NDM Naturescape’s Favorite Books
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The 2011 Garden Writers of America Gold Award for Best Writing/Book proves soil is anything but an inert substance. Healthy soil is teeming with life — not just earthworms and insects, but a staggering multitude of bacteria, fungi, and other microorganisms. |
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With more than 45,000 sold since 1988, The New Organic Grower has become a modern classic. In this newly revised and expanded edition, master grower Eliot Coleman continues to present the simplest and most sustainable ways of growing top-quality organic vegetables. |
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Why does a bit of ocean floor lie on top of Mt. Diablo? Why is Red Rock, that small, knobby island in San Francisco Bay, red? Why is Loma Prieta high? This book is for San Francisco Bay Area residents and visitors who want to explore the geologic world of this spectacular area.
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Mycelium Running is a manual for the mycological rescue of the planet. That’s right: growing more mushrooms may be the best thing we can do to save the environment, and in this groundbreaking text from mushroom expert Paul Stamets, you’ll find out how. |
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The core of permaculture is design…To enable a design component we must put it in the right place…Each important function is supported by many elements…The key to using biological resources is management…
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Call it “Zen and the Art of Farming” or a “Little Green Book,” Masanobu Fukuoka’s manifesto about farming, eating, and the limits of human knowledge presents a radical challenge to the global systems we rely on for our food.
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The editors of Sunset-the West’s most trusted source of gardening information for more than 80 years-have completely redesigned and updated The Western Garden Book in this new 2012 Ninth Edition.
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Finally the “Bible of Western Gardening” expands nationwide, offering the rest of the continental U.S. and southern Canada what western gardeners have relied on for over 50 years.
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Provides a thorough, how-to explanation of each of the steps of the design process–from initial contact with the client to a completed master plan. Whether you are just starting your design career or are a current practitioner, this valuable resource.
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“Golden Gate Gardening”, the definitive primer on vegetable gardening in Northern California, is encyclopedic in its coverage of gardening principles and practices specific to the region.
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Learn your rights and responsibilities with this clear-cut, comprehensive guide to the laws concerning common neighbor disputes by Nolo press.
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Gardening at the Dragon’s Gate is fundamental work that permeates your entire life. It demands your energy and heart, and it gives you back great treasures as well, like a fortified sense of humor, an appreciation for paradox, and a huge harvest of Dinosaur kale and tiny red potatoes.
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Carnivorous pitcher plants, pygmy conifers, and the Tiburon jewel flower, restricted to a small patch of serpentine soil on Tiburon Peninsula in Marin County, are just a few of California’s many amazing endemic plants–species that are unique to particular locales.
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The art of the Japanese garden is a 1,500-year-old landscape design tradition that is still evolving, still instructive. Secret Teachings in the Art of Japanese Gardens explains the fundamental principles of this tradition and describes how those principles may be applied to a much wider range of environments than exists in Japan. |
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Deni Brown has been a gardener and botanist all her life, starting with a childhood fascination with her grandfather’s lilies and tulips and a passion for finding and identifying wildflowers.
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