53 1996

Bell, Graham. THE PERMACULTURE GARDEN. Fedor, John. ORGANIC GARDENING FOR THE
London: Thorsons, 1994. 21ST CENTURY. Pleasantville, NY: Reader’s Digest,
S 494.5 .P47 B45 1994 2001.
SB 453.5 .F43 2001
Bourne, Val. THE NATURAL GARDENER : THE
WAY WE ALL WANT TO GARDEN. London: Flowerdew, Bob. THE ORGANIC GARDENING
Frances Lincoln, 2004. BIBLE: SUCCESSFUL GARDENING THE NATURAL
SB 454.3 .N38 B68 2004 WAY. Lanham, MD: Taylor Trade, 2004.
SB 453.5 .F56 2004
Burrell, C. Colston. NATIVE ALTERNATIVES TO
INVASIVE PLANTS. Brooklyn, NY: Brooklyn Botanic Harper, Peter. THE NATURAL GARDEN BOOK: A
Garden, 2006. HOLISTIC APPROACH TO GARDENING. New
QH 79 .B87 2006 York: Simon & Schuster, 1994.
SB 453.5 .H27 1994
Coleman, Eliot. THE NEW ORGANIC GROWER: A
MASTER’S MANUAL OF TOOLS AND Herriot, Carolyn. A YEAR ON THE GARDEN PATH :
TECHNIQUES FOR THE HOME AND MARKET A 52-WEEK ORGANIC GARDENING GUIDE.
GARDENER. White River Junction, VT: Chelsea Victoria, B.C.: Earthfuture Publications, 2005.
Green Publishing, 1995. PNW SB 453.2 .P23 H47 2005
SB 324.3 .C65 1995
Holmgren, David. PERMACULTURE: PRINCIPLES
Dennis, Clue Tyler and Luke Miller. IF YOU LIKE AND PATHWAYS BEYOND SUSTAINABILITY.
MY APPLES: A SIMPLE GUIDE TO BIODYNAMIC Hepburn, Australia: Holmgren Design Services,
GARDENING. Garden City Park, NY: Avery, 1997. 2002.
SB 453.5 .D46 1997 S 494.5 .P47 H65 2002
Jeavons, John and Carol Cox. THE SUSTAINABLE Mollison, Bill. INTRODUCTION TO
VEGETABLE GARDEN. Berkeley, CA: Ten Speed PERMACULTURE. Tyalgum, Australia: Tagari, 1994.
Press, 1999. S 494.5 .P47 M65 1994
SB 324.3 .J431 1999
Pears, Pauline, ed. RODALE’S ILLUSTRATED
Klindienst, Patricia. THE EARTH KNOWS MY ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ORGANIC GARDENING. New
NAME: FOOD, CULTURE, AND SUSTAINABILITY York: DK Publishing, 2002.
IN THE GARDENS OF ETHNIC AMERICANS. SB 453.5 .R633 2002
Boston: Beacon Press, 2006.
SB 455 .K55 2006 Rubin, Carole. HOW TO GET YOUR LAWN AND
GARDEN OFF DRUGS: A BASIC GUIDE TO
Larkcom, Joy. THE ORGANIC SALAD GARDEN. PESTICIDE-FREE GARDENING IN NORTH
London: Frances Lincoln, 2001. AMERICA. Madeira Park, BC: Harbour, 2003.
SB 339 .S25 L27 2001 PNW SB 453.5 .R83 2003

Lill, Diane O’Reilly. AMERICA’S VANISHING Seymour, John. THE SELF-SUFFICIENT LIFE AND
FLORA: STORIES OF ENDANGERED PLANTS HOW TO LIVE IT: THE COMPLETE BACK-TO-
FROM THE FIFTY STATES & EFFORTS TO SAVE BASICS GUIDE. New York: DK Publishing, 2003.
THEM. St. Louis, MO: Center for Plant S 501.2 .S49 2003
Conservation, 2000.
QH 76 .L55 2000 Shapiro, Howard-Yana and John Harrison.
GARDENING FOR THE FUTURE OF THE EARTH.
Lima, Patrick. THE ORGANIC HOME GARDEN: New York: Bantam Books, 2000.
HOW TO GROW FRUITS & VEGETABLES SB 453.5 .S42 2000
NATURALLY. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books, 2004.
SB 324.3 .L56 2004 Turner, Nancy J. THE EARTH’S BLANKET:
TRADITIONAL TEACHINGS FOR SUSTAINABLE
Lovejoy, Ann. THE ANN LOVEJOY HANDBOOK LIVING. Seattle: University of Washington Press,
OF NORTHWEST GARDENING: NATURAL, 2005.
SUSTAINABLE, ORGANIC. Seattle: Sasquatch PNW QH541.15 .H86 T87 2005
Book, 2003.
SB 453.2 .P23 L684 2003 Washington State University Cooperative Extension.
SUSTAINABLE GARDENING: THE OREGON-
Marinelli, Janet, ed. THE ENVIRONMENTAL WASHINGTON MASTER GARDENER
GARDENER. New York: Brooklyn Botanic Garden, HANDBOOK. Pullman, WA: WSU Cooperative
1992. Extension, 1999.
SB 453.5 .E55 1992 PNW SB 453.2 .P23 S87 1999

