Reference Lending Library

Garden Planning, Design & General Interest (books have a Green Dot)

2010 Prairie Garden -Annuals and Biennials
2011 Prairie Garden - Healthy Garden
Able Gardener - Kathleen Yeomans
Anatomy of a Garden - Peter McHoy
Art of Perennial Gardening - Patrick Lima
Attracting Butterflies to Your Garden - Rodale
Canadian Gardener - Marjorie Harris
City Farmer - Lorraine Johnson
Close to the Earth = Mallory Enid
Companion Planting & Intensive Cultivation - Nancy Lee Maffia
Complete Book of Pruning - Coombs, Blackburne-Maze, etc.
Complete Garden Herbal - Robert O. Barlow
Conran's Beginners Guide to Gardening - Stephan Buczacki
Container Gardening - Stephanie Donaldson
Creating the Prairie Xeriscape - Sarah Williams
Decorative Accents for the Garden - Emily Phillips
Feed the Soil - Rodale Press
Flower Garden Planner
Foolproof Planting - Ann Moyer Halpin
Garden Design - W.L. Douglas
Garden of the Gods - Freeman Patterson
Gardens Paths - Gordon Hayward
Garden Problem Solver - Rodale Press
Garden Voices ed. Edwinna Von Breyer
Gardeners Handbook Disease Control - Ministry of Agriculture
Gardening: a Dictionary for Weedpullers, etc. - Henry Beard & Roy McKie
Gardening Grief and Glory - Ed Lawrence
Gardening Made Easy - Birds and Blooms
Gardening through the Year: A Monthly Guide - Evans
Great Ideas for Your Garden - Canadian Gardening
Growing Pains - Patricia Thorpe
Home Landscaping: Plants, Projects & Ideas for Your Yard - Better Homes
Home Made - Ken Braren/ R. Griffith
Illustrated Encyclopedia of Gardening  - Derek Fell and Ann Reilly
Ingenious Mr. Fairchild -  - Michael Leapman
Insect, Disease & Weed I.D. Guide (Organic Solutions) - Cebenko & Martin
Japanese Gardens Today - Tatsuo & Kiyoko Ishimoto
Jerry Baker's Lawn Book
Landscaping 123, Selection & Design, etc. - Home Depot
Landscape Gardening - Time Life
Landscape Plans -Ortho
Landscaping Handbook (Harrowsmith) - edited by Jennifer Bennett
Lawn Book - Bradshaw
Life at Ravenhill Farm, Seasonal Vignettes, etc. - Noel Richardson
Low Maintenance Garden - Susan Berry & Steve Bradley
Masters of the Victory Garden - Jim Wilson
Mrs Delany - her life in flowers - Hayden
Nature Illustrated - New York Public Library
New Perennial Garden - Noel Kingsbury
Northern Gardener (Harrowsmith) - Jennifer Bennett
Ontario Gardener - Trevor Cole
Protecting Your Garden from Animal Damage - Ortho
Pruning and Grafting - Time Life
Pruning Book - Lee Reich
Pruning Ornamentals, Publication 483, Ontario - 2 copies
Q and A 100 can do answers - Organic Garden
Readers Digest Practical Guide to Landscaping
Royal Botanical Gardens, Ontario, Canada
Seasons of My Garden - Marjorie Harris
Shortcuts to Great Gardens - Nigel Colborn
Sissinghurst - Portrait of a Garden - Jane Brown
Small Garden - John Brookes
Small Garden Design - Paul Collins
Small Gardens - John Moreland
Step by Step Garden Planner - Peter McHoy
Stonyground, The Making of a Canadian Garden - Douglas Chambers
This Other Side of Eden: Gardens of Stratford Festival - 2 copies
Todays Guide to Greenhouse Gardening - Bob Price
Toronto Star Outdoor Garden Book - Dan Diamond & Associates
Van Gogh's Flowers - Judith Bumpus
Veseys Planting Guide
Walls and Fences - Warren Schultz
Weed Control in Lawns & Gardens Publication #529 - Ontario (2copies)
Weekend Garden Guide - Susan A. Roth
Wild Flora of the Northeast - Anita and Spider Barbour
Year in Your Garden - Jane Courtier rdening through the Year: A Monthly Guide

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Specific Plants (books have red dots)

