{"product_id":"essential-native-trees-and-shrubs-for-the-eastern-united-states-the-guide-to-creating-a-sustainable-landscape-hardcover","title":"Essential Native Trees and Shrubs for the Eastern United States: The Guide to Creating a Sustainable Landscape - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTony Dove\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eGinger Woolridge\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraised by Doug Tallamy as \"an important new tool to our native plant libraries,\" this go-to guide is perfect for gardeners of all skill levels looking to add sustainable native flora to any horticultural project east of the Mississippi River Valley.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGleaned from the authors' 75 years of landscaping experience, this user-friendly reference offers suggestions on species selection based on a plant's performance, aesthetic appeal, and wide range of adaptability. Expert authors Tony Dove and Ginger Woolridge's valuable resource is organized for fast and confident tree and shrub selections for specific landscape applications, and is full of vivid four-color photographs, graphs, and practical tips. A sound and giftable volume for gardeners and landscapers from New England through the Carolinas, from the east coast to the Mississippi River, including Georgia and into northern Florida. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"This is an authoritative catalog, organized by a range of categories: those that have attractive bark or are evergreen, those that have showy flowers or are wind, salt or drought tolerant.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eSummer Reading List for The Great Outdoors \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An important new tool to our native plant libraries. . . Beautifully illustrated, even the well-informed gardener will find this a valuable reference.\"\u003cbr\u003e --Doug Tallamy, author of \u003ci\u003eBringing Nature Home\u003c\/i\u003e, co-author of \u003ci\u003eThe Living Landscape\u003c\/i\u003e, and Chair and Professor of the department of entomology and wildlife ecology at the University of Delaware \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Few books give such well-researched detail...This book should be a required reference for nurserymen and landscape designers.\"\u003cbr\u003e --Mark Weathington, Director, JC Raulston Arboretum at NC State University \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"FINALLY! In a thoughtful, organized and simple format, this book illustrates how to build better landscapes, gardens, and environmentally sensitive ecologies. This is a long overdue book and it has my absolute endorsement.\" \u003cbr\u003e --Eric D. Groft, Principal\/Vice President, Oehme van Sweden, Landscape Architecture \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eEssential Native Trees and Shrubs for the Eastern United States\u003c\/i\u003e makes a great addition to the library of every serious gardener, landscape designer\/architect, land manager and other plant-related professional.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Margaret Shillingford, Education Programs Specialist, Mt. Cuba Center\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTony Dove\u003c\/b\u003e is the horticulturist at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center in Edgewater, MD, with 40 years of professional experience managing and consulting with public and private gardens from New York to South Carolina. Dove has served as the director of the Clark Botanic Garden in Albertson, NY, horticultural director at Tryon Palace Historical Sites and Garden in New Bern, NC, and chief horticulturist and chief of environmental facilities and programs for Anne Arundel County, MD. Dove is a frequent public speaker and has written many articles for the \u003ci\u003eAmerican Horticultural Society \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eSmithsonian Associates Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eGinger Woolridge's\u003c\/b\u003e professional experience has included garden design, design instruction at the USDA, commercial real estate acquisitions, commercial and residential development and construction, as well as landscape design education and experience. 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