Books
We recommend the books listed below. Although we won’t be offering them for purchase, they can be found at local bookstores and online shopping sites.
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Attracting Native Pollinators
The latest understanding about creating and managing pollinator habitat. Read more »
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Benton County Rural Living Handbook
This guide assists rural property owners in conservation practices. Read more »
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Butterflies of the Pacific Northwest
Waterproof guide illustrates 84 species of butterfly and caterpillar. Read more »
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Butterfly Gardening: Creating Summer Magic in Your Garden
This classic handbook describes how to attract butterflies and other beneficial and beautiful insects to your garden. Read more »
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Farming with Native Beneficial Insects
Describes how to recognize beneficial insects and improve their habitats. Read more »
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Mason Bee Revolution: How the Hardest Working Bee Can Save the World – One Backyard at a Time
A book about mason bees and how to care for them. Read more »
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Meander Scars: Reflections on Healing the Willamette River
Abby Phillips Metzger’s book of personal stories recounts a forgotten Oregon river, the Willamette, as it was before white settlement. Read more »
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Monarch and Milkweed
This illustrated book explains one of nature's most spectacular displays in a refreshingly simple manner. Read more »
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Native Plants for Willamette Valley Yards
Detailed information on sun and moisture requirements, wildlife benefits. Read more »
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Pacific Northwest Foraging
The Pacific Northwest offers a veritable feast for foragers. Read more »
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Plants of the Pacific Northwest Coast
This best-selling, classic field guide is the most trusted authority on plants of the Pacific Northwest. Features 794 species. Read more »
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Shrubs to Know in Pacific Northwest Forests
This simple-to-use field guide makes shrub identification easy and fun. Read more »
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The Bees in Your Backyard- A Guide to North American Bees
The Bees in Your Backyard provides an engaging introduction to the roughly 4,000 different bee species found in the United States and Canada. Read more »
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The Meadowscaping Handbook: Designing, Planting, and Managing an Urban Meadow
The handbook is designed as a “how-to” publication to help gardeners, landscape professionals and ecologists in the Willamette Valley plan, design, plant and maintain native plant meadows on small urban plots. Read more »
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The Willamette River Field Guide
he Willamette River Field Guide is the story of Oregon's earliest inhabitants, the connection between the river and the towns along its banks, the wildlife it supports, and the effects of alterations to its geography and ecology. Includes tips for more than a dozen riverside visits and trips. Read more »
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Trees and Shrubs of the Pacific Northwest
Covers 568 species of woody plants found in the Pacific Northwest. Read more »
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Trees to Know in Oregon
Includes photos, drawings, and a list of Oregon's champion trees. Read more »
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Wild in the Willamette
An essential guide to the wonders of the mid-Willamette Valley. Read more »
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Wildflowers of the Pacific Northwest
This comprehensive guide illustrates 1,220 encountered species. Read more »