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!

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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 references
10:55 Diseases of Trees and Shrubs by Wayne Sinclair and Howard Lyon
11:02 Bark: A Field Guide to the Trees of the Northeast by Michael Wojtech
12:26 Herbaceous Perennial Plants by Allan Armitage
13:53 The Savage Garden: Cultivating Carnivorous Plants by Peter D'Amato
14:54 Caterpillars of Eastern North America by David Wagner
15:57 The Mosquito: A Human History of Our Deadliest Predator by Timothy Winegard
16:37 Wicked Bugs by Amy Stewart
18:13 Bees: An Identification and Native Plant Forage Guide by Heather Holm
18:20 Pollinators of Native Plants by Heather Holm
22:25 How Plants Work by Linda Chalker-Scott
22:34 Botany for Gardeners by Brian Capon
24:26 The Informed Gardener by Linda Chalker-Scott
25:15 The History of the Garden in Fifty Tools by Bill Laws
28:22 Management of Invasive Plants and Pests for Illinois by Illinois Extension
28:41 Forest Trees of Illinois by Illinois Extension
29:27 Books by Doug Tallamy
29:43 Bringing Nature Home by Doug Tallamy
30:03 The Nature of Oaks by Doug Tallamy
31:49 The Living Landscape by Doug Tallamy and Rick Darke
35:16 Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
36:08 Gathering Moss by Robin Wall Kimmerer
36:58 The Sioux Chef by Sean Sherman
38:45 The Leaves on the Trees by Thom Wiley
40:51 Bug Hotel by Libby Walden
41:47 Colors of Insects by Laura Purdie Salas
42:14 Bugs A to Z by Caroline Lawton
42:39 As An Oak Tree Grows by G. Brian Karas
43:39 From Seed to Plant by Gail Gibbons
45:05 The Lorax by Dr. Seuss
46:31 A Perfect Red by Amy Butler Greenfield
49:40 Urban Forests: A natural history of trees and people in the American cityscape by Jill Jonnes
51:41 Hortus Curious by Michael Perry
52:29 Fifty Plants that Changed the Course of History by Bill Laws
54:38 The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
56:52 Vascular Flora of Illinois by Robert Mohlenbrock
57:13 Circe by Madeline Miller
57:48 Floret Farm's Cut Flower Garden by Erin Benzakein
58:49 Well-Tended Perennial Garden by Tracy DiSabato-Aust
59:41 Nature's Best Hope by Doug Tallamy
59:57 Planting in a Post-Wild World by Thomas Rainer and Claudia West
1:02:53  Plants of the Chicago Region by Floyd Swink and Gerould Wilhelm
1:03:36  A Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold
1:07:21  Illinois Wildflowers by Don Kurz
1:07:38 Diary of a Worm by Doreen Cronin and Harry Bliss
1:08:03 The Gardener's Guide to Prairie Plants by Hilary Cox and Neil Diboll
1:08:49 The Cut Flower Handbook by Lisa Mason Ziegler
1:10:17 The Propagation Handbook by Hilton Carter
1:11:24 Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
1:12:58 The Seed Keeper by Diane Wilson
1:17:05 Closing thoughts
1:17:45 Thank yous, goodbyes, and coming up next week

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