Print Materials

• Quick Hint:  Look in these call numbers in Non-fiction and Reference (for books and videos) and in DVDs.
  
• 580 – Plants
• 635 – Gardening, cultivated plants
• 712.6 – Landscaping
  
  

Selected Bibliography

General

 

• American Horticultural Society A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants : 635.903 American

   

• California native plants for the garden by Carol Bornstein, David Fross, Bart O'Brien: 635.95179 Bornstein

   

•  Designing California Native Gardens: The Plant Community Approach To Artful, Ecological Gardens by Glenn Keator:  635.95179 Keator    

   

• Exotica Pictorial Cyclopedia Of Exotic Plants From Tropical And Near-Tropic Regions by Alfred Graf: Reference 635.965 Graf 

• Lasagna Gardening For Small Spaces: A Layering System For Big Results In Small Gardens And Containers by Patricia Lanza: 635.0484 Lanza

   

•  Manual of the Flowering Plants of California by Willis Linn Jepson: 580 Jepson

   

• Plants & Landscapes For Summer-Dry Climates Of The San Francisco Bay Region by Nora Harlow: 635.95 Harlow; published by EBMUD

   

• Sunset Western Garden Book: 635.90978

   

• Wildly Successful Plants: Northern California by Pam Peirce: 635.90979 Peirce

   

Roses

 

• Best Rose Guide: a Comprehensive Selection by Roger Phillips & Martyn Rix: 635.93373 Phillips

   

• The English roses : classics favorites & new selections by David Austin: 635.93373 Austin

   

• Landscaping with Antique Roses by Liz Druitt & G. Michael Shoup: 635.93337 Druitt

   

• Gardening with Old Roses by John Scarman: 635.93373 Scarman

   

• The Graham Stuart Thomas Rose Book by Graham Stuart Thomas: 635.93337 Thomas

   

• Roses: An Illustrated Encyclopaedia And Grower's Handbook Of Species Roses, Old Roses And Modern Roses, Shrub Roses & Climbers by Peter Beales:  635.93372 Beales 

   

• The Rose Bible by Rayford Clayton Reddell: 635.93373 Reddell

   

Magazines and Newspapers

 

• Better Homes and Gardens

   

• Fine Gardening

   

• Horticulture

   

• Organic Gardening

   

• Pacific Horticulture

   

• San Francisco Chronicle publishes a Home and Garden section every Wednesday and Saturday.

   

• Sunset Magazine

   

• Valley Times publishes a Home and Garden section every Saturday.

   

Local History Files:  The low green file cabinets just in front of the bookshelves hold newspaper clippings and other memorabilia in over 200 file folders in alphabetical order.  A binder listing the subject headings is on top of the cabinet.  Subject headings that include gardening information:

 

• Agriculture
• Clubs
• Fairs, Festivals, & Special Events
• High Schools
• Schools
• Trees

   

Library Databases 

• Gale Databases:  You can search for magazine, journal, and newspapers articles on gardening, landscaping, plants, etc.  (Library card needed for remote access)

    

Classes

• Diablo Valley College Horticulture classes
• Merritt College Horticulture classes

Garden Clubs

 

• Livermore-Amador Valley Garden Club:  speakers, plant sales, tours
• Plant Societies

   

Nurseries and Supplies

• Alden Lane Nursery
• Armstrong Garden Centers
• Calaveras Nurseries
• Orchard Supply Hardware
• Our Garden Nursery and Water Gardens
• Patioworld
• Sloat Garden Center
• Tassajara Nursery
• Western Garden Nursery
• Yahoo Yellow Pages listing of nurseries

   

Public Gardens: tours, classes, plant sales

 

• Hayward Japanese Gardens, 22292 North 3rd St., Hayward
• Heather Farms Garden
• Ruth Bancroft Garden
• Regional Parks Botanic Garden
• University of California Botanical Garden
• Windy Hill list of public gardens

   

Television and Radio

 

• Henry’s Garden airs on Saturdays at 10 am on Channel 4 television.
• HGTV, KQED, and KTEH air several gardening and landscaping programs on television
• The Victory Garden airs on Sundays at 9:30 am on KQED television.

Tri-Valley Community Television (TV30) airs The Valley GardenerKQED 88.5 FM and KALW 91.7 FM Radio:  Ketzel Levine’s “Talking Plants” airs irregularly on Morning Edition and Weekend Edition. 

Web Resources

 

• Bay Area Gardener
• Craigslist  Online community for “recycling” old objects and materials, including gardening supplies – free or for sale
• Freecycle  Online community for “recycling” old objects and materials, including gardening supplies
• Gamble Garden Resources
• GardenWeb  Regional and nationwide discussions of plants and gardening; garden swaps
• Google Images  Great way to search and identify plants
• Librarian’s Index to the Internet  Directory of over 1,000 high-quality websites about gardening and plants, selected, described, and organized by librarians
• Organic Gardening List  Online e-mail discussion group
• Plants for a Future Database  Plant identification and uses
• StopWaste.com  Alameda County composting and bay-friendly gardening
• Sunset Magazine Find your climate zone, gardening ideas and projects
• UC IPM   Identify and manage pests, diseases, and weeds
• Yahoo! Groups  On-line e-mail discussion groups about gardening and plants