Books for Gardeners

Conifers for Gardens An Illustrated Encyclopedia,  Timber Press, 2007  ISBN 978 0 88192 830 3 . 1550 photographs, 454 pages

Timber Press Pocket Guide to Conifers, Timber Press, Timber Press 2010 ISBN 978 1 60469 170 2 . 300 photographs, 224 pages

Designing with Conifers The Best Choices for Year-Round Interest in Your Garden, Timber Press ISBN 978 1 60469 193 1. 318 photographs  296 pages

Original Articles with Photographs

“Safe canning: One of America’s greatest inventions”  The Green Scene, September, 1987, pp. 8-11

“Books that change the way we garden”  The Green Scene,  November, 1993 pp. 16-23

“Choose shrubs for fall color in the mixed border”  The Green Scene,  September, 1994, pp. 19-21

“Shrubs that provide fall color” Gardens and Landscapes  Fall, 1995, pp. 12-15
and cover photograph

“Slides, Which is the fairest of them all- Kodak or Fuji” The Green Scene, March, 1996, pp. 24-27

“Recycle Buddleia Stems to Stake Perennials”  The Green Scene, May, 1996. p. 13

“Country Pond Construction: A Cautionary Tale”  The Green Scene, July, 1996, pp. 25-29 and cover photograph

“Alchemilla mollis: A plant dividend that offers continual rewards” The Green Scene, September, 1996, pp. 18-19

“Gardening Books/Gifts for the Self and Others” The Green Scene, November, 1996, pp. 23-27

The Horticrostic.  The Green Scene,  January, 1997, pp. 22-24

“Hot Pruning: Burning of Ornamental Grasses” The Green Scene, March, 1997, p. 27

“Weather Report: Sunshine-The Not So Good News” How to Protect Against Skin Cancer. The Green Scene,  May, 1997, pp. 14-18
 
“A Harvest of books for Fall Reading” The Green Scene, September, 1997, pp. 6-10

“The 1998 Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Gold Medal Plants” The Green Scene,  November, 1997  pp.3-9

HortJournal: “Gardeners Health Closely Watched Skin”  Horticulture, January, 1998, p. 18

HortJournal: “Sun Savvy” Horticulture, February, 1998, p. 16

The McLean Library Cultivates Gardeners PHS’s 171-year old Library flowers in its new home, The Green Scene, May 1998,  pp. 24-28

“Treehouses: Refuge for the Adult and for the Child” The Green Scene, July, 1998 pp. 16-21

“Books to Read and Give in the Post-Gardening Season” The Green Scene, September, 1998 pp. 24-29

“Put a Little Gold in Your Garden: The 1999 Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Gold Medal Plants”  The Green Scene, November, 1998, pp. 20-25

“Sun Sense: Skin Cancer”  American Gardener, March-April, 1999, pp. 10-12, 55

“The Dark Side of the Sun  Skin Cancer is on the Rise, and Gardeners Are at Risk”  Plants & Gardens News, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Vol. 14, #2, Summer,  1999,  pp. 4-5

“Candid Canning  Self Preservation, or the Art of Safe Home Canning” Plants & Gardens News, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Vol. 14, #2, Summer, l999, pp. 6-7

“Skin Cancer”  City Trees, The Journal of the Society of Municipal Arborists, Vol 35, #4, July/August 1999

“Family Tree   Building a Treehouse for All Ages” Plants & Gardens News, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Vol. 14, #3, Fall, l999, pp. 6-7

“The Latest Word: Books, Videos & CD-ROMs  A Winter Round-up” Plants & Gardens News, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Vol. 14, #4, Winter l999, pp. 10-11

“Woody Wonders PHS Gold Medal Plants for 2000” Green Scene, November-December, l999, pp. 30-33

“The Indispensable Shrub Spring-flowering Plants with Year-round Appeal”  Plants & Gardens News, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Vol. 16, #1, Spring, 2001

“Native Azaleas Splendid Shrubs that Provide an Entire Season of Delights”  Plants & Garden News,  Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Vol. 16, #4, Winter 2001

“Plants with pizzazz: Native Viburnums” Plants & Gardens News, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Vol. 17, #4, Winter 2002  

“Native Azaleas” The Woodland Garden  Vol. VI, #2 Spring 2002, pp. 1-4

“The Barrett Garden: A Case Study in Designing with Conifers”  with Cassandra Barrett, Pacific Horticulture, April/May/June 2011, Vol. 72, No. 2, pp. 30-36

“Growing Conifers when Coping with Deer” Feature Article The Hardy Plant Society Mid-Atlantic Group Newsletter, Vol. 25, No. 4 July 2011, pp.3-5

"Gardening Journey: Taking a New Direction" Lancaster County Magazine, Vol. 25, No. 11, April 2012, pp.28-29

"Gardening Journey: Viburnum... A Plant for All Seasons" Lancaster County Magazine, Vol. 26, No. 1, May 2012, pp.20-22

Contributor

Growing Conifers Four –Season Plants, Brooklyn Botanic Garden 21st Century Gardening Series, edited by R. William Thomas, Handbook #152, Autumn, 1997

Ortho’s All About Vines and Climbers, R. William Thomas, Meredith Books, Des Moines, Iowa, 1999

Photographs

Easy Lawns, Low Maintenance Native Grasses for Gardeners Everywhere, Brooklyn Botanic Garden 21st Century Gardening Series,  pp. 1, 47, 49(left & right),  57

HortJournal, The Gold Standard (PHS Gold Medal Plants 2000), Horticulture, May, 2000, p. 14

Websites

Deciduous Flowering Shrubs 2: 110 photographs, link at www.   Longwoodgardens.org    Spring 2002 and subsequent alternate years

Conifers 103  photographs, link at www.Longwoodgardens.org Winter 2003 and subsequent alternate years

ConifersforGardens.com

Textbooks

Deciduous Flowering Shrubs II, Spring 2000. Longwood Gardens, Inc., 270 pages

Deciduous Flowering Shrubs II, Spring 2002, Longwood Gardens, Inc. Second Edition   296 pages

Deciduous Flowering Shrubs II, Summer 2003, Longwood Gardens, Inc. Third Edition  321 pages

Deciduous Flowering Shrubs II, Spring 2004, Longwood Gardens, Inc. Fourth Edition  334 pages

Deciduous Flowering Shrubs II, Spring 2006, Longwood Gardens, Inc. Fifth Edition  324 pages

Deciduous Flowering Shrubs II, Spring 2008, Longwood Gardens, Inc. Sixth Edition  312 pages

Deciduous Flowering Shrubs II, March 2010, Longwood Gardens, Inc. Seventh Edition 300 pages