This is simply a list of my favourite garden authors, magazines, websites, and discussion groups. Perhaps I should also mention my favourite gardening telly shows: On Home and Garden Television: Gardener's Diary, Gardener's Journal and Grow It ; on BBC America: Ground Force and Charlie's Garden Army.
Favourite authors
Click a name to go to the book list.
Favourite books
by Michael Ableman
On Good Land
A Gardener Obsessed
Beth Chatto's Garden Book
The Damp Garden
The Dry Garden
The Gravel Garden
by Thomas Christopher
In Search of Lost Roses
by Cassandra Danz
Mrs. Greenthumbs
by Helen Dillon
Garden Artistry
The Natural Shade Garden
The Collector's Garden
by Valerie Easton
Artists in Their Gardens
by Eck and Winterrowd
A Year at North Hill
by Charles Elliot
The Transplanted Gardener
by Tessa Evelegh
The Decorated Garden Room
by Ryan Gainey
The Well Placed Weed
by Richard Goodman
French Dirt
by Eric Grissell
A Journal in Thyme
Insects and Gardens
Thyme on My Hands
by Judith Handelsman
Growing Myself
by Pamela J. Harper
Color Echoes: Harmonizing Color in the Garden
Designing with Perennials
Time-Tested Plants
The Explorer's Garden
by Thomas Hobbs
Shocking Beauty
Penelope Hobhouse on Gardening
by Mary Keen
Creating a Garden
Crazy About Gardening
by Jamaica Kincaid
My Garden (Book)
The Garden in Autumn
The Inviting Garden
by Christopher Lloyd
The Adventurous Gardener
Christopher Lloyd's Flower Garden
Christopher Lloyd's Gardening Year
by Tony Lord
Gardening at Sissinghurst
Ann Lovejoy's Organic Garden Design School
Gardening from Scratch
Further Along the Garden Path
The Year in Bloom
by Frederick McGourty
The Perennial Gardener
by Cheryl Merser
A Starter Garden
by Julie Moir Messervy
The Inward
Garden
(highly recommended when starting a new garden)
by C.H. Middleton
Outlines of a Small Garden
The Essential Earthman
Garden Open Today
Garden Open Tomorrow
The Gift of a Garden
Green Grows the City
Laughter on the Stairs
Merry Hall
Sunlight on the Lawn
by Mirabel Osler
A Gentle Plea for Chaos
by Eleanor Perenyi
Green Thoughts
by Vita Sackville-West
Some Flowers
by Amy Stewart
From the
Ground Up
(memoir of a garden in Santa Cruz; I give it 5 stars!)
by Roy Strong
Creating Small Gardens
by Celia Thaxter
An Island Garden
by H.H. Thomas
The Ideal Garden
The Garden in Winter
Rosemary Verey's Making of a Garden
by Pat Welsh
All My Edens: A Gardener's Memoir
by Katherine S. White
Onward and Upward in the Garden
Reference Books
Botanica:
The Illustrated A-Z of Over 10,000 Garden Plants
Dictionary of Plant Names (by A.J. Coombes)
The Encyclopedia of Ornamental Grasses (by John Greenlee)
Gardening by Mail (by Barbara J. Barton)
The Hillier's Gardener Guide to Trees and Shrubs
The Northwest Gardener's Resource Directory (by Stephanie Feeney)
Old Roses and English Roses (by David Austin)
The Pacific Northwest Gardener's Book of Lists (by Ray and Jan McNeilan)
The Pacific Northwest Plant Locator (by Susan Hill and Susan Narizny)
Plants for Problem Places (by Graham Rice)
The Principles of Gardening (by Hugh Johnson)
Shrub Roses and Climbing Roses (by David Austin)
Stearns's Dictionary of Plant Names for Gardeners
Taylor's Guide to Seashore Gardening
Seaside Gardening
Derek Jarman's Garden
Gardening
by the Sea from Coast to Coast (by Daniel J. Foley)
100 Best
Plants for the Coastal Garden (by Steve Whysall)
Seaside Gardening (by Theodore James, Jr.)
Favourite garden videos
Creating the Romantic Garden (Ryan Gainey)
My Garden (Beth Chatto)
Favourite Websites
Two Rainy Side Gardeners (has a great forum)
Seattle PI NW Gardens (new garden articles each week)
Discussion groups
I was thrilled to discover the existence of e-lists (online discussion groups), thanks to the book "The Northwest Gardener's Resource Directory" By Stephanie Feeney. Her chapter on "Gardening in Cyberspace" pointed me to the www.rainyside.com website where I found the Pacific Northwest list, www.rainyside.com/lists/pacnwgardn.html.
Since then, I've added and dropped and added more lists to my daily inbox, and have refined my favourites to what I think are the best lists. Some have heavy traffic, some light. I prefer lists which have less chat and more gardening (because I obtain my chat from non-gardening lists on other favourite topics of mine). These are only a few of the available lists; search at listserves such as www.yahoogroups.com or www.topica.com for other gardening topics such as Water Gardening, Seed Saving, Heirloom Vegetables, and many more.
www.steamradio.com/mailman/listinfo/organic-l - a UK-centred list for organic gardeners
www.hort.net/lists/perennials - an on-topic and quite busy list about perennials...highly recommended
www.hort.net/lists/woodyplants - low-traffic but informative list about woody plants (trees and shrubs)
www.hort.net/lists/community_garden - for people who participate in community gardening
groups.yahoo.com/group/Alpine-L-Intro - the introductory list for the Alpine-L list (growing alpines)
groups.yahoo.com/group/deerXlandscape - not very active but helpful if you have deer problems
groups.yahoo.com/group/GardenUK - I enjoy reading this group of UK gardeners
groups.yahoo.com/group/GreenhouseGardening - an active group for greenhouse hobbyists
groups.yahoo.com/groups/Hardy_Plant - The Hardy Plant Society of Oregon runs this excellent list. Highly recommended.
groups.yahoo.com/groups/Salvia - a list for admirers of salvias
groups.yahoo.com/groups/Lilium - A list specifically about lilies. You can find many such lists at yahoogroups by searching for your plant of interest: Hellebores, Dahlias, Roses, Herbs, Peonies, and so on.
groups.yahoo.com/group/ornamentalcomposttea - a new listing for using compost tea in ornamental horticulture
groups.yahoo.com/group/compost_tea - a list for users of aerobically brewed compost tea
http://www.justgardeners.com - "Just a Bunch of Friends" is my favourite forum for not-always-gardening-related chat among gardeners.
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