100 Easy to Grow Native Plants - Lorraine Johnson
All About Ground Covers - Ortho Book
All About Orchids - Orthos
All About Roses - Ortho Book
Annuals, Perennials and Bulbs - Better Homes & Gardens
Armitage's Garden Perennials - Allan Armitage
Bedding Plant Favourites - Lois Hole 1994
Beautiful Bulbs - Georgeanne Brennan
Bedding Plants - Practical Advice - Jim Hole
Bloom Again Orchids - Jufy White
Book of Salvias - Betsy Clebsch
Bulbs - Time Life
Bulbs and House Plants - Cecile Hulse Matschat
Bulbs & Tubers - Klaas Noordhuis & Sam Benvie
Cacti and Succulents- Terry Hewitt
Canadian Wildflowers - Mary Ferguson & Richard Saunders
Climbing Plants and Wall Shrubs - Stephen Taffler
Every Seed Tells a Tale (Seeds of Diversity) - Editor Judy Newman
Ferns for American Gardens - John Mickel, NY Botanical Garden
Field Guide to Wild Herbs - Rodale Press
Grays Manual Of Botany 8th edition
Growing Dwarf Bulbs- A Wisley Handbook - Jack Elliott
Healing Garden - Marjorie Harris
Herbs for Every Garden - Gertrude Foster
Landowners Guide to Controlling Invasive Woodland Plants
Making the Most of Clematis - Raymond Evison
Modern Herbal - How to Grow, Cook and Use Herbs - Violet Stevenson
Mushroms and other fungi - Aurel Dermek
Orchid Notes - Wayne Hngston - 2 copies
Perennials for Sun - Maggie Oster
Plants for the Dry Garden - Peter Thurman
Pleasure of Herbs - Phyllis Shaudys
Pocket Encyclopedia of Cacti - Edgar and Brian Lamb
Rhododendrons & Azaleas - Sunset Books
Rose Favorites - Lois Hole
Roses Questions and Answers- Jim and Lois Hole
Roses for Canadian Gardens - Robert Osborne
Tomato Handbook - Jennifer Bennett
Trees (The Colour Nature Library) - Jacqueline Seymour
Tulip - Ann Pavord
Tulipomania - Mike Dash

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Flower Arranging and Crafty Ideas (books have a yellow dot)

Art of Arranging Artificial Flowers - Lawrence Porricelli
Art of Flower Arranging - Zibby Tozer
Captured Harvest - Terence Moore
Complete Book of Wreaths - Chris Rankin
Decorating with Flowers - Jill Mackley
Decorating with Herbs - Simon Lycett
Encyclopedia of Flower Arranging - Susie Edwards
Floral Artistry for Beginners - Evelyn Scarth & Fran Partridge
Flower Crafts - Emma Wood with Jane Merer
Flower Drying Handbook - Dolly Lutz Morris
Flower Drying with a Microwave - Titia Joosten
Great Wreath Ideas - Timothy W. Frew
Rose Recipes from Olden times - Eleanor Sinclair Rohde
Ultimate Wreath Book - Ellen Spector Platt
Wreaths Round the Year - Dawn Kusick & Rob Pulleyn

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House Plant Book Collection (books have a white dot)

African Violet Book - It van Pelt Wilson
Book of House Plants - Joan Lee Faust
Bottle Gardens and Fern Cases - Anne Ashberry
Complete Book of Houseplants an Indoor Gardening
Customers Guide to Success with Houseplants
Foliage House Plants, Time-Life - James Underwood Crockett
Gardening Under Lights - Time Life
Home Solar Gardening - John H. Pierce
House Plants 1980 - American Horticultural Society
House Plants - Better Homes and Gardens
Indoor Plants - Frank Ward & P. Peskett
Plants for the Home - Marshall Cavendish
Success with House Plants - International Masters Publishers 4 vols.
Success with House Plants - Reader's Digest
Terrariums and Miniature Gardens - Sunset

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Water Gardening (books have a blue dot)

Edible Plants of the Pond and Water Garden - G. l. Wittrock
Garden Pools and Fountains - Ortho - 2 copies
Gardening with Water - James Van Sweden
Low Maintenance Water Gardens - Helen Nash
Water Features for Small Gardens - Francesca Greenoak
Water Garden (Wayside Collection) - Peter Robinson
Sera Pond Guide - How to Build my Garden Pond

Magazine Other Items of Interest

Childrens Garden Manual - A Volunteers Guide to Gardening with Children - Carol Davidson - obtained from the Bowmanville Ecology Garden
Horticultural Judging Standards - Ministry of Agriculture and Food - 3 copies
Ontario Gardener Magazine bound volume 2001-2003
Ontario Gardener Magazine bound volume 2003-2005
Story of Ontario Horticultural Societies 1854 - 1973 - 3 copies
OHA Annual Report 2007-08

Videos

Colour & Design (video with book) - M. Cullen - Canada AM
Furnishings - Canada AM
Planting & Growing (video)- M. Cullen
Plants (video with book) - M. Cullen - Canada AM
Right in Your Own Back Yard - Mark Cullen
Secrets From the Garden - Kim Answorth
We're in the Hayfield Now - Daylilies - Henry Lorraine

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