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Catskill Native Nursery
We are featured in Ruah Donnelly’s great book “The Adventurous Gardener: Where to Buy the Best Plants in New York and New Jersey 
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Reading List
For a printable, pdf version of the list, click here.
Click on image to go Ruah’s website where you can purchase a copy of her book
Armitage, Allan. 2006. Armitage's Native Plants for North American Gardens. Timber Press, Portland, OR.

Art, Henry W. 1986. A Garden of Wildflowers: 101 Native Species and How to Grow Them. Storey, Pownal, VT.

Bierhorst, John. 1995. The Ashokan Catskills. Purple Mountain Press, Fleischmans, NY.

Bir, Richard E. 1992. Growing and Propagating Showy Native Woody Plants. University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, NC.

Brooklyn Botanic Garden. 1990. Gardening with Wildflowers and Native Plants.

Brooklyn Botanic Garden. 1996. Native Perennials: North American Beauties.

Bruce, Hal. 1976. How to Grow Wildflowers & Wild Shrubs & Trees in Your Own Garden. Lyons Press, New York, NY.

Burrell, C. Colston. 1997. A Gardener’s Encyclopedia of Wildflowers. Rodale Press, Emmaus, PA.

Cullina, William. 2000. The New England Wildflower Society Guide to Growing and Propagating Wildflowers of the United States and Canada.  Houghton Miflin Company, New York, NY.

Cullina, William. 2002. Native Trees, Shrubs, & Vines: A Guide to Using, Growing, and Propagating North American Woody Plants.  Houghton Miflin Company, New York, NY.

Cullina, William. 2008 Native Ferns, Moss, and Grasses: From Emerald Carpet to Amber Wave, Serene and Sensuous Plants for the Garden.  Houghton Miflin Company, New York, NY.

Darke.Rick. 2002. The American Woodland Garden: Capturing the Spirit of the Deciduous Forest. Timber Press, Portland, OR.

Diekelman, John and Schuster, Robert. 2003. Natural Landscaping. University of Wisconsin Press, Madison, WI.

Druse, Ken. 1994. The Natural Habitat Garden. Clarkson Potter Publishers, New York, NY.

Ferreniea, Viki. 1993. Wildflowers in Your Garden. Random House, New York, NY.

Harris, Marjorie. 2003 Botanica North America. The Illustrated Guide to our Native Plants, their Botany, History, and the Way they have Shaped our World. Harper Collins, New York, NY.

Hightshoe. Gary. 1988. Native Trees, Shrubs and Vines for Urban and Rural America. Wiley, New York, NY.

Holmes, Roger (Ed.). 1993. Taylor’s Guide to Natural Gardening. Houghton Miflin Company, New York, NY.

Hubbard, Juliet A. 1995. Burpee American Gardening Series: Wildflowers. Macmillan, New York, NY

Jones, Samuel B. Jr and Foote, Leonard E. 1990. Gardening with Native Wildflowers. Timber Press, Portland, OR.

Leopold, Donald J. 2005. Native Plants of the Northeast : A Guide for Gardening & Conservation. Timber Press, Portland, OR.

Loewer, Peter. 1991. The Wild Gardener. Stackpole Books, Harrisburg, PA.

Loewer, Peter. 1995. Better Homes and Gardens Books: Wildflowers and Native Plants. Meredith, Des Moines, IA.
 
Marinelli. Janet. 1998. Stalking the Wild Amaranth. Gardening in the Age of Extinction. Henry Holt and Company, New York, NY.

Miles, Bebe. 1969. Bluebells and Bittersweet. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, New York, NY.

Miles, Bebe. 1976 & 1996. Wildflower Perennials for Your Garden. Stackpole Books, Mechanicsburg, PA.

Ottesen, Carole. 1995. The Native Plant Primer. Harmony Books, New York, NY.

Peattie, Donald. 2007. A Natural History of North American Trees. Houghton Miflin Company, New York, NY.

Phillips, Harry R. 1985. Growing and Propagating Wild Flowers. University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, NC.

Sanders, Jack. 2003. The Secrets of Wildflowers: A Delightful Feast of Little-Known Facts, Folklore, and History . Lyons Press, New York NY.

Scott, Jane. 1992. Field & Forest. A Guide to Native Landscapes for Gardeners & Naturalists. Walker & Company, New York, NY.

Sperka, Marie. 1973. Growing Wildflowers: A Gardener’s Guide. Harper and Row, New York, NY.

Stein, Sara. 1993. Noah's Garden: Restoring the Ecology of Our own Backyards. Houghton Miflin, New York, NY.

Stein, Sara. 1997. Planting Noah's Garden: Further Adventures in Backyard Ecology. Houghton Miflin, New York, NY.

Sternberg, Guy and Wilson, Jim. 2004. Native Trees for North American Landscapes. Timber Press, Portland, OR.

Taylor, Patricia A. 1996. Easy Care Native Plants. Henry Holt and Company, New York, NY.

Wilson, Jim. 1992. Landscaping with Wildflowers: An Environmental Approach to Gardening. Houghton Miflin, New York, NY.

Wilson, W.H.W. (Ed.) 1984. Landscaping with Wildflowers and Native Plants. Ortho Books, San Ramon, CA.
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