15 Top gardening books like Prairie Up: An Introduction to Natural Garden Design by Benjamin Vogt

Cover of Prairie Up: An Introduction to Natural Garden Design by Benjamin Vogt

Prairie Up: An Introduction to Natural Garden Design

By: Benjamin Vogt

4.51

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Connecting to nature with native plants Landscaping with native plants has encouraged gardeners fro…

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1. The Humane Gardener: Nurturing a Backyard Habitat for Wildlife

By: Nancy Lawson

4.81

Format: 539 pages,

In this eloquent plea for compassion and respect for all species, journalist and gardener Nancy Law… read more

Similar categories in Nancy Lawson's The Humane Gardener: Nurturing a Backyard Habitat for Wildlife book and Benjamin Vogt's Prairie Up: An Introduction to Natural Garden Design

  • gardening
  • plants
  • nonfiction
  • nature
Cover of Planting in a Post-Wild World: Designing Plant Communities for Resilient Landscapes by Thomas Rainer, Claudia West

2. Planting in a Post-Wild World: Designing Plant Communities for Resilient Landscapes

By: Thomas Rainer , Claudia West

3.89

Format: 197 pages, Hardcover

"As practical as it is poetic. . . . an optimistic call to action." --Chicago Tribune Over time, wi… read more

Similar categories in Thomas Rainer's Planting in a Post-Wild World: Designing Plant Communities for Resilient Landscapes book and Benjamin Vogt's Prairie Up: An Introduction to Natural Garden Design

  • gardening
  • plants
  • nonfiction
  • nature
Cover of Lawn Gone!: Low-Maintenance, Sustainable, Attractive Alternatives for Your Yard by Pam Penick

3. Lawn Gone!: Low-Maintenance, Sustainable, Attractive Alternatives for Your Yard

By: Pam Penick

4.22

Format: 72 pages, Paperback

A colorful guide covering the basics of replacing a traditional lawn with a wide variety of easy-ca… read more

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  • gardening
  • plants
  • nonfiction
  • nature
Cover of The Living Page: Keeping Notebooks With Charlotte Mason by Laurie Bestvater

4. The Living Page: Keeping Notebooks With Charlotte Mason

By: Laurie Bestvater

3.94

Format: 456 pages, Paperback

"We all have need to be trained to see, and to have our eyes opened before we can take in the joy t… read more

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  • nonfiction

5. Bringing Nature Home: How Native Plants Sustain Wildlife in Our Gardens

By: Douglas W. Tallamy

4.06

Format: 205 pages, Hardcover

As development and subsequent habitat destruction accelerate, there are increasing pressures on wil… read more

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6. The Living Landscape: Designing for Beauty and Biodeversity in the Home Garden

By: Douglas W. Tallamy , Rick Darke

3.75

Format: 289 pages, Hardcover

Many gardeners today want a home landscape that nourishes and fosters wildlife. But they also want … read more

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7. The Know Maintenance Perennial Garden

By: None

4.27

Format: None pages, Paperback

"A veritable goldmine for gardeners." --Plant Talk We've all seen gorgeous perennial gardens packed… read more

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8. The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year

By: Margaret Renkl

4.37

Format: 270 pages, Hardcover

From the beloved New York Times opinion writer and bestselling author of Late Migrations comes a “h… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • nature
Cover of The Backyard Bird Chronicles by Amy Tan

9. The Backyard Bird Chronicles

By: Amy Tan

4.14

Format: 320 pages, Flexibound

A gorgeous, witty account of birding, nature, and the beauty around us that hides in plain sight. … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • nature
"If there is anything I have learned these past six years, it is this: Each bird is surprising and thrilling in its own way. But the most special is the bird that pauses when it is eating, looks and a…"

-Amy Tan, The Backyard Bird Chronicles

"The (Anna's Hummingbird) males are deadbeat dads that contribute nothing to making the nest, or to feeding either the female or the nestlings. They are off to find other females they can impress with…"

-Amy Tan, The Backyard Bird Chronicles

"During daylight hours, they (Anna's Hummingbirds) feed every 15 minutes, be it tiny insects or nectar from flowers or feeders. If they don't consume food often enough, they can die during the day. If…"

-Amy Tan, The Backyard Bird Chronicles

"I asked Bernd Heinrich if he knew why feeder birds, like finches, discard so many seeds. It turns out he and other scientiests did research on this back in the 1990s - of course, he did -measuring di…"

-Amy Tan, The Backyard Bird Chronicles

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10. The Nature of Oaks: The Rich Ecology of Our Most Essential Native Trees

By: Douglas W. Tallamy

4.35

Format: 197 pages, Hardcover

“With our hearts and minds focused on the stewardship of the only planet we have, the best way to e… read more

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  • gardening
  • plants
  • nonfiction
  • nature
Cover of We Are the ARK: Returning Our Gardens to Their True Nature Through Acts of Restorative Kindness by Mary Reynolds

