Gardening by Topic

Library staff have selected the best books and other resources to help gardeners find information on a wide range of topics.

More Topic Resource Lists

• Alpine and Rock Gardening | PDF version
• Annuals and Biennials | PDF version| Knowledgebase
• Bulbs | PDF version | Knowledgebase
• Cacti and Succulents | Knowledgebase
• Canopy to Ground Cover: New Approaches to Shade Gardening – a Northwest Horticultural Society Symposium
• Children and Nature | Knowledgebase
• Color in the Garden
• Color, Texture, Light: A Northwest Perennial Alliance Symposium
• Containers and Window Boxes | PDF version
• Curriculum Materials: Northwest Horticultural Society 2007 Grant
• Drought Tolerant Gardens | PDF version
• Ferns
• Foliage, Flair, and Fresh Design Ideas: a Northwest Horticultural Society Symposium
• Fruit | PDF version
• Fuchsias
• Garden Construction
• Garden Journals and Recordkeeping
• Garden of Ideas | Pdf version
• Garden Trees
• Gardening in the Pacific Northwest | PDF version
• Gardening on the Pacific Rim: a Northwest Horticultural Society Symposium
• Gardening with Wildlife | PDF version
• Gardens of the British Isles
• Green Roofs and Rooftop Gardens | PDF version
• Ground Cover Plants
• Horticultural Therapy and Accessible Gardening
• Invasive Plants | PDF version
• Irises
• Linnaeus Tercentenary
• Medicinal Plants | PDF version
• Mushrooms | PDF version
• Native Plants in the Landscape | PDF version
• The New Gardening Approach: an NHS Symposium
• Nomenclature
• Orchids
• Organic Gardening | PDF version
• Ornamental Plants: an NHS Symposium
• Pacific Northwest Hidden Gems
• Peer-Reviewed Journals | PDF version
• Perennials | PDF version
• Permaculture | PDF version
• Pests and Diseases
• Plant Identification | PDF version
• Propagation | PDF version
• Pruning and Tree Care | PDF version
• Reference Picks
• Restoration Ecology | PDF version
• Roses
• Shade Gardening | PDF version
• Shrubs
• Small Space – Big Impact: a Northwest Horticultural Society Symposium
• South African Plants
• Soil for Gardeners
• Staff Favorites
• Starting and Running a Horticultural Business
• Stormwater Solutions | PDF version
• Sustainable Design for Beauty, Biodiversity, and Habitat: a Northwest Horticultural Society Symposium (2016)
• Sustainable Gardening
• Theses (Botanic Gardens Students)
• Trees in Cities
• Urban Farming | PDF version
• Vegetable Gardening | PDF version
• Water Gardening
• Wetlands
• Winter Gardening | PDF version
• Woodland Gardening: a Northwest Horticultural Society Symposium