This week on the Good Growing Podcast, Emily Swihart joins Ken and Chris to discuss our favorite gardening and landscaping books. We discuss reference books, fiction and nonfiction, and even children's books. Beyond our favorites, we also interviewed our fellow horticulture educators to get their recommendations. This is a longer episode, so be sure to use the timestamps in the episode description to jump to your favorite sections. Happy listening!Watch us on YouTube https://youtu.be/RskDlYC8TRk 00:31 Hey Ken!01:00 Welcome Emily!01:35 What are our reading habits? 03:38 How do we choose books to read?07:13 Reading older books.10:39 Horticulture references10:55 Diseases of Trees and Shrubs by Wayne Sinclair and Howard Lyon11:02 Bark: A Field Guide to the Trees of the Northeast by Michael Wojtech12:26 Herbaceous Perennial Plants by Allan Armitage13:53 The Savage Garden: Cultivating Carnivorous Plants by Peter D'Amato14:54 Caterpillars of Eastern North America by David Wagner15:57 The Mosquito: A Human History of Our Deadliest Predator by Timothy Winegard16:37 Wicked Bugs by Amy Stewart18:13 Bees: An Identification and Native Plant Forage Guide by Heather Holm18:20 Pollinators of Native Plants by Heather Holm22:25 How Plants Work by Linda Chalker-Scott22:34 Botany for Gardeners by Brian Capon24:26 The Informed Gardener by Linda Chalker-Scott25:15 The History of the Garden in Fifty Tools by Bill Laws28:22 Management of Invasive Plants and Pests for Illinois by Illinois Extension28:41 Forest Trees of Illinois by Illinois Extension29:27 Books by Doug Tallamy29:43 Bringing Nature Home by Doug Tallamy30:03 The Nature of Oaks by Doug Tallamy31:49 The Living Landscape by Doug Tallamy and Rick Darke35:16 Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer36:08 Gathering Moss by Robin Wall Kimmerer36:58 The Sioux Chef by Sean Sherman38:45 The Leaves on the Trees by Thom Wiley40:51 Bug Hotel by Libby Walden41:47 Colors of Insects by Laura Purdie Salas42:14 Bugs A to Z by Caroline Lawton42:39 As An Oak Tree Grows by G. Brian Karas43:39 From Seed to Plant by Gail Gibbons45:05 The Lorax by Dr. Seuss46:31 A Perfect Red by Amy Butler Greenfield49:40 Urban Forests: A natural history of trees and people in the American cityscape by Jill Jonnes51:41 Hortus Curious by Michael Perry52:29 Fifty Plants that Changed the Course of History by Bill Laws54:38 The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson56:52 Vascular Flora of Illinois by Robert Mohlenbrock57:13 Circe by Madeline Miller57:48 Floret Farm's Cut Flower Garden by Erin Benzakein58:49 Well-Tended Perennial Garden by Tracy DiSabato-Aust59:41 Nature's Best Hope by Doug Tallamy59:57 Planting in a Post-Wild World by Thomas Rainer and Claudia West1:02:53  Plants of the Chicago Region by Floyd Swink and Gerould Wilhelm1:03:36  A Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold1:07:21  Illinois Wildflowers by Don Kurz1:07:38 Diary of a Worm by Doreen Cronin and Harry Bliss1:08:03 The Gardener's Guide to Prairie Plants by Hilary Cox and Neil Diboll1:08:49 The Cut Flower Handbook by Lisa Mason Ziegler1:10:17 The Propagation Handbook by Hilton Carter1:11:24 Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer1:12:58 The Seed Keeper by Diane Wilson1:17:05 Closing thoughts1:17:45 Thank yous, goodbyes, and coming up next weekContact us! Chris Enroth: cenroth@illinois.eduKen Johnson: kjohnso@illinois.edu Emily Swihart: eswihart@illinois.edu   Check out the Good Growing Blog: https://go.illinois.edu/goodgrowingSubscribe to the weekly Good Growing email: https://go.illinois.edu/goodgrowingsubscribe Any products or companies mentioned during the podcast are in no way a promotion or endorsement of these products or companies. Barnyard Bash: freesfx.co.uk  --You can find us on most podcast platforms.  iTunes - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/good-growing/id1446630377     Tunein - https://tunein.com/podcasts/Gardening/Good-Growing-p1187964/  Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/202u3siWExE1tTqrVgtmCR    Vurbl - https://vurbl.com/station/good-growing-4pljnNlUtyG/    Listen notes - https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/good-growing-chris-enroth-cHLPMWpvEOG/    Ivy - https://ivy.fm/podcast/good-growing-167902    Castbox - https://castbox.fm/channel/Good-Growing-id4302614?country=us 614?country=us