Recommended books

This book will transform and give you new joy and meaning to your gardening experience.

This richly illustrated book reveals the way to make and maintaining a diverse, layered landscape.

Over time we have driven nature out of our neighborhoods. Invite it back.

An ecological approach to planting can lead to beautiful gardens.

A comprehensive guide to Ontario trees. Featuring over 1,400 vibrant photographs.

Oaks sustain a complex and fascinating web of wildlife. Treasure, nurture and protect these trees.

Everyone with access to a patch of earth can sustain biodiversity by choosing native plants.

Horticultural information includes height, blooming period, light requirements and moisture needs.

Think about the big picture- learn about gardens that increase biodiversity, keystone species.

A world-leading expert shares her story, discovering the communication between trees. .

A botanist and member of the Potawatomi Nation, she embraces plants and animals as our teachers.

Four decades’ of research and a definitive reference for starting and maintaining prairie and meadow

Richly photographed, for gardeners making big ideas about design with prairie plants.

Native Ontario plants, Great Lakes region profiled in detail, sample garden designs.

purchase from a local bookshop and support local business

Green Heron Books- Paris, ON

They don't have an online bookstore however, you can reach out and they can often get the book you are looking for!

Green Heron Books

Beach Reads - Port Dover, ON

Check out their online webstore!

Beach Reads Bookshop

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