EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES

Backyard Ecological Gardening

• “Bringing Nature Home” by Douglas Tallamy

• “The Humane Gardener: Nurturing a Backyard Habitat for Wildlife” by Nancy Lawson

• “A New Garden Ethic” by Benjamin Vogt

Environmental Education

• “Last Child in the Woods” by Richard Louv

• “Ecological Literacy: Educating Our Children for a Sustainable World” edited by Michael K. Stone and Zenobia Barlow

• “Coming Back to Life” by Joanna Macy and Molly Brown

• “Access Nature” by the National Wildlife Federation

Ecological Design

• “Planting in a Post Wild World” by Thomas Rainer and Claudia West

• “Principles of Ecological Landscape Design” by Travis Beck

• “Landscape Ecology Principles” by Dramstad, Olson, and Forman

• “Perrmaculture: Principles and Pathways Beyond Sustainability” by David Holmgren

• “Urban and Suburban Meadows” by Catherine Zimmerman

• “Thinking in Systems” by Donella H. Meadows

• “Schoolyard Habitat Project Guide” by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Native Plant and Pollinator References

• “Pollinators of Native Plants” by Heather Holm

• “Bees: An Identification and Native Plant Forage Guide” by Heather Holm

• “Butterflies of Pennsylvania: a field guide” by James L. Monroe and David M. Wright

• Your favorite Wildlife and Plant identification guides!