Native gardening: References
INTRODUCTION
On this page is a collection of references to information about growing native plants. There is so much written on this subject that we do not attempt to reproduce the actual information here.
BLOGS
Here are several blogs related to native gardening by members of our own CNPS chapter:
BOOKS
Some are available new or used. Try any of the online bookstores to find them. Some are out of print, and are so marked. These may be found in libraries or maybe used bookstores.
- Wild Suburbia: Learning to garden with native plants, Barbara Eisenstein, Heyday Books, 2016
- Care & Maintenance of Southern California Native Plant Gardens, Bart O'Brien, Betsey Landis, and Eellen Mackey, Meteropolitan Water District of Southern California, 2006.
- California Native Plants for the Garden, Carol Bornstein, David Fross, Bart O'Brien, Cachuma Press, 2005
- Native Treasures, M. Nevin Smith, University of California Press, 2006
- Landscape Plants for Western Regions, Bob Perry, Land Design Publishing, Claremont, 1992, 318 pages
- Complete Garden Guide to the Native Perennials of California, Glenn Keator, Chronicle Books, 1990, 320 pages
- Complete Garden Guide to the Native Shrubs of California, Glenn Keator, Chronicle Books, 1994, 314 pages
- Southern California Native Plants for School Gardens, Betsey Landis, 1999, LA/Santa Monica Mountains Chapter CNPS, 173 pages. Designed to answer questions from teachers, parents, and students about planning and planting a native plant garden at a school site. Out of print, but you can download it in four sections by clicking on the following links — thanks to Betsey Landis for making this available:
Section 1: Planning (5.4 MB)
Section 2a: Planting (5.2 MB)
Section 2b: Main database (4.7 MB)
Section 3: Appendices
(4.3 MB)
- Trees and Shrubs for Dry California Landscapes, Bob Perry, Land Design Publishing, Claremont, 1992, Out of Print
- California Native Trees and Shrubs, Lee Lenz and John Dourley, Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, 1981, Out of Print
- Plants of El Camino Real, catalog of Tree of Life Nursery
- The Wildflower Gardener's Guide - California, Desert Southwest, and Northern Mexico Edition, Henry W. Art, Storey Communications, Inc., 1990, 176 pages
- The California Native Landscape: The Homeowner's Guide to Restoring Its Beauty and Balance, Greg Rubin and Lucy Warren, Timber Press 2013, 304 pages
- Designing California Native Gardens: The Plant Community Approach to Artful, Ecological Gardens, Glenn Keator and Alrie Middlebrook, University of California Press 2007
- The California Landscape Garden, Mark Francis and Andreas Reimann, 1999, University of California Press, 234 pages
- Gardening with a Wild Heart, Restoring California's Native Landscapes at Home, Judith Larner Lowry, 1999, University of California Press, 252 pages
- Native Landscaping from El Paso to LA, Sally Wasowski with Andy Wasowski, 2000, Contemporary Books, 184 pages
- Gardener's Guide to California Wildflowers, Kevin Connelly, Theodore Payne Foundation, 1991
- Growing California Native Plants, Marjorie Schmidt, 1980, University of California Press, 366 pages
- Propagation Secrets for California Native Plants, Jeanine De Hart
- Seed Propagation of Native California Plants, Dara Emery, 1988, Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, 115 pages
- Month-by-Month in a Waterwise Garden, Kevin Connelly. Historical Society of Southern California, 1991
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NEWSLETTERS
- The Gardener's Companion, a guide to gardening in Southern California, PO Box 3549, Van Nuys, CA 91407, 818-780-5072, thegardeners@earthlink.net
- Growing Native Newsletter; back issues available; Louise Lacey, P.O. Box 489, Berkeley, CA 94701
- Manzanita, a quarterly publication of the Friends of the Regional Botanic Garden, Berkeley CA
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