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Virginia Cooperative Extension Office
P.O. Box 156
7400 Carriage Court
Gloucester, VA 23061
804-693-2602

Maintained by:
Beverly Runton-Moorhouse
&
Bill Walker

Updated:
01/29/2010

Gloucester Master Gardeners

Books       

Mary Appelhof  Worms Eat My Garbage
Kathi Appelt Miss Lady Bird’s Wildflowers
Dr. Bonnie Appleton  The Book of Lists
Christopher Baker & Willem Lemmers Tulipia A Photographer’s Botanical
Rona Beam Backyard Explorer Kit
Christopher Beane Beane Flower
Malcolm Beck Lessons in Nature
Margaret Page Bemiss & Roger Foley

In Historic Virginia Gardens: Preservation Work of the Garden Club of Virginia 1975-2007

Roy E. Biles
 

The Complete Illustrated Book of Garden Magic

Richard Bir Growing and Propagating Showy Native Woody Plants
Leopold & Rudolph Blaschka The Glass Flowers at Harvard
Leopold & Rudolph Blaschka Drawing Upon Nature: Studies for the Blaschkas’ Glass Models
Christopher Brickell and David Joyce

The American  Horticultural Society’s Pruning & Training

Robert Burton The Audubon Backyard Bird Watcher
Stefan Buczacki A Garden for All Seasons
Francis Hodgson Burnett The Secret Garden
C. Colston Burrell & Judith Knott Taylor Hellebores
Lynn Byczynski The Flower Farmer
Karel Capek The Gardener’s Year                                                                                
Beth Chatto Gravel Garden
Elliot Coleman The New Organic Grower
James Cramer & Dean Johnson

Window Boxes Indoors & Out

James R. Cothran Gardens of Historic Charleston
David Park Curry Childe Hassam – An Island Garden Revisited
Barbara Damrosch The Garden Primer
Alan L. Detrick Macro Photography for Gardeners and Nature Lovers
Tracy DiSabato-Aust The Well Tended Perennial Garden
Tracy DiSabato-Aust The Well-Designed Mixed Garden
Michael Dirr Dirr’s Hardy Trees and Shrubs
Charles M. Evans with Roberta Lee Pliner

RX for Ailing House Plants

 

Joan Lee Faust

The New York Times Book of Vegetable Gardening

Derek Fell

The Magic of Monet’s Garden

Melanie Fleischmann American Border Gardens
Mary Forsell/Tony Cenicola The Herbal Grove
Alfred W. Crosby Encountering the Past in Nature: Essay in Environmental History
Steven Foster Herbal Bounty
Steven Foster Herbal Renaissance
Steven Foster & James A. Duke

A Field Guide to Medicinal Plants: Eastern/Central North America

Grace Gershuny, Deborah L. Martin (Editors) The Rodale Book of Composting: Easy Methods for Every Gardener
Steve Gilman Organic Soil Fertility Management
John Greenlee Brooklyn Botanic Garden: Easy Lawns
Mary & John Gribbin Flower Hunters
Lawrence Griffith Flowers and Herbs of Early America
Eric Grissell Insects and Gardens: In Pursuit of a Garden Ecology
Roy F. Guste, Jr.

The Secret Gardens of the Vieux  Carre – The Historic French Quarter of New Orleans

Mick Hailes

Gardens Private & Personal Garden Club of America

Pamela Harper Designing with Perennials
Pamela Harper Time-Tested Plants
Brent Heath Tulips
Brent Heath Daffodils
Hiroshige Birds & Flowers
Madalene Hill/Gwen Barclay/Sean Handy

Southern Herb Growing

Jack R. Harland Crops and Man
Helen Humphreys The Lost Garden
William R. Jackson

Humic, Fulvic and Microbial          Balance: Organic Soil Conditioning (Standard)

John Jeavons How to Grow More Vegetables
Hugh Johnson The Principles of Gardening
David Joyce The Complete Container Garden
Lynn J. Kirk Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden: 25 Years and Growing
Nancy Kober

