Recommended Book List

In addition to Lynden's own book on the topic of public space design, maintenance, advocacy, and funding, Lynden recommends the following excellent books:

American Horticultural Society Great Plant Guide. Grand Rapids: Dorling Kindersley, Incorporated, 2004.

Berner, Nancy, and Susan Lowry. Garden Guide: New York City. New York: Little Bookroom, 2002.

Beveridge, Charles, Paul Rocheleau, and David Larkin. Frederick Law Olmsted: Designing the American Landscape. New York: Universe, 1998.

Burrell, C. Colston. Native Alternatives to Invasive Plants. Ed. Janet Marinelli and Bonnie Harper-Lore. Garden City: Brooklyn Botanic Garden, 2006.

Caro, Robert A. The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York. New York: Vintage Books, 1975.

Chatto, Beth. Garden Notebook. North Mankato: Orion Media, 2004. Craul, Phillip J. Urban Soil in Landscape Design. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1992.

Crowe, Sylvia. Garden Design. New York: Garden Art Press, 1994, 3rd edition reprint of 1958 first edition.

Darke, Rick. The American Woodland Garden: Capturing the Spirit of the Deciduous Forest. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press, 2002.

Darke, Rick. The Encyclopedia of Grasses for Livable Landscapes. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press, 2007.

Dirr, Michael A. Dirr's Hardy Trees and Shrubs: An Illustrated Encyclopedia. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press, 1997.

Dirr, Michael A. Manual of Woody Landscape Plants: Their Identification, Ornamental Characteristics, Culture, Propagation and Uses. Grand Rapids: Stipes L. L. C., 1998.

DiSabato-Aust, Tracy. The Well-Tended Perennial Garden: Planting and Pruning Techniques. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press, 2006.

Dunnett, Nigel, and Noel Kingsbury. Planting Green Roofs and Living Walls. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press, 2004.

Eck, Joe. Elements of Garden Design. New York: Henry Holt & Co., 1996.

Eck, Joe, and Wayne Winterrowd. A Year at North Hill: Four Seasons in a Vermont Garden. New York: Owl Books, 1996.

Eddison, Sydney. Self Taught Gardener: Lessons from a Country Garden. New York: Viking Adult, 1997.

Eddison, Sydney. Unsung Season: Gardens and Gardeners in Winter. New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1995.

Everett, T. H. New York Botanical Garden Illustrated Encyclopedia of Horticulture. Grand Rapids: Garland, 1982.

Farrand, Beatrix. Beatrix Farrand's Plant Book for Dumbarton Oaks. Ed. Diane K. McGuire. Washington D.C.: Dumbarton Oaks, 1980.

Flint, Harrison L. Landscape Plants for Eastern North America: Exclusive of Florida and the Immediate Gulf Coast. New York: Wiley, 1997.

Garden Club of America, Horticultural Committee. Plants That Merit Attention Vol. 1: Trees. Ed. Janet M. Poor and Nancy P. Brewster. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press, 1985.

Garden Club of America, Horticultural Committee. Plants That Merit Attention Vol. 2: Shrubs. Ed. Janet M. Poor and Nancy P. Brewster. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press, 1985.

Garvin, Alexander, and Gayle Berens. Urban Parks and Open Space. Washington, D.C.: Urban Land Institute, 1997.

Geneve, Robert. A Book of Blue Flowers. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press, 2000.

Gerlach-Spriggs, Nancy, Richard E. Kaufman, and Sam Bass Warner. Restorative Gardens: The Healing Landscape. New York: Yale University Press, 1999.

Gordon, David L. Battery Park City: Planning and Politics on the New York Waterfront. Vol. 1. New York: Gordon and Breach, 1997.

Harnik, Peter. Inside City Parks. Washington, D.C.: Urban Land Institute, 2000.

Hobbs, Thomas. Shocking Beauty. London: Periplus Editions (HK), 1999.

Hobhouse, Penelope. Colour in Your Garden. Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1985.

Hobhouse, Penelope. Garden Style. New York: Willow Creek Press, 1997.

Hobhouse, Penelope. On Gardening. New York: John Wiley & Sons Australia, 1994.

Hyland, Bob. Designing Borders for Sun and Shade. Garden City: Brooklyn Botanic Garden, 2006.

