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  • Florida-Friendly Landscaping Pattern Book
    Florida-Friendly Landscaping™ Pattern Book
    Florida-Friendly Landscaping™ is a common-sense approach to gardening that begins with the principle, 'The Right Plant for the Right Place.' This pattern book is a guide to finding the right plants for your part of Florida and the right place in your yard for planting them. Written by UF/IFAS horticulturists and professional landscape designers, this lushly illustrated guide offers landscape plans and comprehensive lists of native and Florida-friendly plants suitable for each of Florida’s USDA hardiness zones, as well as sections on plant groups, irrigation, and helpful landscape design tips. Whether you live in the Panhandle or the Gold Coast, the Florida-Friendly Landscaping™ Pattern Book will help you find the right plants to make your landscape look beautiful with a minimum of water, fertilizer, and maintenance. Color, 71 pp.
    Price: $16.00
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  • Florida's Best Fruiting Plants
    Florida's Best Fruiting Plants
    Native and Exotic Trees, Shrubs, and Vines, 2nd edition

    From the publisher:
    Florida is a thriving state for fruit-bearing plants, and this beautifully illustrated, comprehensive book is your guide to dozens of exotic and native species, including familiar plants and trees as well as rare and obscure ones. Inside, you'll find:
    Details on how to turn your Florida yard into a cornucopia of delicious fruit.
    Descriptions of plants that will succeed in every region of the state.
    Profiles of more than 80 species.
    Range maps and fruiting calendars to help with planning.
    By Charles R. Boning.
    Pineapple Press, 232 pp.
    ISBN 978-1-68334-274-8
    Price: $24.95
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  • Florida's Best Herbs and Spices
    Florida's Best Herbs and Spices

    Native and Exotic Plants Grown for Scent and Flavor

    New edition June 2021

    From the publisher:
    Detailed profiles of nearly 100 plants, ranging from unusual tropical species, to temperate herbs, to native species
    Information on cultivation, harvest, and use of the plants
    A broad assortment of scent plants, descriptions of growth habits, landscape uses, and flowering characteristics for adding interest and color to a garden
    Range maps for each species and covers every region of the state
    Pineapple Press; ISBN 978-1-68334-276-2; copyright 2010, 2021


    Price: $26.95
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  • Florida's Carnivorous Plants
    Florida's Carnivorous Plants
    From Pineapple Press:
    Learn about Florida's endemic carnivorous plants in this exciting book written for the budding naturalist and hobbyist. Florida has dozens of native species of carnivorous plants - more than any other state in the United States - including sundews, butterworts, bladderworts, and pitcher plants. These plants use appealing scents, leaves, and sticky fluids to trap and imprison insects. Digestive fluids then absorb the prey, giving the plant its nutrients. Many of these plants can be grown at home in the backyard, in rain gardens, or in some cases on the windowsill.

    This book provides an identification and growing guide for the major genera of carnivorous plants found in Florida. Each species description includes etymology, a history of the plant's discovery highlighting diverse scientists, anatomy, habitat range, and popular cultivars for beginners. Tables include soil requirements, types of potting, water level, amount of light, dormancy and temperature requirements, and propagation tips. A glossary provides readers with the tools to learn botanical jargon to improve their identification skills.

    By Kenny Coogan, ISBN 978-1-68334-297-7, copyright 2022.



    Price: $22.95
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  • Florida's Edible Wild Plants
    Florida's Edible Wild Plants

    If you’re a botanist or a curious epicure, you’ll seek out Peggy Lantz’s guide for its detailed information about Florida plant species and plant parts that are safe and nutritious to eat. But if you’re like most people, you’ll skip to the cookbook section first. From calamondin marmalade and sea grape jelly to elderberry champagne and beautyberry cake, the recipes in this guide don’t disappoint! You’ll also find an important chapter on what not to eat, as well as historical and personal anecdotes about gathering and preparing wild food in Florida.

    Published by Seaside Publishing

    154 pp.

     

     

    Price: $17.95
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  • Flowering Plants and Butterflies of the Southeastern United States
    Flowering Plants and Butterflies of the Southeastern United States
    Enhance your butterfly garden with this informative brochure. Featuring 48 species of butterflies found in the southeastern US, along with 52 native wildflowers and plants that attract butterflies or serve as host plants for their larvae. The full-color brochure also provides valuable tips on designing an inviting butterfly garden.

    Dimensions: 4.5” x 7.5”, unfolds to 18.5” x 7.5”
    Price: $0.60
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  • Foraging Florida Falcon Guide
    Foraging Florida

    From Falcon Guides:

    Paleo-Indians lived more than 14,000 years ago in the land we now call Florida, and later came tribes of indigenous people known as the Ais, Calusa, Mayaimi, Tequesta, Timucua, and others. Still later came the Seminole and Miccosukee. These people were hunter-fisher-gatherers who lived off the bounty of what nature had to offer. Today, foraging wild fruits, nuts, grains, and other edible plant parts has become a popular pastime for outdoor enthusiasts throughout the country, but Florida in particular is a forager's paradise due to its wealth of both temperate and tropical native plants.

