Resources

Learn

Planting site prep and installation

Planting a meadow

Above-ground

  1. Richmond, Jodi.  How plants use water. University of West Virginia, 2021.
  2. University of Minnesota.  Lighting for indoor plants and starting seeds. Yard and Garden Extension, 2024.

Matching plant to site

Nursery and stock selection

Green walls, facades, and roofs

Resources for the Vancouver region

Best maintenance practices

  • Mastanak, Tomaz and Elyachar, Julia. Botanical decolonization: rethinking native plants. Environment and Planning D: Society and Space, volume 32, pages 363-380, 2014.
  • Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC). Alien and invasive alien species. Government of Canada, 2017.
  • Sotello, Gabriella. What is the Difference Between Native, Non-native, and Invasive Plants? National Auduban Society, 2022.
  • United States Forest Services. What Are Native Plant Materials? n.d.
  • Government of British Columbia. Integrated Pest Management. 2016.
  • Invasive Species Council of BC. Emerald ash borer. 2023.
  • Government of British Columbia. Western hemlock looper. 2024.
  • Invasive Species Council of BC. European chafer beetle. 2023.
  • Government of Canada. Mountain pine beetle. 2024.
  • Invasive Species Council of BC. Japanese beetle. 2023.
  • Iqbal, Rashid, et al. Potential agricultural and environmental benefits of mulches—a review. Bulletin of the National Research Centre volume 44, Article number: 75, 2022.
  • Reed, Sue. Energy-wise Landscape Design – A New Approach for your Home and Garden. pp. 305. 2010.
  • Cue, Kathleen. Mulch Volcanoes – A Harmful Practice for Trees. Nebraska Extension in Dodge County, 2024.
  • Capital Regional District. A Homeowner’s Guide to Outdoor Water Use. CRD Environmental Sustainability, n.d.
  • Urban, James. Up by Roots: Healthy Soil and Trees in the Built Environment. International Society for Arboriculture, 2008.

Fungi and plant relationships

Fire smart planting

  • Hirsch, Kelvin & Kafka, Victor & Tymstra, Cordy & McAlpine, Rob & Hawkes, Brad & Stegehuis, Herman & Quintilio, Sherra & Gauthier, Sylvie & Peck, Karl. (2001). Fire-smart forest management: A pragmatic approach to sustainable forest management in fire-dominated ecosystems. The Forestry Chronicle. 77. 357-363. 10.5558/tfc77357-
  • Graham, J., & Riccitelli, C. (2022).  Galiano Conservancy. Towards a more Ecological Version of FireSmart for Galiano Island
  • BCFPB. (2023). Forest and fire management in BC: Toward landscape resilience
  • Dickson‐Hoyle, S., Ignace, R. E., Ignace, M. B., Hagerman, S. M., Daniels, L. D., & Copes‐Gerbitz, K. (2021). Walking on two legs: A pathway of indigenous restoration and reconciliation in fire‐adapted landscapes. Restoration Ecology, 30(4). doi:10.1111/rec.13566
  • Reed, S. (2010). Energy-wise Landscape Design – A New Approach for your Home and Garden
  • FireSmart BC. (2023). Fire-resistant plants
  • Kuhlmann, E. (2015). WNPS. Plant adaptations and fire.
  • Natural Resources Canada(2024). Fire ecology.
Climate adaptive management

Design

Planting design theory

  • Lawson, A. (2015). The gardener’s Book of colour. London: Pimpernel Press
  • Mooney, P. (2019). Planting Design – Connecting People and Place. The restorative landscape. Routledge 1st Edition. pp.156-210 .
  • Robinson, N. (2016). The Planting Design Handbook (3rd ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003074953

Space making

  • Mooney, P. (2019). Planting Design – Connecting People and Place. The restorative landscape. Routledge 1st Edition. pp.156-210 .
  • Robinson, N. (2016). The Planting Design Handbook (3rd ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003074953

Grouping Plants

  • Rainer, T., & West, C. (2019). Planting in a post-wild world: Designing Plant Communities for Resilient Landscapes. Portland: Timber Press
  • Alizadeh, Behdad & Hitchmough, James. (2018). A review of urban landscape adaptation to the challenge of climate change. International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management. 11. 10.1108/IJCCSM-10-2017-0179.
  • Mooney, P. (2019). Planting Design – Connecting People and Place. The restorative landscape. Routledge 1st Edition. pp.156-210 .

Planting for therapeutic design

  • Kaplan, Howard. Psychosocial Stress – Trends in Theory and Research. Baylor College of Medicine, 1983.
  • Lynch, Kevin. The Image of a City. The M.I.T. Press, 1960.
  • Mooney, Patrick. Planting Design: Connecting People and Place. Routledge 1st Edition, 2020.
  • Winterbottom, Daniel and Wagenfeld, Amy. Therapeutic Gardens: Design for Healing Spaces. Timber Press, 2015.
  • Fallahi, Esmaeil. Workshop: Ancient Urban Gardens of Persia: Concept, History, and Influence on Other World Gardens. HortTechnology 30(1):1-7, 2019.
  • Saihoji. The Gardens of Origins and Journeys. Saihoji Rin Zai Zen Temple, n.d.
  • Benek, Atakan, Canli, Kerem, and Altuner, Ergin Murat. Traditional Medicinal Uses of Mosses. Anatolian Bryology 8(1), 2022.
  • UNESCO World Heritage Convention. Botanical Garden (Orto Botanico), Padua. The List, 1997.
  • Turner, Nancy. Ancient Pathways, Ancestral Knowledge: Ethnobotany and Ecological Wisdom of Indigenous Peoples of Northwestern North America. McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2014.
  • Spurgeon, Terry. WAPATO IN KATZIE TRADITIONAL TERRITORY. Simon Fraser University, 1999.
  • Goto, Seiko. ON THE PURPOSE & ROLE OF JAPANESE GARDENS IN AMERICAN INTERNMENT CAMPS. 2018.
  • Portland Japanese Garden. Shinrin-yoku: The Simple and Intuitive Form of Preventative Care. 2022.
  • Jeffries, Sue. Designing, Planting and Using a Therapeutic Garden. The Crowood Press, 2023.
  • City of Seattle Parks and Recreation. Rainier Beach Urban Farm and Wetlands. n.d.

Community-Centred Planting