Resources

Colorado

• Colorado State University Extension: cmg.extension.colostate.edu

Go Native!

• Homegrown National Park: are you on the map? homegrownnationalpark.org
• National Wildlife Federation https://nativeplantfinder.nwf.org
• Audubon Native Plants Database: audubon.org/native-plants
• Xerces Society xerces.org/

National

• Plants for a Future database:  pfaf.org ★★★
• United States Department of Agriculture / USDA: plants.sc.egov.usda.gov

• Mountain Rose Herb – Herbal Education blog.mountainroseherbs.com ★★★
• Joybilee Farm – DIY Herbs & Gardening – Helping you grow your own food and medicine joybileefarm.com 

• https://honeybeehealthcoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/HBHC-Guide_Varroa_Interactive_7thEdition_June2018.pdf
• The local beekeeping facebook group ★

• Know your moon phases: awesome website for quick reference: MoonGiant.com★★★★★
• Planting Calendars: with tips for coordinating your gardening tasks to moon phases:  GardeningbytheMoon.com ★★★★

• Gardening for Butterflies: How You Can Attract and Protect Beautiful, Beneficial Insects
• The Lifelong Gardener: Garden with Ease and Joy at Any Age by Toni Gattone
• Weeds of North America (excellent for identification purposes, but a negative book in all other regards) 0 stars 
• Cultivating Chaos: How to Enrich Landscapes with Self-Seeding Plants by Jonas Reif, Christian Kress ; with photos by Jürgen Becker
• The Wildflower Meadow Book: a Gardener’s Guide by Laura C. Martin

• Beyond the War on Invasive Species: A Permaculture Approach to Ecosystem Restoration by Tao Orion
• Weedless Gardening by Lee Reich
• Gaia’s Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture by Toby Hemenway
• The Backyard Homestead

•  The Wild Wisdom of Weeds: 13 Essential Plants for Human Survival by Katrina Blair ★★★★★
• The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate – Discoveries from a Secret World by Peter Wohlleben ★★★★
• Bringing Nature Home: how you can sustain wildlife with native plants, Douglas W. Tallamy ★★★★★

• Zen of Gardening in the High Arid West: Tips, Tools, and Techniques by David Wann ★★★★★
• Rainwater Harvesting For Drylands and Beyond, Volume 2: Water-Harvesting Earthworks by Brad Lancaster
• Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond (Vol. 1): Guiding Principles to Welcome Rain Into Your Life and Landscape by Brad Lancaster
• Gardening with Less Water: Low-Tech, Low-Cost Techniques; Use up to 90% Less Water in Your Garden by David A. Bainbridge

• Medicinal Plants of the Mountain West by Michael Moore
• Edible & Medicinal Plants of the Southern Rockies by Mary O’Brien & Karen Vail
• Edible Native Plants of the Rocky Mountains by H.D. Harrington
• Edible & Medicinal Plants of the Rockies by Linda Kershaw
• Southern Mountain Wildflowers by Leigh Roberson
• The Wildflower Book: East of the Rockies by Donald and Lillian Stokes

• Herbal Recipes for Vibrant Health: 175 Teas, Tonics, Oils, Salves, Tinctures, and Other Natural Remedies for the Entire Family by Rosemary Gladstar ★★★★★
• The Way of Herbs, By Michael Tierra ★★★★
• A Modern Herbal, by M. Grieve ★★★★
• Herbally Yours, by Penny C. Royal ★★★
• Homegrown Herbs: Gardening Techniques, Recipes, and Remedies for Growing and Using 101 Herbs by Tammi Hartung
• The Wild & Weedy Apothecary: An A to Z Book of Herbal Concoctions, Recipes & Remedies, Practical Know-How & Food for the Soul
• Rodale’s 21st-Century Herbal: A Practical Guide for Healthy Living Using Nature’s Most Powerful Plants ★★★★
• The Complete Medicinal Herbal: A Practical Guide to the Healing Properties of Herbs

• Mushrooms of Colorado and the Southern Rocky Mountains by Vera Stucky Evenson, 1997, 2015
• Mushrooms Demystified by David Arora