    In this book, local naturalist Roger Hammer highlights edible and medicinal native and naturalized plants found throughout the state, from the far western Panhandle to the island chain of the Florida Keys. This forager's guidebook is organized by plant family so foragers can learn which species are closely related, and it includes a poisonous plant section so novices will know which plants to avoid. Recipes, identification tips, and instructions for how to prepare herbal and medicinal teas are offered throughout.

    Inside you'll find:

    • Detailed description and photos of each plant, including its uses
    • Information on toxic look-alikes and cautions
    • Recipes to prepare at home and on the trail
    • A glossary of botanical terms

    By Roger Hammer, ISBN 978-1-4930-6979-8, copyright 2023.

     

    Price: $24.95
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  • Founding Gardeners: The Revolutionary Generation, Nature, and the Shaping of the American Nation
    Founding Gardeners
    From Vintage Books:
    For the Founding Fathers, gardening, agriculture, and botany were elemental passions: a common interest as deeply ingrained in their characters as the battle for liberty and a belief in the greatness of their new nation.

    Founding Gardeners is an exploration of that obsession, telling the story of the revolutionary generation from the unique perspective of their lives as gardeners, plant collectors, and farmers. Acclaimed historian Andrea Wulf describes how George Washington wrote letters to his estate manager even as British warships gathered off Staten Island; how a tour of English gardens renewed Thomas Jefferson's and John Adams's faith in their fledgling nation; and why James Madison is the forgotten father of environmentalism. Through these and other accounts, Wulf reveals a fresh, nuanced portrait of the men who created our nation.

    By Andrea Wulf; ISBN 978-0-307-39068-4; copyright 2011.

    Regular Price: $20.00
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  • Garden Bugs & Insects of the South & Southeast
    Garden Bugs & Insects of the South & Southeast
    From Adventure Publications:
    Simple and convenient - organized by group for quick and easy identification.

    Pocket-size format - easier than laminated foldouts
    Professional photos showing key traits
    Icons that identify pollinators and pests
    Easy-to-use information for even casual observers
    Tips to attract beneficial bugs and repel damaging ones
    Expert author is an entomologist and nature photographer

    By Jaret C. Daniels, ISBN 978-1-59193-980-1, copyright 2021. Spiral bound.
    Price: $9.95
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  • Xerces Society Guide Gardening for Butterflies
    Gardening for Butterflies (Xerces Society Guide)
    From the publisher:
    Protect and nurture the most beloved garden guests: butterflies, nature's kaleidoscopes with wings. The Xerces Society introduces you to a variety of butterflies who need our help and provides suggestions for native plants to attract them, habitat designs to help them thrive, and garden practices to accommodate all their stages of life. Join the effort to conserve butterflies and moths, and learn proven strategies for welcoming these extraordinary visitors.
    From Timber Press. ISBN 978-1-60469-598-4, 286 pp, 2017.
    Price: $24.95
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  • Growing Orchids is Easier Than You Think!
    Growing Orchids: Easier Than You Think!
    Shot on location at the beautiful American Orchid Society Visitors Center and Botanical Garden in Delray Beach, Florida, this DVD dispels the myth that orchids are difficult to grow. Tom Sheehan and Bob Black, authors of Orchids to Know and Grow, use hands-on demonstrations to discuss easy-to-grow orchid varieties; selecting appropriate containers, planting medium, and fertilizers; watering requirements; and many more tips for caring for your orchids. 60 minutes.

    ISBN: 978-0-916287-66-5
    Price: $25.00
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  • Kid's Guide to Florida-Friendly Landscaping
    Growing Up Florida-Friendly

    Growing Up Florida-Friendly: A Kid's Guide to the 9 Principles of Florida-Friendly Landscaping™. This colorful, easy-to-read book is the perfect way to introduce youth to the nine principles of Florida-Friendly Landscaping™. Follow the travels of "Miss Flory" and FFL™ Kids Harriet and Russell as they learn to create vibrant, sustainable landscapes through efficient water use, mulching, distinguishing good bugs from bad bugs, recycling waste, and other important FFL™ practices. Written and illustrated by Florida Master Gardener Volunteers, this delightful book can be shared by children and adults, in the classroom and at home.

    By Kim Pepitone Cottrell
    Illustrated by Evelyn Lavaughn Davis
    58 pages, full color. Copyright 2020.

    Price: $6.99
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  • Helpful Herbivores Poster
    Helpful Herbivores Poster

    Not all plant-eating insects are pests!

