Are you obsessed with making your garden as pollinator positive as possible? And do you live in the Pacific Northwest of the US? Then you need this invaluable guide, chock full of beautiful photos of the plants that will set your garden (and heart!) athrum with the beating of many tiny wings.

Thank you #NetGalley for the digital galley of ThePacificNorthwestNativePlantPrimer! I’m definitely going to need to buy a hardcover copy for myself.

The Pacific Northwest Native Plant Primer is a gardening guide with herbal encyclopedia covering a plethora of indigenous plant species for gardeners in the Pacific Northwestern USA. Published 28th Feb 2023 by Timber Press, it's 264 pages and is available in paperback and ebook formats. This is one of a series of sister volumes on different areas of the USA available from the publisher.

As we learn more about the interconnectedness of local biomes and the desirability of supporting indigenous pollinators, plant, and animal species, more gardeners are moving to reduce or eliminate potentially invasive species and substitute with appropriate native species. This is a regional guide aimed at the midwestern USA and includes a huge variety of native plant species and their uses in the garden.

I liked the layout of the book which is very well organized and easy to follow. The introduction provides a good overview of native plants, why they're desirable for habitat and food for local species, how the choice of these species for our gardens actually benefits us as gardeners (less maintenance, suited to the climate and growing conditions already, hardiness), and more.

The plant primer itself takes up the majority of the page content and is split into plant types: wildflowers, grasses & grasslike plants, ferns, shrubs, and trees. Each of the primer entries contains the botanical and some common names for the plant, habitat/soil conditions and culture requirements, active growing seasons and other special info, size, light requirements, a good description, and a clear picture. There are 225 species contained here, enough to provide lots of alternatives for almost any garden role.The end of the book contains appendices which include a helpful plant chooser for specific garden roles, bibliography, good resources lists, and a cross-referenced index.

This is one of the better regional gardening guides which I've reviewed. Four and a half stars. It would make an excellent choice for school or public library acquisition, home garden, smallholder, gardening club, or community garden use. I really liked that the book's author/s distinguished between the very distinct sub-climates in the geographical area and gave specific recommendations for the lush, rainy western coastal areas, and the more arid inland areas.

Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.

Are you into plants?! This is a good book for you! beautiful Photographs. Great ideas to help pick the right plants for your area!

"American Roots: Lessons and Inspiration from the Designers Reimagining Our Home Gardens" (how's that for a title?) is a showcase of 20 gardens across the United States. The gardens featured are the creations of people who work in the horticultural industry in some way - most are landscape designers but there are also event planners, flower arrangers, photographers, etc.

The book is visually appealing and there is an abundance of creativity and ideas to ponder. The authors wanted to show that American gardens are diverse and they have succeeded. You will find a range of gardening styles on display - cottage, eclectic, native and many that take advantage of their natural surroundings. And it was refreshing to see so many gardens that utilize a wide range of plants and hardscape materials instead of focusing on the individual element styles that seem to be in vogue these days

I garden as a hobby and live in Washington State, so when I saw this book offered on NetGalley, I had to read it! The full-color pictures are amazing! The book is broken down into five sections; Wildflowers, Grasses, Ferns, Shrubs, and Trees. I admit, I skimmed the grasses section. Grasses don't belong in my garden.

I thoroughly enjoyed the description and picture of each plant. Each entry is explained well and easy to read. Thanks to this book, I was able to identify a plant in my flower bed that I thought was just a weed. Turns out, it's a wildflower! I will also be planting some of the varieties in this book in my own garden!

A gorgeous encyclopedia of genuinely native plants to the Oregon and Washington areas that will improve your garden’s ecology and prospects for your local pollinators!

If you need lush color photos to grace every page of a plant book then this is definitely for you! I only wish I had a physical copy so I could see all the pages I’ve bookmarked for improving my own little attempt at a Pacific Northwest Pollinator paradise (say that ten times fast!).

The first 50+ pages introduce and reinforce the idea of using plants that are native to your area, not just “native cultivators”; an important distinction that is clearly explained and informative. Both for the health of your garden and from a larger ecological worldview perspective – planting native is good. Good for the health of your plants, good for the lowliest of grubs to majestic butterflies and beloved bumbles, good for the birds and even good for the health of the soil itself.

