Backyard Botanicals

Books

• Trees and Shrubs of Kentucky – Mary E. Wharton and Roger W. Barbour
• A Guide to the Wildflowers and Ferns in Kentucky – Mary E Wharton and Roger W. Barbour
• Bringing Nature Home – Doug Tallamy
• Planting in a Post Wild World – Thomas Rainer and Claudia West
• Pollinators of Native Plants – Heather Holm
• Go Native! – Carolyn Harstad
• The Naturalists Garden – Ruth Shaw Ernst
• The Garden Awakening – Mary Reynold
• The Humane Gardener – Nancy Lawson
• The Native Habitat Garden – Ken Druse
• The Landscaping Revolution – Andy and Sally Wasowski
• Works by Dan Pearson
• Works by Piet Oudolf

Plant Identification Websites

• USDA Natural Resources Conservation Services
• Missouri Botanical Garden – Plant Finder
• Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
• National Wildlife Federation – Native Plant Finder

Additional Resources and Native Plant Nurseries

• Dropseed Native Plant Nursery
• Ironweed Nursery
• Prairie Moon Nursery
• Wild Ones Louisville
• Wild Ones Lexington
• Kentucky Native Plant Society
• Mt Cuba Center
• Plant Native
• Debbie Roos