Books

California Gardener's Guide

Nan Sterman • Cool Springs Press, 2007

The Coast Redwood: a natural and cultural history

Michael Barbour, Sandy Lydon, Mark Borchert, Marjorie Popper, Valeria Whitworth, & John Evarts • Cachuma Press, 2001

Compatible Plants Under and Around Oaks

Bruce Hagen (et al.) • California Oak Foundation, 2000 (revised)

Complete Garden Guide to the Native Perennials of California

Glenn Keator • Chronicle Books, 1990

Complete Garden Guide to the Native Shrubs of California

Glenn Keator • Chronicle Books, 1994

Designing California Native Gardens: The Plant Community Approach to Artful, Ecological Gardens

Glenn Keator & Alrie Middlebrook • University of California Press, 2007

A Garden in Laguna: The Garden Essays of Hortense Miller

Hotense Miller • Casa Dana Books, 2002

Gardens of New Spain: How Mediterranean Plants and Foods Changed America

William W. Dunmire • University of Texas Press, 2004

From the Ground Up: The Story of a First Garden

Amy Stewart • St. Martin's Griffin, 2002

In Full View: Three Ways of Seeing California Plants

Glenn Keator and Linda Yamane • Heyday Books with Headlands Center for the Arts, 1995

The Life of an Oak: An Intimate Portrait

Glenn Keator • Heyday Books and The California Oak Foundation, 1998

Native Treasures: Gardening With the Plants of California

M. Nevin Smith • University of California Press, 2006

The Olive in California: History of an Immigrant Tree

Judith M Taylor • Ten Speed Press, 2000

Ornamental Trees for Mediterranean Climates: The Trees of San Diego

Steve Brigham • Ibis Publishing Company, 2005

Our Italy

Charles Dudley Warner • Harper & Brothers, New York, 1891

Plants for California Landscapes: A Catalog of Drought Tolerant Plants

State of California Resources Agency • State of California, Department of Water Resources, 1979

Reimagining the California Lawn: Water-conserving Plants, Practices, and Designs

Carol Bornstein, David Fross, & Bart O'Brien • Cachuma Press, 2011

San Francisco Bay: Portrait of an Estuary

John Hart • University of California Press, 2003

Trees of Golden Gate Park and San Francisco

Elizabeth McClintock • Heyday Books, 2001

Trees of Stanford and Environs

Ronald N. Bracewell • Stanford Historical Society, 2005

Wildly Successful Plants: Northern California

Pam Peirce • Sasquatch Books, 2004