Books:
Bringing Nature Home and Natures Best Hope Douglas Tallamy Essential Guide to Ecological Gardening Techniques and Know-How for Gardening with Nature American Horticultural Society Energy Wise Landscape Design Sue Reed Essential Guide to Ecological Gardening American Horticultural Society 2026 Garden Revolution How our Landscapes can be a Source of Environmental Change Larry Weaner & Thomas Christopher New Naturalism Kelly Norris Noahs Garden Sara Stein The New American Landscape: leading voices on the future of sustainable gardening Thomas Christopher, editor Planting in a Post Wild World Claudia West & Thomas Rainer Tiny & Wild Build a Small-Scale Meadow Anywhere Graham Laird Gardner
Misc. Writings on the Natural World:
Braiding Sweetgrass Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants Robin Wall Kimmerer How to Love a Forest Ethan Tapper Small Wonder Barbara Kingsolver The Comfort of Crows Margaret Renkl The Hidden Life of Trees Peter Wohlleben The Overstory Richard Powers The Serviceberry Robin Wall Kimmerer
Native Plant References:
Attracting Native Pollinators Protecting North America’s Bees and Butterflies, The Xerces Society Guide Caterpillars of Eastern North America Wagner Chemical Free Yard & Garden Rodale Press Easy Care Native Plants Patricia Taylor Gardening for Biodiversity, a Wild Seed Project Guide Growing & Propagating Wildflowers of the United States & Canada William Cullina Native Trees, Shrubs, & Vines William Cullina Organic Gardeners Handbook of Natural Insect & Disease Control Rodale Press Returning Native Plants to the Landscape, a Wild Seed Project Guide The Northeast Native Plant Primer Uli Lorimer Vascular Flora of Rhode Island Volume 1 RI Natural History Survey Wild Plant Culture A Guide to Restoring Edible and Medicinal Native Plant Communities Jared Rosenbaum Wildflowers of New England Ted Elliman & New England Wildflower Society Xeriscape Handbook how to guide to natural resource-wise gardening Gayle Weinstein
Plant ID Resources:
iNaturalist, smart phone app Plantsnap, smart phone app RI Native Plant Guide, URI website GoBotany, Native Plant Trust website Missouri Botanic Gardens website Wildflowers of New England, Ted Elliman & New England Wildflower Society
Podcasts/Seminars:
A Way to Garden host: Margaret Roach Cultivating Place host: Jennifer Jewel Growing Greener host: Thomas Christopher
New American Landscape Seminars, originator: Larry Weaner
Local Public Gardens to Visit for Inspiration:
Kettle Pond Visitor Center - Native Plant Gardens, Charlestown, RI
The Native Plant Trust’s 45 acre ‘Garden in the Woods'- Framingham, MA
New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill - Boylston, MA
Local Nurseries with primarily NE Native plant stock
Blue Moon Farm Perennials - Wakefield, RI Butterfly Effect Farm - Westport, MA Dragonfly Nurseries - Wakefield, RI Native Plant Trust ( Nassami Farm ) - Framingham, MA Plant Community - East Greenwich, RI Prickly Ed’s Cactus Patch Native Plant Emporium - Barrington, RI RI Wild Plant Society - hosts 2 annual plant sales and a selection of ecotypic seed packages, see RIWPS.org