Marinelli, Janet, ed. GOING NATIVE: Wasowski, Sally & Andy Wasowski. REQUIEM FOR
BIODIVERSITY IN OUR OWN BACKYARDS. A LAWNMOWER: GARDENING IN A WARMER,
Brooklyn, NY: Brooklyn Botanic Garden, 1994. DRIER WORLD. 2nd ed. Lanham, MD: Taylor, 2004.
SB 439 .M37 1994 SB 439 .W38 2004

Marinelli, Janet, ed. PLANT. New York: DK DROUGHT-TOLERANT GARDENING

Publishing, 2005. Barron, Pattie. CREATE A MEDITERRANEAN
QK 45.2 .M27 2005 GARDEN: PLANTING A LOW-MAINTENANCE
DROUGHT-PROOF PARADISE ANYWHERE.
Marshall, Nina T. THE GARDENER’S GUIDE TO London: Lorenz, 1999.
PLANT CONSERVATION. Washington. D.C.: World PNW SB 454.3 .M43 B27 1999
Wildlife Fund, 1993.
QH 75 .M27 1993
Bennett, Jennifer. DRY-LAND GARDENING: A Northwest Perennial Alliance. WATER
XERISCAPING GUIDE FOR DRY-SUMMER, COLD- CONSERVING PLANTS FOR THE PACIFIC
WINTER CLIMATES. Willowdale, Ont.: Firefly NORTHWEST WEST OF THE CASCADES. Seattle:
Books, 1998. Northwest Perennial Alliance, 1993.
SB 454.3 .D7 B46 1998 PNW SB 454.3 .D7 N67 1993

Black, Kathryn Stechert; Sunset Books. WATERWISE O'Keefe, John M. WATER-CONSERVING

GARDENING. Menlo Park, CA: Lane, 1989. GARDENS AND LANDSCAPES: WATER-SAVING
PNW SB 454.3 .D7 F45 1989 IDEAS, PLANT SELECTION LIST, HOME DRIP
IRRIGATION GUIDE, EASY-CARE LANDSCAPES,
Chatto, Beth. BETH CHATTO’S GRAVEL GARDEN: ALL-REGION MAPS. Pownal, VT: Storey
DROUGHT-RESISTANT PLANTING THROUGH Communications, 1992.
THE YEAR. New York: Viking Studio, 2000. SB 454.3 .D7 O54 1992
SB 454.3 .D7 C42 2000
Perry, Bob. LANDSCAPE PLANTS FOR WESTERN
Christopher, Thomas. WATER-WISE GARDENING: REGIONS: AN ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO PLANTS
AMERICA’S BACKYARD REVOLUTION. New York: FOR WATER CONSERVATION. Claremont, CA:
Simon & Schuster, 1994. Land Design Publishing, 1992.
SB 454.3 .D7 C47 1994 PNW SB 454.3 .D7 P47 1992

