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 "Gathering Moss - A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses"
In this series of linked personal essays, author Robin Wall Kimmerer leads general readers and scientists alike to an understanding of how mosses live and how their lives are intertwined with the lives of countless other beings. Drawing on her diverse experiences as a scientist, mother, teacher and writer, Kimmerer explains the stories of mosses in scientific terms as well as in the framework of indigenous ways of knowing.
This Book is highly recommended by the entire staff at Moss Acres. Kimmerer is a true "moss guru" and the book is a most enjoyable read.
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 "Gardening
with Moss" Booklet
Have
plenty of time to wait, and want to go it alone? This booklet
penned by the "Moss Man" himself, Dave Benner,
is quite helpful with respect to gaining insight on mosses,
their life cycles, and how to encourage them to spread on
their own.
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 "New Methods in Moss Gardening Helping you to successfully Grow Moss in your Gardens and Landscapes" by Richard R. Smith
New Methods in Moss Gardening covers all methods of moss gardening including new techniques that allow many different species of moss to be more easily grown with minimal upkeep.
This handbook is based on moss gardening seminars and workshops that have been given over the years. Practical methods are emphasized as well as simplification and timesaving techniques. Eleven of the most commonly mosses found in moss gardens and nature are pictured and described. Thirty one color pictures and fifty six pages.
Visit Rick Smiths informative moss website
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 "Made
in the Shade" Video
An inspirational tour of the Benner wildflower gardens
and moss lawns. Now offered only as a DVD.
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 "Outstanding
Mosses & Liverworts of Pennsylvania & Nearby
States" by Susan Munch
This excellent new guidebook features
about fifty kinds of Mosses and Liverworts. Enlarged
color photos make for easy identification without a microscope.
Descriptions, height and where they grow are given for
each species listed.
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 Moss
Gardening: Including Lichens, Liverworts, and Other
Miniatures
Moss Gardening is an exquisitely crafted book that will
inspire broader exploration of these minute wonders.
Appearing in fossils 400 million years old and totaling
15,000 species from the Arctic to the Antarctic, mosses
tell an ancient success story of longevity and dispersion.
North America alone supports 1200 of them. George Schenk's
beautiful book is perhaps the first to cover the whole
gamut of moss gardening. Moss Gardening is sure
to become a classic, not only because it covers "almost
as much about the mechanics of moss gardening as the Kama
Sutra does about dancing," but also for the author's
entertaining writing style.
The book covers primitive miniatures (or cryptogams) which
reproduce by spores: mosses, lichens, liverworts, lycopodiums,
and selaginellas. The information on propagating, cultivating,
and transplanting is applicable to gardens of practically
any climate. Landscaping recommendations are offered for
use in alpine and rock gardens, with flowering plants in
borders, as a lawn substitute, and for use in miniature
gardens.
 Gardening
on Pavement, Tables, and Hard Surfaces
This is
the first book to describe how to grow garden plants
directly on hard surfaces such as pavement, rocks, tables,
and other impermeable platforms. Plants have known all
along that they can grow on these media, and George Schenk
translates this small miracle into practical language
for gardeners. With just a few inches of soil, gardens
can be created almost anywhere.
Tabletops can serve as
the foundation for small rock gardens; ground-covers
can grow vigorously on concrete; even bonsai can thrive
directly on decorative stone. Using extensive photos,
plant lists, and step-by-step instructions, the author
shows how every gardener can adopt this charming, vibrant,
and beautiful style of planting.
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 Ferns
for American Gardens
Unusual in its specific focus on cold-hardy ferns, the volume is
based on Mickel's personal experience as a scientist and curator of ferns at
the New York Botanical Garden as well as his years as a home gardener.
The bulk
of the book is an encyclopedic treatment of more than 400 kinds of ferns. Useful
appendices, including updated source lists, make it clear why the American Horticultural
Society chose this book as one of its 75 Great American Garden Books.
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