Resources

a continually growing list of resources to teach you about plants, gardening, birds, insects, and everything in between

Gardening Books

Take a cup of tea out by the pond. You have a lot of reading to do. 🙂

Books

  • Bringing Nature Home by Doug Tallamy
  • The Living Landscape by Rick Darke and Doug Tallamy
  • Tracks & Sign of Insects and Other Invertebrates by Charley Eiseman and Noah Charney
  • Newcomb’s Wildflower Guide by Lawrence Newcomb
  • National Audubon Society Field Guide to Trees: Eastern Region (or wherever you live)
  • Peterson Field Guide to Moths of Northeastern America by Davide Beadle and Seabrooke Leckie
  • Bees: An Identification and Native Plant Forage Guide by Heather Holm
  • Common Spiders of North America by Richard A. Bradley
  • Caterpillars of Eastern North America by David L. Wagner
  • Garden Insects of North America by Whitney Crenshaw

Websites

  • The Native Plant Society of New Jersey www.npsnj.org
  • Jersey Friendly Yards www.jerseyyards.org
  • Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center www.wildflower.org
  • USDA Plants Database www.plants.usda.gov
  • Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preserve https://bhwp.org
  • Stockton University Butterfly Blog https://blogs.stockton.edu/sjbfs/