Denver Water and Rob Proctor. XERISCAPE PLANT Robinson, Peter. WATER-WISE GARDENING.
GUIDE. Golden, CO: Fulcrum Publishing, 1996. American Horticultural Society Practical Guides.
SB 454.3 .D7 P76 1996 New York: DK Publishing, 1999.
SB 454.3 .D7 R63 1999
Ellefson, Connie. XERISCAPE GARDENING:
WATER CONSERVATION FOR THE AMERICAN Solomon, Steve. WATER-WISE VEGETABLES.
LANDSCAPE. New York: Macmillan, 1992. Cascadia Gardening Series. Seattle: Sasquatch
SB 454.3 .D7 E55 1992 Books, 1993.
PNW SB 321.5 .P23 S662 1993
Ferguson, Nicola. RIGHT PLANT, RIGHT PLACE.
New York: Summit Books, 1984. Taylor, Jane. PLANTS FOR DRY GARDENS;
SB 452.4 .F47 1984 DROUGHT-TOLERANT PLANTS: WATERWISE
GARDENING FOR EVERY CLIMATE. New York:
Harlow, Nora. PLANTS AND LANDSCAPES FOR Prentice Hall, 1993.
SUMMER-DRY CLIMATES OF THE SAN SB 454.3 .D7 T29 1993
FRANCISCO BAY REGION. Oakland, CA: East Bay
Municipal Utility District, 2004. TAYLOR’S GUIDE TO WATER-SAVING
PNW SB 439.24 .C2 E28 2004 GARDENING. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1990.
SB 454.3 .D7 T29 1990
Johnson, Eric A. THE LOW-WATER FLOWER
GARDENER. Tucson: Ironwood Press, 1993.
SB 454.3 .D7 J64 1993 GREEN ROOFS
Dunnett, Nigel and Noel Kingsbury. PLANTING
Kourik, Robert. DRIP IRRIGATION FOR EVERY GREEN ROOFS AND LIVING WALLS. Portland:
LANDSCAPE AND ALL CLIMATES. Santa Rosa, Timber Press, 2004.
CA: Metamorphic Press, 1992. SB 419.5 .D86 2004
S 619 .T74 K68 1992
ECOROOF QUESTIONS & ANSWERS. Portland,
Lucas, John. LOW-WATER GARDENING. London: OR: Environmental Services, City of Portland, 2000.
J.M. Dent, 1993. SB 419.5 .C58 2004
SB 454.3 .D7 L83 1993
Grant, Gary, et al. GREEN ROOFS: THEIR DROUGHT-TOLERANT GARDENING
EXISTING STATUS AND POTENTIAL FOR Brooklyn Botanic Garden drought tips
CONSERVING BIODIVERSITY IN URBAN AREAS. www.bbg.org/gar2/topics/sustainable
Peterborough, UK: English Nature, 2003.
SB 419.5 .E36 2003 (Also available online: City of Bellevue demonstration garden
http://www.english- www.ci.bellevue.wa.us/page.asp?view=1744
nature.org.uk/news/news_photo/Greenroofs.pdf)
Highline Water District
Johnson, Jacklyn and John Newton. BUILDING www.highlinewater.org/landscap.htm
GREEN: A GUIDE TO USING PLANTS ON
ROOFS, WALLS, AND PAVEMENTS. London: Seattle Public Utilities conservation page
London Ecology Unit, 1993. www.seattle.gov/util/Directory/Conservation_Index/index.asp
SB 419.5 .J64 1993
GREEN ROOFS
Lowe, Duncan. GROWING ALPINES IN RAISED Blackdown Horticultural Consultants
BEDS, TROUGHS AND TUFA. London: B.T. www.greenroof.co.uk/html/main3.htm
Batsford, 1991.
SB 421 .L69 1991 The green roof industry’s resource portal
www.greenroofs.com
Osmundson, Theodore. ROOF GARDENS:
HISTORY, DESIGN, AND CONSTRUCTION. New Michigan State University Green Roof Research
York: Norton, 1999. Program
SB 419.5 .O76 1999 www.hrt.msu.edu/greenroof/

Snodgrass, Edmund C. and Lucie L. Snodgrass. Northwest EcoBuilding Guild’s Green Roof Project
GREEN ROOF PLANTS: A RESOURCE AND www.hadj.net
PLANTING GUIDE. Portland: Timber Press, 2006.
SB 419.5 .S66 2006 Penn State Center for Green Roof Research
http://hortweb.cas.psu.edu/research/greenroofcenter/index.html

WEBSITES Pomegranate Center

www.pomegranate.org/docs/greenroof.pdf
ENVIRONMENTAL GARDENING
Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Roofscapes Incorporated FAQs
Systems – U. C. Santa Cruz www.roofmeadow.com/faqs.htm
http://zzyx.ucsc.edu/casfs/

North Carolina Cooperative Extension Resource List

April 19, 2008
www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/consumer/hortinternet/organic.html

Organic Gardening
http://organicgardening.com

Seattle Tilth
http://www.seattletilth.org

Washington Native Plant Society

http://www.wnps.org/index.html

Washington State University Stewardship

Gardening
http://gardening.wsu.edu/Stewardship/stewgard.htm