Jacobs, Jane. The Death and Life of Great American Cities. New York: Random House, 1997.

Jekyll, Gertrude. Colour Schemes for the Flower Garden. Woodbridge, England: Baron Publishing, 1982 reprint of 1936 first edition.

Jiler, James. Doing Time in the Garden: Life Lessons through Prison Horticulture. New York: New Village Press, 2006.

Karson, Robin. Fletcher Steele, Landscape Architect: An Account of the Gardenmaker's Life, 1885-1971. New York: University of Massachusetts Press, 2003.

Kelly, Bruce, Gail T. Guillet, and Mary E. W.Hern. Art of the Olmsted Landscape. New York: New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission, 1981.

LaFarge, Albert, ed. The Essential William H. Whyte. New York: Fordham University Press, 2000.

Larson, Erik. The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America. New York: Vintage, 2004.

Lawrence, Elizabeth. A Southern Garden: A Handbook for the Middle South. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1942. Reprint 1984.

Lewis, Charles A. Green Nature - Human Nature: The Meaning of Plants in Our Lives. Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1996.

Lloyd, Christopher. Succession Planting for Year-Round Pleasure. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press, 2005.

Lowenfels, Jeff, and Wayne Lewis. Teaming with Microbes: A Gardener's Guide to the Soil Food Web. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press, 2006.

Nardi, James B. Life in the Soil: A Guide for Naturalists and Gardeners. New York: University of Chicago Press, 2007. (Especially Part 3)

Miller, Sara Cedar. Central Park, An American Masterpiece: A Comprehensive History of the Nation's First Urban Park. Danbury: Harry N. Abrams, 2003.

Olmsted, Frederick L. Forty Years of Landscape Architecture: Central Park. Cambridge: The MIT Press, 1973.

Page, Russell. The Education of a Gardener. New York: Random House, 1983.

Phillips, Roger, and Martyn Rix. The Random House Book of Perennials Vol. 1: Early Perennials. Vol. 1-2. New York: Random House, 1991.

Phillips, Roger, and Martyn Rix. The Random House Book of Shrubs. New York: Random House, 1989.

Plants and Gardens: Soils. Vol. 42. New York: Brooklyn Botanic Garden, 1986.

Pollan, Michael. Second Nature: A Gardener’s Education. New York: The Atlantic Monthly Press, 1991.

Pollan, Michael. The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World. New York: Random House, 2001.
RHS Plant Finder 2007-2008. New York: Dorling Kindersley, 2007.

Rogers, Elizabeth Barlow. Landscape Design: A Cultural and Architectural History. Danbury: Harry N. Abrams, 2001.

Rybczynski, Witold. A Clearing in the Distance: Frederick Law Olmsted and America in the 19th Century. New York: Scribner, 1999.

Schinz, Marina and Gabrielle van Zuylen. The Gardens of Russell Page. London: Frances Lincoln Limited, 2008.

Scully, Vincent. American Architecture and Urbanism. New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1969.

Simpson, Jeffrey. Art of the Olmsted Landscape: His Works in New York City. New York: New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission, 1981.

Trustees’ Garden Club. Garden Guide to the Lower South. Savannah, Georgia: Trustees’ Garden Club, 2006.

Verey, Rosemary. The Art of Planting. Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1990.

Von Arnim, Elizabeth. Elizabeth and Her German Garden. London: Macmillan & Co., 1900. Available in reprint from Grand Rapids: Filiquarian, LLC, 2007.

Walliser, Jessica. Good Bug, Bad Bug: Who's Who, What They Do, and How to Manage Them Organically: All You Need to Know about the Insects in Your Garden. New York: Saint Lynn's Press, 2008.

Whyte, William H. City: Rediscovering Its Center. New York: Doubleday, 1989.

Whyte, William H. The Last Landscape. Garden City, NY: Double & Company, 1968.

Whyte, William H. The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces. Chicago: World Wildlife Fund, 1980.

Wiland, Harry, Dale Bell, and Joseph D'Agnese. Edens Lost and Found: How Ordinary Citizens Are Restoring Our Great American Cities. New York: Chelsea Green, 2006.

Wilder, Louise Beebe. Color in My Garden. New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1990 reprint of 1918 first edition.

Wood-Roper, Laura. F.L O.: A Biography of Frederick Law Olmsted. New York: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1974.

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