Building Inside Nature's Envelope, by Andy Wasowski and Sally Wasowski. Oxford University Press, 2000.

Backyard Idea Book, by Lee Anne White. Taunton Books, 2004.

The California Landscape Garden: Ecology, Culture, and Design, by Mark Francis and Andreas Reimann. University of California Press, 1999.

Ecological Design, by Sim Van Der Ryn and Stuart Cowan. Island Press, 1996.

Front Yard Gardens, by Liz Primeau. Firefly Books, 2003.

Front Yard Idea Book, by Jeni Webber. Taunton Books, 2002.Gardening for the Future of the Earth, by Howard-Yana Shapiro and John Harrisson. Bantam Books, 2000.

Gaia's Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture, by Toby Hemenway. Chelsea Green, 2001.

Gardening With Nature, by James Van Sweden. Watson-Guptill Publications, 2003.

The Landscaping Revolution, by Andy Wasowski and Sally Wasowski. Conteporary Books, 2000.

The Natural Garden, by Ken Druse. Clarkson N. Potter, 1989.

The Natural Lawn & Alternatives, edited by Janet Marinelli and Margaret Roach. Brooklyn Botanic Garden, 1993.

The Natural Garden Book: A Holistic Approach to Gardening, by Peter Harper. Fireside, 1994.

Noah's Garden: Restoring the Ecology of our Own Back Yards, by Sara Stein. Houghton-Mifflin, 1993. We were saddened to hear that Sara Stein died on February 25, 2005 and extend our deepest sympathies to her family.

One Makes the Difference, by Julia Butterfly Hill. Harper Collins, 2002.

Planting Noah's Garden: Further Adventures in Backyard Ecology, by Sara Stein. Houghton-Mifflin, 1997.

Sustainable Landscape Construction: A Guide to Green Building Outdoors, by J. William Thompson, Kim Sorvig and Craig D. Farnsworth. Island Press, 2000.

The Wild Lawn Handbook: Alternatives to the Traditional Front Lawn, by Stevie Daniels. McMillan, 1995.