11. We Are the ARK: Returning Our Gardens to Their True Nature Through Acts of Restorative Kindness

By: Mary Reynolds

3.92

Format: 276 pages, Hardcover

“Reynolds gives us a much-needed reason for hope. The gardener, the conservationist, the city plann… read more

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  • gardening
  • nonfiction
  • nature
Cover of Nature's Best Hope: A New Approach to Conservation That Starts in Your Yard by Douglas W. Tallamy

12. Nature's Best Hope: A New Approach to Conservation That Starts in Your Yard

By: Douglas W. Tallamy

4.37

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Douglas W. Tallamy’s first book, Bringing Nature Home, sparked a national conversation about the li… read more

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  • gardening
  • nonfiction
  • nature
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13. Wild New World: The Epic Story of Animals and People in America

By: Dan Flores

3.98

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

Winner of the 2023 Rachel Carson Environment Book Award Shortlisted for the 2023 Phi Beta Kappa So… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • nature
"The prescription I've come to seems to be this. Know the heaven and earth that was, but experience the world that is."

-Dan Flores, Wild New World: The Epic Story of Animals and People in America

"Our disruption of ecologies around the world isn't just threatening wildife extinctions. It's posing an existential threat to our own species."

-Dan Flores, Wild New World: The Epic Story of Animals and People in America

"And it wasn't just passenger pigeons and buffalo. A legacy of animal cleansing was visible everywhere you looked in the United States of the 1920s."

-Dan Flores, Wild New World: The Epic Story of Animals and People in America

"...we Americans have never been good at accepting blame for screwing up the world. Surely the gods, or the government, or the Chinese, or the sun! must be doing this. It can't be us."

-Dan Flores, Wild New World: The Epic Story of Animals and People in America

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14. The Seed Keeper

By: Diane Wilson

4.30

Format: 372 pages, Paperback

A haunting novel spanning several generations, The Seed Keeper follows a Dakota family's struggle t… read more

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  • nature
"My father traveled now with the stars, returned to the vast mystery that had so fascinated him all his life."

-Diane Wilson, The Seed Keeper

"What the white settlers called progress was a storm of fury thundering its way across the land, and none of us were strong enough to withstand it."

-Diane Wilson, The Seed Keeper

"I decided to give Rosie all the facts I could—because that's how the corporations work against us, twisting the truth till we're at war with each other."

-Diane Wilson, The Seed Keeper

"I thought about the aftermath of the 1862 war, when thirty-eight hastily condemned warriors had been hung in Mankato, in the country's largest-ever mass execution. Their bodies were buried in shallow…"

-Diane Wilson, The Seed Keeper

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15. Farmhouse

By: Sophie Blackall

4.53

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

Two-time Caldecott Medalist Sophie Blackall invites readers to peek through windows that shine like… read more

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16. Birding to Change the World: A Memoir

By: Trish O'Kane

4.42

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

In this uplifting memoir, a professor and activist shares what birds can teach us about life, socia… read more

Similar categories in Trish O'Kane's Birding to Change the World: A Memoir book and Benjamin Vogt's Prairie Up: An Introduction to Natural Garden Design

  • nonfiction
  • nature
Cover of Soil: The Story of a Black Mother's Garden by Camille T. Dungy

17. Soil: The Story of a Black Mother's Garden

By: Camille T. Dungy

4.19

Format: 321 pages, Hardcover

A seminal work that expands how we talk about the natural world and the environment as National Boo… read more

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  • gardening
  • nonfiction
  • nature
Cover of The Confidante: The Untold Story of the Woman Who Helped Win WWII and Shape Modern America by Christopher C. Gorham

18. The Confidante: The Untold Story of the Woman Who Helped Win WWII and Shape Modern America

By: Christopher C. Gorham

4.32

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Perfect for readers of A Woman of No Importance, Three Ordinary Girls, and Eleanor: A Life comes th… read more

Similar categories in Christopher C. Gorham's The Confidante: The Untold Story of the Woman Who Helped Win WWII and Shape Modern America book and Benjamin Vogt's Prairie Up: An Introduction to Natural Garden Design

  • nonfiction
Cover of Cozy Minimalist Home: More Style, Less Stuff by Myquillyn Smith

19. Cozy Minimalist Home: More Style, Less Stuff

By: Myquillyn Smith

3.74

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Go beyond décor trends to make your home beautiful, stylish, and comfortable. . . on any budget . W… read more

Similar categories in Myquillyn Smith's Cozy Minimalist Home: More Style, Less Stuff book and Benjamin Vogt's Prairie Up: An Introduction to Natural Garden Design

  • nonfiction
"We long to create because we were made by a creator. God is in the business of creating places for his people. He is the original homemaker. So here we are in the gap somewhere between the garden and…"

-Myquillyn Smith, Cozy Minimalist Home: More Style, Less Stuff

Cover of Parable of the Sower: A Graphic Novel Adaptation by Damian Duffy

20. Parable of the Sower: A Graphic Novel Adaptation

By: Damian Duffy

3.99

Format: 266 pages, Hardcover

The follow-up to #1 New York Times Bestseller Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation, comes Octavia E.… read more