With Paintbrush & Shovel reserving Virginia’s Wildflowers

George C. Longest Genius in the Garden
Ann Lovejoy Organic Garden Design School
Sharon Lovejoy Sunflower Houses
Jeff Lowenfels, Wayne Lewis Teaming with Microbes: A Gardener's Guide to the Soil Food Web
Mimi Luebbermann Shade Gardens
Elizabeth Murray Monet’s Passion

Anna Pavord

 

The Naming of Names - The Search for Order in the World of Plants

Anna Pavord

The Tulip
Ted L. Petit & John P. Peat The New Encyclopedia of Daylilies

George A. Petrides, Janet Wehr, Roger Tory Peterson

A Field Guide to Eastern Trees
Richard Preston The Wild Trees:  A Story of Passion and Daring
Tim Richardson Avant Gardeners
Peter Robinson Rock & Water Gardening
Sally Roth Backyward Bird Secrets for Every Season
Charlie Ryrie Garden Folklore That Works
Paul D. Sachs

Dynamics of A Natural System (2nd Edition), Edaphic Press

Peter Schneider

Right Rose, Right Place

Gene Silberhorn Common Plants of the Mid-Atlantic Coast: A Field Guide (Revised Edition)
Marthe Seguin-Fontes The Language of Flowers
David Allen Sibley

Sibley Guide to Birds

David Allen Sibley Sibley Guide to Trees
Joe Smillie & Grace Gershuny The Soul of Soil The Best of Fine Gardening – Healthy Soil Taunton Press
P. Allen Smith Container Gardens
John Stevens Reader’s Digest The Complete Herb Garden – A Practical Guide to Growing Herbs
Greg Speichert

Encylclopedia of Water Garden Plants  (Timber Press)

Allison Mia Starcher Good Bugs for Your Garden
Sara Stein Noah’s Garden
Sara Stein My Weeds
Amy Steward Flower Confidential
Amy Stewart Wicked Plants: The Weed that Killed Lincoln's Mother and other Botanical
G.W.D. Symonds

The Tree Identification Book: A  New Method for the Practical Identification and Recognition of Trees

Douglas Tallamy Bringing Nature Home: How Plants Sustain Wildlife in Our Gardens
Judith B. Tankard Beatrix Farrand: Private Gardens, Public Landscapes
David A. Taylor Ginseng:  The Divine Root
Jeff Taylor

Tools of the Earth

Celia Thaxter An Island Garden
Shatoiya and Richard de la Tour

The Herbalist’s Garden

Tasha Tudor Emily Dickinson – A Brighter Garden
Varro Tyler

The New Honest Herbal – A Sensible Guide to Herbs and Related Remedies

Andre Viette's: Favorite reference books!
  1. America’s Gardening Book by Louise & James Bush- Brown
  2. Manual of Woody Landscaping Plants by Michael Dirr
  3. Encyclopedia of Organic Gardening by Rodale Books
  4. Encyclopedia of Vegetables & Fruit Trees
  5. Insects & Diseases of Plants by P.P Prione
  6. Ortho Encyclopedia of Insects & Diseases (This is a $200.00 book)
  7. AHS A-Z Encyclopedia of Gardening  (more than 15,000 plants 6,000 photos) by Christopher Brickell & Judith Zuk
May T. Watts

Tree Finder: A Manual for           Identification of Trees by Their Leaves

Whitlock The Ecosystem Pond (Aquascape Lifestyles)
Andrea Wulf

The Brother Gardeners: Botany, Empire & the Birth of an Obsession   V

 

Ellen Zachos Orchid Growing for Wimps

 


A Nature Company Guide to Natural Gardening

Butterfly Gardening – Creating Summer Magic in your Garden by Xerces Society/Smithsonian Institution

National Research Council - Mitigating Shore Erosion Along Sheltered Coasts

New Encyclopedia of Gardening Techniques – American Horticultural Society

Rodale’s Illustrated Encyclopedia of Gardening and Landscaping Techniques

Soil Biology Primer Soil & Water Conservation Society

Taylor’s Master Guide to Gardening
The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Wildflowers

The Time-Life Encyclopedia of Gardening: Foliage House Plants