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Gardening with Native Plants Resources

Many of the books listed below can be found on Amazon.com website although some may no longer be published. Some publications are online and the hypertext link is provided.  There is a possibility the file location will change, so feel free to notify us if the link is broken.

Book and Publication List (Last updated September 8, 2010)

 

Gardening with Native Plants of the South. Sally Wasowski with Andy Wasowski, Taylor Trade Publishing (1994).

Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee.  Margie Hunter, University of Tennessee Press (2002).

 

Wildflowers of Tennessee and the Ohio Valley and the Southern Appalachians. Dennis Horn and Tavia Cathcart.  The Official Field Guide of the Tennessee Native Plant Society (2005).

 

 

Bringing Nature Home – How You Can Sustain Wildlife with Native Plants. Douglas W. Tallamy, Timber Press (2009).

Gaia’s Garden.  A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture. Toby Hemenway.  Chelsea Green Publishing (2009).

Landscaping with Wildflowers. William H.W. Wilson.  Mariner Books (1993).

 

Organic Gardeners Design School: A Guide for Creating Your Own Beautiful, Easy-Care Garden (A Rodale Organic Gardening Book). Ann Lovejoy.  (2004)

The Southern Gardener’s Book of Lists: The Best Plants for all Your Needs, Wants and Whims. Lois Trigg Chaplain.  Taylor Trade Publishing (1994)

The All Season Pocket Guide to Identifying Common Tennessee Trees. UT Extension.

Tennessee Weeds. (Bulletin / Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Tennessee).  J.K. Underwood. (1965 publication)

A Field Guide to Wildflowers.  Roger Tory Petersen & Margaret McKenny.  Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (1998).

Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers: When and Where to Find Them. Carlos C. Campbell, Aaron J. Sharp, Robert W. Hutson, and William F. Hutson (1996).

National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Wildflowers (Eastern Region). National Audubon Society.

Growing and Propagating Native Showy Woody Plants. Richard E. Bir.  University of North Carolina Press (1992)

Growing and Propagating Wild Flowers. Harry R. Phillips.

Natural History: Stories from the Tennessee Valley (Outdoor Tennessee Series). Lin Bales.

Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.  Richard M. Smith, University of Tennessee Press (1998).

Wildflowers of Tennessee. Jack B. Carman, Highland Rim Press (2001).

Periodicals:

Tennessee Conservationist Magazine. Published by the Tennessee Department of Environment &  Conservation.  (The link will take you to instructions for subscribing.)