225 plants is a lot, 225 plants that are not crazy invasive ecological home wreckers is a gold mine. Just about any Gardner from newbie to novice will discover a new plant in these pages and be given enough information to know if they want to pursue getting it rooted in the dirt. I’ve discovered at least eight new shade loving and tolerant varieties for an area of my yard that has thus far been undecided.

Beyond the introduction we are blessed with page after page of informative plant ID, accompanied by gorgeous photos often illustrating the species in its natural habitat. Each page has a quick reference key to let you know who benefits the most from the plant: birds, hummingbirds, bees, butterflies and caterpillars. So at a glance you’ll know of the page applies to the grounds around your mason bee mansion or for the chickadee palace grounds.

Want to save the bees? Want more hummingbirds speeding through your garden? Trying to create a haven for butterflies? Seeking ways to coax more caterpillars into your space? Love the sound of happy song birds in the morning? “The Pacific Northwest Plant Primer” is the perfect tome for all of that and more, definitely a staple for your “garden” shelf for years to come.

Pick up a copy for yourself this Spring to pour over this with your seed catalogues handy or it’ll make a perfect gift for any green thumb in your life. It’ll be publishing on my birthday so I might have to use that as an excuse purchase myself.

Bottom line, if you garden in Oregon and Washington there is something here for you.

A big old “Thank You” to Netgalley, the Publisher and of course the author for the chance to read this book in exchange for an honest review. Your efforts are in good hands and I appreciate the trust.

This is the gardening book PNW gardeners have been waiting for, an informative and beautiful guide to PNW native plants. I can't wait for this to come out in print, long overdue! Thank you for the e-arc.

This was very informative and the pictures were stunning!! I loved how it was broken up and was particularly interested in the plants eastern Washington. I loved how it wasn’t Washington as a whole, when there are clearly different growing conditions. Very helpful. There were a couple parts that I wished had different organization. I will continue to refer to this for years to come!

A useful tool for gardeners, especially since nursery staff are not always versed in native plants. Plenty of plants that will serve gardeners, are not native however. And a changing climate will continue to enforce this fact. While the book is useful for identifying native plants, the idea tht natives themselves are the preferred category of plants for a garden is less substantial than the writers understand.

I received an arc of this title from NetGalley for an honest review. A great book for gardeners of the Pacific Northwest.

As we cope with the effects of climate change, it becomes more and more important that we stop trying to force non-native plants into our landscapes. Better to use those plants that belong there, and have adapted to our environment over many years. That's why this is an important book. The author's identify many, many plants that we should be using! Full of information, beautifully photographed, it's a great addition to my library. I will be referring to this book for a long time!

Beautifully photographed and a terrific book for gardeners considering changing their landscapes to native plants and pollinators. Rather than using the usual USDA zones, this book considers the various diverse habitats of the Pacific Norhwest, from the wetter western side of the Cascades (where 150 inches of rain is common) to the more arid parts of the plateau in the east (10 inches of rain). The descriptions were informative and well researched. This volume includes native waterwise plants for the eastern PNW gardener and lush wildflowers for the coastal gardener. I was impressed by the concern for ethical propagation (don’t steal the flowers from endangered habitats!). My only criticism was the organization of the entries — although she eschews the gardening zones, I wished (as an arid gardener near Spokane) that there was more of a grouping of similar plants for regions. 4 stars!

Thank you to Timber Press and NetGalley for an advanced reader copy in exchange for an honest review

I love wildflowers and on travel I always take lots of pictures of the native wildflowers. I love this book because it shares the wildflowers of Oregon and Washington. The climate in those states is very conducive to wildflowers and there are lots. If you live in that area consider adding some of these to your own flower beds. There are a lot of benefits to planting native plants. Birds, bees and butterflies love them and will spend some time in your yard which is very beneficial to everyone. They are low maintenance and you do not have to water as much.Those are a plus in my book. So use this book to find out which ones will grow well in your yard and add a few this year.

This is a well illustrated book packed with profiles and photos of native plants for your PNW garden. It gives a ton of information and the plant profiles are very complete. It talks about which type of climate/habitat each plant is best suited for, with photos and growing information. My one complaint is that it doesn't list garden zones for the plants.

I read a temporary digital ARC of this book for review.