Information Resources for DROUGHT-TOLERANT GARDENS

Special thanks to the individuals and organizations who have contributed these materials to the library.

BOOKS Abbott, Marylyn. THE RESILIENT GARDEN: PLANNING AND PLANTING FOR UNPREDICTABLE WEATHER. London: Kyle Books, 2011. SB 454.3 .W43 A33 2011 Barron, Pattie. CREATE A MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN: PLANTING A LOW-MAINTENANCE DROUGHT-PROOF PARADISE ANYWHERE. London: Lorenz, 1999. PNW SB 454.3 .M43 B27 1999 Beardshaw, Chris. THE NATURAL GARDENER. London: BBC, 2003. SB 454.3 .N38 B32 2003 Bennett, Jennifer. DRYLAND GARDENING: PLANTS THAT SURVIVE AND THRIVE IN TOUGH CONDITIONS. Richmond Hill, Ont.: Firefly Books, 2005. SB 454.3 .D7 B46 2005 Bennett, Jennifer. DRY-LAND GARDENING: A XERISCAPING GUIDE FOR DRY-SUMMER, COLD-WINTER CLIMATES. Willowdale, Ont.: Firefly Books, 1998. SB 454.3 .D7 B46 1998 Black, Kathryn Stechert. WATERWISE GARDENING. Menlo Park, CA: Lane, 1989. PNW SB 454.3 .D7 F45 1989 Chatto, Beth. BETH CHATTO’S GRAVEL GARDEN. New York: Viking Studio, 2000. SB 454.3 .D7 C42 2000 Christopher, Thomas. WATER-WISE GARDENING: AMERICA’S BACKYARD REVOLUTION. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994. SB 454.3 .D7 C47 1994 Cooke, Ian. WATERWISE GARDENING. London: New Holland, 2008. SB 454.3 .D7 C66 2008

Denver Water and Rob Proctor. XERISCAPE PLANT GUIDE. Golden, CO: Fulcrum Publishing, 1996. SB 454.3 .D7 P76 1996 DiSabato-Aust, Tracy. THE WELL-DESIGNED MIXED GARDEN. Portland: Timber Press, 2003. SB 473 .D57 2003 Edwards, Ambra. GARDENING IN A CHANGING CLIMATE. London: Aquamarine, 2011. SB 454.3 .D7 E39 2011 Ellefson, Connie; Stephens, Tom & Welsh, Doug. XERISCAPE GARDENING. New York: Macmillan, 1992. SB 454.3 .D7 E55 1992 Filippi, Olivier. THE DRY GARDENING HANDBOOK. London, UK: Thames & Hudson, 2008. SB 454.3 .D7 F55 2008 Gildemeister, Heidi. GARDENING THE MEDITERRANEAN WAY. New York: Abrams, 2004. SB 454.3 .M43 G53 2004 Gildemeister, Heidi. MEDITERRANEAN GARDENING: A WATERWISE APPROACH. Palma de Mallorca, Spain: Editorial Moll, 1995. SB 454.3 .M43 G53 1995 Harlow, Nora. PLANTS AND LANDSCAPES FOR SUMMER-DRY CLIMATES OF THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY REGION. Oakland, CA: East Bay Municipal Utility District, 2004. PNW SB 439.24 .C2 E28 2004 Knopf, Jim. THE XERISCAPE FLOWER GARDENER.Boulder, CO: Johnson Books, 1991. SB 454.3 .D7 K66 1991 Kourik, Robert. DRIP IRRIGATION FOR EVERY LANDSCAPE AND ALL CLIMATES. Santa Rosa, CA: Metamorphic Press, 1992. S 619 .T74 K68 1992

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Lucas, John. LOW-WATER GARDENING. London: J.M. Dent, 1993. SB 454.3 .D7 L83 1993 Nold, Robert. HIGH AND DRY: GARDENING WITH COLD-HARDY DRYLAND PLANTS. Portland, OR: Timber Press, 2008. SB 453.2 .R63 B46 2008 Northwest Perennial Alliance. WATER CONSERVING PLANTS FOR THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST WEST OF THE CASCADES. Seattle: Northwest Perennial Alliance, 1993. PNW SB 454.3 .D7 N67 1993 O'Keefe, John M. WATER-CONSERVING GARDENS AND LANDSCAPES. Pownal, VT: Storey Communications, 1992. SB 454.3 .D7 O54 1992 Payne, Graham. GARDEN PLANTS FOR MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATES. Ramsbury, UK: Crowood Press, 2006. SB 454.3 .M43 P29 2006 Perry, Bob. LANDSCAPE PLANTS FOR WESTERN REGIONS: AN ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO PLANTS FOR WATER CONSERVATION. Claremont, CA: Land Design Publishing, 1992. PNW SB 454.3 .D7 P47 1992 Rix, Martyn. SUBTROPICAL AND DRY CLIMATE PLANTS. Portland, OR: Timber Press, 2006. SB 454.3 .D7 R59 2006 Robinson, Peter. WATER-WISE GARDENING. American Horticultural Society Practical Guides. New York: DK Publishing, 1999. SB 454.3 .D7 R63 1999 Rumary, Mark. THE DRY GARDEN. London, UK: Conran Octopus, 1994. SB 454.3 .D7 R86 1994 Solomon, Steve. WATER-WISE VEGETABLES. Cascadia Gardening Series. Seattle: Sasquatch Books, 1993. PNW SB 321.5 .P23 S662 1993 Springer Ogden, Lauren and Scott Ogden. WATERWISE PLANTS FOR SUSTAINABLE GARDENS. Portland, OR: Timber Press, 2011. SB 454.3 .D7 S77 2011

Taylor, Jane. DROUGHT-TOLERANT PLANTS. New York: Prentice Hall, 1993. SB 454.3 .D7 T29 1993 Wann, David. THE ZEN OF GARDENING IN THE HIGH AND ARID WEST. Golden, CO: Fulcrum, 2003. SB 454.3 .D7 W26 2003 Wilson, Jim. LANDSCAPING WITH WILDFLOWERS: AN ENVIRONMENTAL APPROACH TO GARDENING. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1992. SB 439 .W54 1992 VERTICAL FILE: See under Water Conservation; Waterwise Gardening; Xeriscaping VIDEO BEAUTIFUL AND WATERWISE: GARDENING FOR THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. Seattle, WA: Seattle Public Utilities, 1997. VT 048 1997 ARTICLES Bane, Peter. “Learning to live with drought.” Permaculture Activist, Summer 2011, pp. 36-40. Bracey, David. “Some drought-tolerant food plants.” Part 1: Mediterranean Garden, April 2009, pp. 45-48; Part 2: July 2009, pp. 31-36. Mamo, Catherine. “Get in step with your local environment: Xeriscape.” Gardens West, September 2007, pp. 28-31. JOURNALS Mediterranean Garden

WEBSITES Elisabeth C. Miller Library – Drought resources http://depts.washington.edu/hortlib/resources/drought.shtml

Highline Water District www.highlinewater.org/landscap.htm Brooklyn Botanic Garden drought tips http://v1.bbg.org/gar2/topics/sustainable/2002su_drought.html

WSU Cooperative Extension – April 2005 column http://gardening.wsu.edu/column/04-05.htm Royal Horticultural Society: Drought-resistant gardening http://www.rhs.org.uk/Gardening/Sustainable-gardening/Gardening-in-a-changing-climate/Advice/Dealing-with-Drought

May 12, 2012