    The Helpful Herbivores poster explores the essential role of plant-feeding insects—like caterpillars, grasshoppers, beetles, and true bugs—in maintaining a balanced ecosystem. Learn how these herbivores contribute to soil health, pollination, and wildlife support while discovering simple ways to attract them with native plants and reduced pesticide use.

    A great resource for gardeners, educators, and conservationists, this poster is a must-have for those looking to promote biodiversity and sustainable gardening.

    Price: $5.00
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  • Helpful, Harmful, Harmless ID Deck
    Helpful, Harmful, Harmless?
    There's a bug in your garden, but is it a good bug or a bad bug? Reaching for this handy, full-color guide can help you identify and understand the ecological roles of many important groups of insects and other small organisms common to Florida landscapes. 

     
    Price: $22.00
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  • Horticultural Therapy Methods
    Horticultural Therapy Methods
    From CRC Press:
    Horticultural therapy has evolved from its use only by volunteer gardeners to become a recognized and respected therapeutic modality conducted by trained, registered professionals. This book presents types of programs, settings, and goals in horticultural therapy. It outlines treatment planning; development of sessions to meet treatment objectives; motivation and behavior management techniques; documentation guidelines; practical approaches for wellness; and resources for activity ideas. This revised edition updates materials and adds essential information on planning treatment sessions. It also provides horticultural therapy strategies to address treatment issues related to mental health, physical health, vocational skills, and wellness.
     

    Editors: Rebecca L. Haller, Christine L. Capra

    2nd edition, 2017, 188pp
    ISBN: 978-1-138-73117-2
    Price: $31.95
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  • The Science Behind the Amazing Things Plants Do
    How Plants Work
    The Science Behind the Amazing Things Plants Do

    By Linda Chalker-Scott
     
    From the publisher:
    Why do container plants wilt even when they've been regularly watered? Why did the hydrangea that thrived last year never bloom this year? Plant physiology - the study of how livings things function - can solve these and most other problems gardeners regularly encounter. In this book, horticulture expert Linda Chalker-Scott brings the stranger-than-fiction science of the plant world to vivid life. She uncovers the mysteries of how and why plants do the things they do, and arms you with fascinating knowledge that will change the way you garden.

    Timber Press, ISBN 9781604693386, copyright 2015, 236 pages




    Regular Price: $19.95
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  • Hydroponics for Small Farms and Gardens
    Hydroponics for Small Farms and Gardens

    Today consumers are more interested than ever in finding locally grown farm products that are fresh and nutritious, and are also very concerned about the food safety. All of these factors have driven interest in hydroponics to an all-time high. Produced by IFAS Extension agents at the North Florida Research and Education Center, this DVD offers a set of detailed, easy-to-follow segments covering all aspects of hydroponics, including:

    1. Choosing a growing system
    2. Media Choices
    3. Nutrient Delivery
    4. Pest Management
    5. Produce Varieties and Marketing
    6. Building a Hydroponic Floating Garden

    Whether you're a commercial grower interested in setting up a hydroponic production system or a home gardener looking for a new challenge, this DVD is a great way to your feet (and hands) wet. 99 min.

    Price: $25.00
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  • Monarch Butterflies: Eastern United States
    Monarch Butterflies: Eastern United States
    The key to a thriving butterfly garden is ensuring that caterpillars have an abundant food source! Native milkweeds, in particular, play a crucial role as host plants for monarch butterflies. Our vibrant four-fold brochure serves as a succinct guide, showcasing native host plants that offer nourishment and shelter for not only monarch larvae but also 26 other butterfly species commonly found throughout the Eastern United States.

    Dimensions: 4.5” x 7.5”, expands to 18.5” x 7.5” when unfolded.
    Price: $0.60
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  • Monarch Butterflies: Southeastern United States
    Monarch Butterflies: Southeastern United States
    The secret to a thriving butterfly garden is ensuring your caterpillars have an ample feast! Specifically tailored to cater to the needs of monarch butterflies, this vibrant four-fold brochure is your go-to guide for native host plants. These plants offer both nourishment and shelter for not only monarch larvae but also for 26 other butterfly species prevalent in the southeastern United States.

    Compact yet informative, this brochure measures 4.5” x 7.5” and unfolds to a generous 18.5” x 7.5”. 
    Price: $0.60
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  • Month-by-Month Gardening in Florida
    Month-by-Month Gardening in Florida

    If you garden in Florida, this is the resource you need. Well-known horticulturist and garden communicator Tom MacCubbin has written a comprehensive guide just for Florida gardeners. From annuals to vines, each chapter covers what you need to know each month of the year about planning, planting, care, watering, fertilizing, and solving problems in your Florida garden. Revised in 2014, this is the definitive "when-to" guide every gardener should have. 240 pp.

    Published by Cool Springs Press.

    Price: $26.99
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