Books and Articles: Our favorites

Why Pollinators

Bringing Nature Home, How You Can Sustain Wildlife with Native Plants, by Doug Tallamy
Nature’s Best Hope, A New Approach to Conservation That Starts in Your Yard, by Doug Tallamy
The Pollinator Victory Garden, Win the War on Pollinator Decline with Ecological Gardening, by Kim Eierman

What to Plant and How:

Native Plants for New England Gardens, by Mark Richardson and Dan Jaffee
100 Easy-to-Grow Native Plants, by Lorraine Johnson
Pollinators of Native Plants, Attract, Observe and Identify Pollinators and Beneficial Insects with Native Plants, by Heather Holm
Native Ferns, Moss & Grasses, by William Cullina
Native Trees, Shrubs, and Vines: A Guide to Using, Growing, and Propagating North American Woody Plants, by William Cullina
The New England Wild Flower Society Guide to Growing and Propagating
Wildflowers of the United States and Canada, by William Cullina
Understanding Perennials: A New Look at an Old Favorite, by William Cullina
Native Plant Landscaping:
- Garden Revolution, How our Landscapes can be a Source of Environmental Change, by Larry Weaner and Thomas Christopher
- The Living Landscape, Designing for Beauty and Biodiversity in the Home Garden, by Rick Darke & Doug Tallamy
- Planting in a Post-Wild World, Designing plant communities for resilient landscapes, by Thomas Rainer and Claudia West

Periodicals:

Wild Seed, Returning Native Plants to the Landscape, a periodical published by the Wild Seed Project, Portland, ME

Important articles:

PROBLEMS

Birds Are Vanishing From North America by Carl Zimmer, 2019
The number of birds in the United States and Canada has declined by 3 billion, or 29 percent, over the past half-century, scientists find.
UN Report: Nature’s Dangerous Decline ‘Unprecedented’; Species Extinction Rates ‘Accelerating’
Can Reducing Light Pollution Help Pollinators?
How Non-Native Plants Are Contributing to a Global Insect Decline

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