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Cover of Regeneration: Ending the Climate Crisis in One Generation by Paul Hawken

21. Regeneration: Ending the Climate Crisis in One Generation

By: Paul Hawken

4.37

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

A radically new understanding of and practical approach to climate change by noted environmentalist… read more

Similar categories in Paul Hawken's Regeneration: Ending the Climate Crisis in One Generation book and Benjamin Vogt's Prairie Up: An Introduction to Natural Garden Design

  • nonfiction
  • nature
Cover of Lawns Into Meadows: Growing a Regenerative Landscape by Owen Wormser

22. Lawns Into Meadows: Growing a Regenerative Landscape

By: Owen Wormser

4.33

Format: 185 pages, Paperback

Landscape designer Owen Wormser explains how to replace the deadscape we call lawn with low-mainten… read more

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  • gardening
  • plants
  • nonfiction
  • nature
Cover of Wildscape: Trilling Chipmunks, Beckoning Blooms, Salty Butterflies, and other Sensory Wonders of Nature (-) by Nancy  Lawson

23. Wildscape: Trilling Chipmunks, Beckoning Blooms, Salty Butterflies, and other Sensory Wonders of Nature (-)

By: Nancy Lawson

4.36

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From Nancy Lawson, author of The Humane Gardener , a first-of-its-kind guide that takes readers on … read more

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  • gardening
  • nonfiction
  • nature
Cover of At Home with Nature: A Guide to Sustainable, Natural Landscaping by John Gidding

24. At Home with Nature: A Guide to Sustainable, Natural Landscaping

By: John Gidding

3.50

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Go from manicured lawn to eco-conscious garden with this step-by-step guide from HGTV star John Gid… read more

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  • gardening
  • plants
  • nonfiction
  • nature
Cover of Prairie Up: An Introduction to Natural Garden Design by Benjamin Vogt

25. Prairie Up: An Introduction to Natural Garden Design

By: Benjamin Vogt

4.51

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Connecting to nature with native plants Landscaping with native plants has encouraged gardeners fro… read more

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  • gardening
  • plants
  • nonfiction
  • nature
Cover of New Naturalism: Designing and Planting A Resilient, Ecologically Vibrant Home Garden by Kelly D.   Norris

26. New Naturalism: Designing and Planting A Resilient, Ecologically Vibrant Home Garden

By: Kelly D. Norris

3.92

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

In New Naturalism, horticulturist and modern plantsman Kelly D. Norris shares his inspiring, ecolog… read more

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  • gardening
  • plants
  • nonfiction
  • nature
Cover of Gardening for Moths: A Regional Guide by Jim McCormac

27. Gardening for Moths: A Regional Guide

By: Jim McCormac

4.86

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

This guide to moths, native plants, and their environmental roles is an indispensable resource for … read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Native Plants of the Midwest: A Comprehensive Guide to the Best 500 Species for the Garden by Alan Branhagen

28. Native Plants of the Midwest: A Comprehensive Guide to the Best 500 Species for the Garden

By: Alan Branhagen

4.39

Format: 440 pages, Hardcover

Native Plants of the Midwest , by regional plant expert Alan Branhagan, features the best native pl… read more

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  • plants
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Midwest Native Plant Primer: 225 Plants for an Earth-Friendly Garden by Alan Branhagen

29. The Midwest Native Plant Primer: 225 Plants for an Earth-Friendly Garden

By: Alan Branhagen

4.32

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Bring Your Garden to Life—and Life to Your Garden!   Do you want a garden that makes a real differe… read more

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  • gardening
  • nonfiction
  • nature
Cover of The Gardener's Guide to Prairie Plants by Neil Diboll

30. The Gardener's Guide to Prairie Plants

By: Neil Diboll

4.59

Format: 646 pages, Kindle Edition

A comprehensive and beautifully illustrated reference for all gardeners passionate about native pla… read more

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  • gardening
  • plants
  • nonfiction
  • nature
Cover of Ministry of Truth: Democracy, Reality, and the Republicans' War on the Recent Past by Steve Benen

31. Ministry of Truth: Democracy, Reality, and the Republicans' War on the Recent Past

By: Steve Benen

4.50

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

None read more

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  • nonfiction

25 Top nonfiction books like Prairie Up: An Introduction to Natural Garden Design by Benjamin Vogt

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The Humane Gardener: Nurturing a Backyard Habitat for Wildlife

Nancy Lawson

4.81

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Planting in a Post-Wild World: Designing Plant Communities for Resilient Landscapes

Thomas Rainer , Claudia West

3.89

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Lawn Gone!: Low-Maintenance, Sustainable, Attractive Alternatives for Your Yard

Pam Penick

4.22

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The Living Page: Keeping Notebooks With Charlotte Mason

Laurie Bestvater

3.94

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Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1)

Octavia E. Butler

3.82

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A Guest in the House

Emily Carroll

4.06

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Lunar New Year Love Story

Gene Luen Yang

4.41

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Carmilla: The First Vampire

Amy Chu

3.40

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