Plant Guides

The presence of birds, bees, and butterflies suggests a healthy, earth-friendly place. These most welcome guests also bring joy to those who apprec...

Some wild edible plants have poisonous look-alikes, and it is important to know the difference when harvesting. Edible Wild Plants is a simplifie...

“Tallamy lays out all you need to know to participate in one of the great conservation projects of our time. Read it and get started!” —Elizabeth ...

As development and habitat destruction accelerate, there are increasing pressures on wildlife populations. In Bringing Nature Home, Douglas W. Tall...

Enjoy getting to know your trees even in winter, with this key to identifying deciduous trees (trees that lose their leaves in the winter) by looki...

Gardening with native plants is perhaps the fastest-growing sector in the gardening world. More and more gardeners are discovering the pleasure and...

In Nature's Best Hope (Young Readers' Edition), Tallamy empowers kids to use their own yards to help combat the negative effects of climate change....

 Start Mushrooming has long been the trusted guide for beginners. This second edition introduces seven of the most common, edible wild mushrooms in...

Michigan Trees and Wildflowers is an accessible field reference manual to familiar trees and wildflowers found in this state. This durable folding ...

Provides a step-by-step instructions for creating bird habitats, including planning and maintaining your birdscape, selecting water features, and c...

In this accessible, photographic guide for the beginner forager, professional mushroom hunter Frank Hyman teaches how to definitively identify 29 o...

Do you want a garden that makes a real difference? Choose plants native to our Midwest region. The rewards will benefit you, your yard, and the env...

Many gardeners today want a home landscape that nourishes and fosters wildlife, but they also want beauty, a space for the kids to play, privacy, a...

Fun with Nature helps kids discover the incredible world in their backyards. It is a compilation of seven bestselling titles: Caterpillars Bugs and...

Learn to identify common backyard weeds! Hundreds of full-color photos with easy-to-understand text make this a great visual guide to learn...

National Outdoor Book Award Winner! Delve into this fascinating appreciation of milkweed, an often-overlooked plant, and discover an amazing range ...

With Bringing Nature Home, Doug Tallamy changed the conversation about gardening in America. His second book, the New York Times bestseller Nature’...

At the cabin, in the park, or on a hike, keep this tabbed booklet close at hand! Based on Stan Tekiela's best-selling wildflower field guides and f...

This book will help you identify plants with fleshy fruit one inch in diameter or smaller found in Eastern North America. Ripe fruits are described...

Key to identifying non-woody plants in late fall and winter by the dried structures that remain after frost, such as pods, dried flower heads, seed...

Learn to identify, collect, and prepare wild edibles!Step into your backyard, garden, or nearby green space, and harvest an abundance of free, nutr...

Make your backyard more nature-friendly by providing habitats for the local wildlife!From the National Wildlife Federation, the largest U.S. nonpro...

For amateur collectors or professional mycologists working in the field, this guidebook is quite simply the best North American mushroom reference ...

This on-the-go guide is perfect for new foragers eager to learn about the edible plants they’re most likely to find, no matter what region they’re ...