Self Study Books
Here are some books to get you started in general botany and ecology.
- Buchmann, St; The Forgotten Pollinators
- Capon, Brian; Botany for Gardeners: An Introduction and Guide
- Hunken, Jori; A Natural History of Plants: An Illustrated Botanical Primer
- Hunken, Jori; Birdwatching for All Ages: Activities for Children and Adult
- Hunken, Jori; Botany for All Ages: Discovering Nature Through Activities f
- Hunken, Jori; Ecology for All Ages: Discovering Nature Through Activities
- Schultz, Ste; The Northwest Coast: A Natural History
- Stein, Sara; Noah's Garden: Restoring the Ecology of Our Own Backyards
- Stein, Sara.; My Weeds: A Gardener's Botany
- Wilkins, Mal; Plantwatching: How Plants Remember, Tell Time, Form Partners
- The Forgotten Pollinators
- Buchmann, Stephen L. & Gary Paul Nabhan
- Island Press
- 1-55963-352-2 1996 292p. 290 Refs. In Print
- One chapter on gardening for pollinators, but read the whole thing anyway...
- Botany for Gardeners: An Introduction and Guide
- Capon, Brian
- Timber Press, Incorporated
- 0-88192-258-7 1990 220p. $17.95 Illstr. In Print
- A Natural History of Plants: An Illustrated Botanical Primer for Naturalists, Gardeners and Artists
- Hunken, Jorie
- Prentice Hall
- 0-13-610155-0 1986 160p. $15.95 Illstr. In Print
- Birdwatching for All Ages: Activities for Children and Adults
- Hunken, Jorie
- Globe Pequot Press
- 0-8317-6681-6 1991 160p. $3.98 Illstr. In Print
- Botany for All Ages: Discovering Nature Through Activities for Children and Adults
- Hunken, Jorie
- Globe Pequot Press
- 1-56440-281-9 1993 184p. $16.95 Illstr. 70 Refs. In Print
- 128 experiments and activities with and about plants. Notes for how to teach the subject to kids.
- Ecology for All Ages: Discovering Nature Through Activities for Children and Adults
- Hunken, Jorie
- Globe Pequot Press
- 1-56440-138-3 1994 160p. $1.95 Illstr. In Print
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- The Northwest Coast: A Natural History
- Schultz, Stewart T.
- Timber Press, Incorporated
- 0-88192-142-4 1990 p. $29.95 Illstr. 374 Refs. In Print
- Noah's Garden: Restoring the Ecology of Our Own Backyards
- Stein, Sara
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- 0-395-70940-7 1995 294p. $10.95 Illstr. In Print
- Read My Weeds first to watch her philosophy change from traditional gardener through ecological gardener. This one tells the tale of her fight with invasive exotics while trying to reclaim space for native meadows and woodlands.
- My Weeds: A Gardener's Botany
- Stein, Sara. Patterson, Ippy (Illustrator)
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- 0-395-70817-6 1994 228p. $11.95 Illstr. In Print
- Excellent introduction to how plants work, and why weeds are weedy. Her philosophy towards weeds and gardens changes as she learns more biology. Then read Noah¯s Garden to watch the transformation continue.
- Plantwatching: How Plants Remember, Tell Time, Form Partnerships and More
- Wilkins, Malcolm
- Facts on File, Incorporated
- 0-8160-1736-0 1988 224p. $29.95 In Print