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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.
London: Thorsons, 1994.
S 494.5 .P47 B45 1994
Bourne, Val. THE NATURAL GARDENER : THE
WAY WE ALL WANT TO GARDEN. London:
Frances Lincoln, 2004.
SB 454.3 .N38 B68 2004
Burrell, C. Colston. NATIVE ALTERNATIVES TO
INVASIVE PLANTS. Brooklyn, NY: Brooklyn Botanic
Garden, 2006.
QH 79 .B87 2006
Coleman, Eliot. THE NEW ORGANIC GROWER: A
MASTER’S MANUAL OF TOOLS AND
TECHNIQUES FOR THE HOME AND MARKET
GARDENER. White River Junction, VT: Chelsea
Green Publishing, 1995.
SB 324.3 .C65 1995
Dennis, Clue Tyler and Luke Miller. IF YOU LIKE
MY APPLES: A SIMPLE GUIDE TO BIODYNAMIC
GARDENING. Garden City Park, NY: Avery, 1997.
SB 453.5 .D46 1997
Fedor, John. ORGANIC GARDENING FOR THE
21ST CENTURY. Pleasantville, NY: Reader’s Digest,
2001.
SB 453.5 .F43 2001
Flowerdew, Bob. THE ORGANIC GARDENING
BIBLE: SUCCESSFUL GARDENING THE NATURAL
WAY. Lanham, MD: Taylor Trade, 2004.
SB 453.5 .F56 2004
Harper, Peter. THE NATURAL GARDEN BOOK: A
HOLISTIC APPROACH TO GARDENING. New
York: Simon & Schuster, 1994.
SB 453.5 .H27 1994
Herriot, Carolyn. A YEAR ON THE GARDEN PATH :
A 52-WEEK ORGANIC GARDENING GUIDE.
Victoria, B.C.: Earthfuture Publications, 2005.
PNW SB 453.2 .P23 H47 2005
Holmgren, David. PERMACULTURE: PRINCIPLES
AND PATHWAYS BEYOND SUSTAINABILITY.
Hepburn, Australia: Holmgren Design Services,
2002.
S 494.5 .P47 H65 2002
Jeavons, John and Carol Cox. THE SUSTAINABLE
VEGETABLE GARDEN. Berkeley, CA: Ten Speed
Press, 1999.
SB 324.3 .J431 1999
Klindienst, Patricia. THE EARTH KNOWS MY
NAME: FOOD, CULTURE, AND SUSTAINABILITY
IN THE GARDENS OF ETHNIC AMERICANS.
Boston: Beacon Press, 2006.
SB 455 .K55 2006
Larkcom, Joy. THE ORGANIC SALAD GARDEN.
London: Frances Lincoln, 2001.
SB 339 .S25 L27 2001
Lill, Diane O’Reilly. AMERICA’S VANISHING
FLORA: STORIES OF ENDANGERED PLANTS
FROM THE FIFTY STATES & EFFORTS TO SAVE
THEM. St. Louis, MO: Center for Plant
Conservation, 2000.
QH 76 .L55 2000
Lima, Patrick. THE ORGANIC HOME GARDEN:
HOW TO GROW FRUITS & VEGETABLES
NATURALLY. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books, 2004.
SB 324.3 .L56 2004
Lovejoy, Ann. THE ANN LOVEJOY HANDBOOK
OF NORTHWEST GARDENING: NATURAL,
SUSTAINABLE, ORGANIC. Seattle: Sasquatch
Book, 2003.
SB 453.2 .P23 L684 2003
Marinelli, Janet, ed. THE ENVIRONMENTAL
GARDENER. New York: Brooklyn Botanic Garden,
1992.
SB 453.5 .E55 1992
Marinelli, Janet, ed. GOING NATIVE:
BIODIVERSITY IN OUR OWN BACKYARDS.
Brooklyn, NY: Brooklyn Botanic Garden, 1994.
SB 439 .M37 1994
Marinelli, Janet, ed. PLANT. New York: DK
Publishing, 2005.
QK 45.2 .M27 2005
Marshall, Nina T. THE GARDENER’S GUIDE TO
PLANT CONSERVATION. Washington. D.C.: World
Wildlife Fund, 1993.
