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Library

Reference books

  • Planting in a Post-Wild World: Designing Plant Communities for Resilient Landscapes Thomas Rainer & Claudia West
  • The Bees in Your Backyard: A Guide to North America's Bees Joseph S. Wilson & Olivia Messinger Carril
  • Botany for Gardeners Brian Capon
  • Wild NYC Ryan Mandelbaum

Non-fiction

  • Bringing Nature Home Douglas Tallamy
  • Sand County Almanac Aldo Leopold
  • Braiding Sweetgrass Robin Wall Kimmerer
  • The Serviceberry Robin Wall Kimmerer
  • Free the Land Audrea Lim
  • As Long as Grass Grows Dina Gilio-Whitaker
  • The Accidental Ecosystem: People and Wildlife in American Cities Peter S. Alagona
  • The Death and Life of Great American Cities Jane Jacobs
  • Power at the Roots: Gentrification, Community Gardens, and the Puerto Ricans of the Lower East Side Miranda J. Martinez
  • The Mushroom at the End of the World: On the Possibility of Life in Capitalist Ruins Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing
  • Gotham Unbound: the Ecological History of Greater New York, Ted Steinberg
  • Learning Environment: Inspirational Actions, Approaches, and Stories from the Science Classroom Jared Fox
  • Tactical Urbanism: Short-term Action for Long-term Change, Anthony Garcia and Mike Lydon
  • Mannahatta: a Natural History of New York City Eric W. Sanderson
  • Earthbound Farmer’s Almanac, Lobelia Commons

Fiction

  • The Dispossessed Ursula K. Le Guin
  • Parable of the Sower Octavia Butler
  • The Lorax Dr. Seuss
  • The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eric Carle

Poetry

  • Devotions Mary Oliver

Artist's books

  • Inventory of Parasite Actions and Soft Diversions Marianne Villiere