Texas Book List of Water Smart Landscaping and Drought Tolerant Plants

1. AWBD Water Smart
Steering Committee
The following is a list of books that feature native and drought
tolerant plants and Water Smart landscaping.
Antique Roses for the South How to Grow Native Plants of Texas and
By William C. Welch; the Southwest: Revised and Updated
List Price: $29.95 Edition
by Jill Nokes, Kathryn Miller
Attracting Birds to Southern Gardens Brown(Illustrator) (May 2001)
By Pope, Odenwald, & Fryling; List Price: $29.95
List Price: $24.95
Landscaping Revolution: Garden With
Front Yard Gardens, Mother Nature, Not Against Her (The
Growing More than Grass Contemporary Gardener)
Liz Primeau, Andrew Leyerle, by Andy Wasowski(Photographer), Sally
photographer; Firefly Press; Wasowski; Amazon.com: $22.36
List Price: $24.95
Landscaping With Native Plants of Texas
Front Yard Idea Book and the Southwest
Jeni Webber, Lee Anne White by George O. Miller, David Northington,
photographer; Taunton Press; (March 1991); List Price: $19.95
List Price: $19.95
Native Plants for Southwestern Landscapes
Gardening for the Future of the Earth by Judy Mielke (Paperback – Nov. 1993)
by Howard-Yana, Ph.D. Shapiro, John List Price: $24.95
Harrisson
Native Texas Gardens
Gardening With Native Plants of the South by Sally Wasowski, Andy Wasowski
by Sally Wasowski, Andy Wasowski
March 1994); List Price: $29.95 Native Texas Plants
by Sally Wasowski, Andy Wasowski
Grow Wild! : New soft cover available,
Low-Maintenance, Sure-Success,
Distinctive Gardening With Native Plants Natural Gardening; A Nature Company
by Lorraine Johnson, Andrew Guide
Leyerle (Photographer) by Jim Knope, Sally Wasowski,
List Price: $32.95 John Boring, Glen Keator, Jane Scott,
Erica Glasener; Time Life Books
Habitat Gardening for Houston and
Southeast Texas Naturalistic Gardening: Reflecting the
by Mark Bowen with Mary Bowen Planting Patterns of Nature
River Bend Publishing Company by Ann Lovejoy, Allan Mandell
(Photographer); Sept. 1998; Amazon
How to Get Your Lawn & Garden Off Drugs: $17.56
A Basic Guide to Pesticide-Free Gardening
in North America Natural Landscaping: Gardening With
by Carole Rubin; Harbour Publishing Nature to Create a Backyard Paradise
List Price: $9.95 (Rodale Garden Book) by Sally Roth
(February 1997); Amazon.com: $23.96
Compiled by Diane K Flynn dflynn@houston.rr.com AWBD-Merry Leonard mleonard@awbd-tx.org
Revised 5/28/04

2. The Natural Lawn & Alternatives (Plants & Redesigning the American Lawn,
Gardens) A Search for Environmental Harmony
by Janet Marinelli (Editor), Margaret By F. Herbert Bormann, Diana Balmori,
Roach(Editor) (November 1993) Gordon T. Gelballe
Amazon.com: $7.15 Yale University Press
Noah's Garden: Restoring the Ecology of The Right Plants for Dry Places
Our Own Back Yards by Suncoast Native Plant Society
by Sara Stein (Paperback - April ‘95) Special Order - Amazon.com: $12.95
Amazon.com: $10.40 Southern Herb Growing
by Madalene Hill and Gwen Barclay's
Plants for Dry Climates; How to Select,
Grow & Enjoy Southwestern Landscaping With Native
By Mary Rose Duffield and Plants
Warren Jones by Judith Phillips (December 1987)
List Price: $19.95 List Price: $24.95
Plants for Natural Gardens: Southwestern Texas Wildscapes, Gardening for Wildlife
Native & Adaptive Trees, Shrubs, by Noreen Damude and Kelly Conrad
Wildflowers and Grasses Bender
by Judith Phillips (April 1995) Texas Parks & Wildlife Press
List Price: $27.50
Texas Wildflowers, A field guide
by Campbell and Lynn Loughmiller
University of Texas Press
Year Round Vegetables, Fruits & Flowers
for Metro Houston, A natural Organic
approach Using Ecology
by Bob Randall, Ph.D., Executive
Director Urban Harvest
AWBD Water Smart Steering Committee
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