QH 75 .M27 1993
Mollison, Bill. INTRODUCTION TO
PERMACULTURE. Tyalgum, Australia: Tagari, 1994.
S 494.5 .P47 M65 1994
Pears, Pauline, ed. RODALE’S ILLUSTRATED
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ORGANIC GARDENING. New
York: DK Publishing, 2002.
SB 453.5 .R633 2002
Rubin, Carole. HOW TO GET YOUR LAWN AND
GARDEN OFF DRUGS: A BASIC GUIDE TO
PESTICIDE-FREE GARDENING IN NORTH
AMERICA. Madeira Park, BC: Harbour, 2003.
PNW SB 453.5 .R83 2003
Seymour, John. THE SELF-SUFFICIENT LIFE AND
HOW TO LIVE IT: THE COMPLETE BACK-TO-
BASICS GUIDE. New York: DK Publishing, 2003.
S 501.2 .S49 2003
Shapiro, Howard-Yana and John Harrison.
GARDENING FOR THE FUTURE OF THE EARTH.
New York: Bantam Books, 2000.
SB 453.5 .S42 2000
Turner, Nancy J. THE EARTH’S BLANKET:
TRADITIONAL TEACHINGS FOR SUSTAINABLE
LIVING. Seattle: University of Washington Press,
2005.
PNW QH541.15 .H86 T87 2005
Washington State University Cooperative Extension.
SUSTAINABLE GARDENING: THE OREGON-
WASHINGTON MASTER GARDENER
HANDBOOK. Pullman, WA: WSU Cooperative
Extension, 1999.
PNW SB 453.2 .P23 S87 1999
Wasowski, Sally & Andy Wasowski. REQUIEM FOR
A LAWNMOWER: GARDENING IN A WARMER,
DRIER WORLD. 2nd ed. Lanham, MD: Taylor, 2004.
SB 439 .W38 2004
DROUGHT-TOLERANT GARDENING
Barron, Pattie. CREATE A MEDITERRANEAN
GARDEN: PLANTING A LOW-MAINTENANCE
DROUGHT-PROOF PARADISE ANYWHERE.
London: Lorenz, 1999.
PNW SB 454.3 .M43 B27 1999
Bennett, Jennifer. DRY-LAND GARDENING: A
XERISCAPING GUIDE FOR DRY-SUMMER, COLD-
WINTER CLIMATES. Willowdale, Ont.: Firefly
Books, 1998.
SB 454.3 .D7 B46 1998
Black, Kathryn Stechert; Sunset Books. WATERWISE
GARDENING. Menlo Park, CA: Lane, 1989.
PNW SB 454.3 .D7 F45 1989
Chatto, Beth. BETH CHATTO’S GRAVEL GARDEN:
DROUGHT-RESISTANT PLANTING THROUGH
THE YEAR. New York: Viking Studio, 2000.
SB 454.3 .D7 C42 2000
Christopher, Thomas. WATER-WISE GARDENING:
AMERICA’S BACKYARD REVOLUTION. New York:
Simon & Schuster, 1994.
SB 454.3 .D7 C47 1994
Denver Water and Rob Proctor. XERISCAPE PLANT
GUIDE. Golden, CO: Fulcrum Publishing, 1996.
SB 454.3 .D7 P76 1996
Ellefson, Connie. XERISCAPE GARDENING:
WATER CONSERVATION FOR THE AMERICAN
LANDSCAPE. New York: Macmillan, 1992.
SB 454.3 .D7 E55 1992
Ferguson, Nicola. RIGHT PLANT, RIGHT PLACE.
New York: Summit Books, 1984.
SB 452.4 .F47 1984
Harlow, Nora. PLANTS AND LANDSCAPES FOR
SUMMER-DRY CLIMATES OF THE SAN
FRANCISCO BAY REGION. Oakland, CA: East Bay
Municipal Utility District, 2004.
PNW SB 439.24 .C2 E28 2004
Johnson, Eric A. THE LOW-WATER FLOWER
GARDENER. Tucson: Ironwood Press, 1993.
SB 454.3 .D7 J64 1993
Kourik, Robert. DRIP IRRIGATION FOR EVERY
LANDSCAPE AND ALL CLIMATES. Santa Rosa,
CA: Metamorphic Press, 1992.
