Recommended Reading

Attracting Native Pollinators: Protecting North America’s Bees and Butterflies, by The Xerces Society

Beautifully Sustainable – Freeing Yourself to Enjoy Your Landscape, by Douglas Owens-Pike

Birdscaping in the Midwest: A Guide to Gardening with Native Plants to Attract Birds, by Mariette Nowak

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants, by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Bringing Nature Home – How You Can Sustain Wildlife with Native Plants, by Douglas Tallamy

Garden Revolution: How Our Landscapes Can Be a Source of Environmental Change, by Larry Weaner and Thomas Christopher

The Gardener’s Guide to Prairie Plants, by Neil Diboll and Hilary Cox

Gardening with Native Grasses in Cold Climates, and a Guide to the Butterflies They Support, by Diane M. Narem and Mary Hockenberry Meyer (UMN e-book)

Gardening with Native Plants in the Upper Midwest: Bringing the Tallgrass Prairie Home, by Judy Nauseef

Insects and Gardens: In Pursuit of a Garden Ecology, by Eric Grissell

Landscaping with Native Plants of Wisconsin, by Lynn M. Steiner

The Living Landscape: Designing for Beauty and Biodiversity in the Home Garden, by Rick Darke and Douglas Tallamy

Midwestern Native Shrubs and Trees: Gardening Alternatives to Nonnative Species: An Illustrated Guide, by
Charlotte Adelman, Bernard L. Schwartz, Charlotte Bernard L. Adelman Schwartz(Author)

Native Plant Gardening for Birds, Bees & Butterflies: Upper Midwest, by Jaret C. Daniels

Native Plants of the Midwest: A Comprehensive Guide to the Best 500 Species for the Garden, by Alan Branhagan

Nature’s Best Hope: A New Approach to Conservation That Starts in Your Yard, by Douglas Tallamy

The Nature of Oaks: The Rich Ecology of Our Most Essential Native Trees, by Douglas Tallamy

The Pollinator Victory Garden: Win the War on Pollinator Decline with Ecological Gardening, by Kim Eierman

Prairie Up: An Introduction to Natural Garden Design, by Benjamin Vogt

The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World, by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Wildflowers of the Tallgrass Prairie, The Upper Midwest, by Sylvan T. Runkel and Dean M. Roosa 

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