Recommended Gardening Books
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Core Reference

Western Garden Book, 2007, Kathleen Brenzel (Editor), Sunset Books. Updated frequently.

The ultimate plant reference with gardening advice. Every gardener should own this book.


Wildflowers of Arizona Field Guide, 2008, by Nora Bowers, Rick Bowers, Stan Tekiela

Extensive photographs help identify native plants. 432 pages.
The Vegetable Gardener's Bible, 2009, by Edward C. Smith.

Wide rows, organic methods, raised beds, deep soil.


Pruning, Planting & Care, 1997, by Eric Johnson.

How to grow landscape plants successfully in the arid west.


Beyond Core Reference

The Winter Harvest Handbook, 2009, by Eliot Coleman.

Year Round Vegetable Production Using Deep Organic Techniques and Low Cost Unheated Greenhouses.

Landscape Plants for Dry Regions, 2000, by Warren Jones and Charles Sacamano.

Over 600 species.


Plants for Natural Gardens, 1995, by Judith Phillips.

Plants for the Southwest.


The Organic Gardener's Handbook of Natural Insect and Disease Control, 1996, by Ellis and Bradley.

Solutions to every plant problem and disease.