S 619 .T74 K68 1992
Lucas, John. LOW-WATER GARDENING. London:
J.M. Dent, 1993.
SB 454.3 .D7 L83 1993
Northwest Perennial Alliance. WATER
CONSERVING PLANTS FOR THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST WEST OF THE CASCADES. Seattle:
Northwest Perennial Alliance, 1993.
PNW SB 454.3 .D7 N67 1993
O'Keefe, John M. WATER-CONSERVING
GARDENS AND LANDSCAPES: WATER-SAVING
IDEAS, PLANT SELECTION LIST, HOME DRIP
IRRIGATION GUIDE, EASY-CARE LANDSCAPES,
ALL-REGION MAPS. Pownal, VT: Storey
Communications, 1992.
SB 454.3 .D7 O54 1992
Perry, Bob. LANDSCAPE PLANTS FOR WESTERN
REGIONS: AN ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO PLANTS
FOR WATER CONSERVATION. Claremont, CA:
Land Design Publishing, 1992.
PNW SB 454.3 .D7 P47 1992
Robinson, Peter. WATER-WISE GARDENING.
American Horticultural Society Practical Guides.
New York: DK Publishing, 1999.
SB 454.3 .D7 R63 1999
Solomon, Steve. WATER-WISE VEGETABLES.
Cascadia Gardening Series. Seattle: Sasquatch
Books, 1993.
PNW SB 321.5 .P23 S662 1993
Taylor, Jane. PLANTS FOR DRY GARDENS;
DROUGHT-TOLERANT PLANTS: WATERWISE
GARDENING FOR EVERY CLIMATE. New York:
Prentice Hall, 1993.
SB 454.3 .D7 T29 1993
TAYLOR’S GUIDE TO WATER-SAVING
GARDENING. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1990.
SB 454.3 .D7 T29 1990
GREEN ROOFS
Dunnett, Nigel and Noel Kingsbury. PLANTING
GREEN ROOFS AND LIVING WALLS. Portland:
Timber Press, 2004.
SB 419.5 .D86 2004
ECOROOF QUESTIONS & ANSWERS. Portland,
OR: Environmental Services, City of Portland, 2000.
SB 419.5 .C58 2004
Grant, Gary, et al. GREEN ROOFS: THEIR
EXISTING STATUS AND POTENTIAL FOR
CONSERVING BIODIVERSITY IN URBAN AREAS.
Peterborough, UK: English Nature, 2003.
SB 419.5 .E36 2003 (Also available online:
http://www.english-
nature.org.uk/news/news_photo/Greenroofs.pdf)
Johnson, Jacklyn and John Newton. BUILDING
GREEN: A GUIDE TO USING PLANTS ON
ROOFS, WALLS, AND PAVEMENTS. London:
London Ecology Unit, 1993.
SB 419.5 .J64 1993
Lowe, Duncan. GROWING ALPINES IN RAISED
BEDS, TROUGHS AND TUFA. London: B.T.
Batsford, 1991.
SB 421 .L69 1991
Osmundson, Theodore. ROOF GARDENS:
HISTORY, DESIGN, AND CONSTRUCTION. New
York: Norton, 1999.
SB 419.5 .O76 1999
DROUGHT-TOLERANT GARDENING
Brooklyn Botanic Garden drought tips
www.bbg.org/gar2/topics/sustainable
City of Bellevue demonstration garden
www.ci.bellevue.wa.us/page.asp?view=1744
Highline Water District
www.highlinewater.org/landscap.htm
Seattle Public Utilities conservation page
www.seattle.gov/util/Directory/Conservation_Index/index.asp
GREEN ROOFS
Blackdown Horticultural Consultants
www.greenroof.co.uk/html/main3.htm
The green roof industry’s resource portal
www.greenroofs.com
Michigan State University Green Roof Research
Program
www.hrt.msu.edu/greenroof/

Snodgrass, Edmund C. and Lucie L. Snodgrass.
GREEN ROOF PLANTS: A RESOURCE AND
PLANTING GUIDE. Portland: Timber Press, 2006.
SB 419.5 .S66 2006
Northwest EcoBuilding Guild’s Green Roof Project
www.hadj.net
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