Reading List

All books are owned by the Anoka County Library! Find them in our catalog!


  • Branhagen, Alan. Native Plants of the Midwest: A Comprehensive Guide to the Best 500 Species for the Garden

  • Dunne, Pete. Prairie Spring

  • Hill, Patricia. Design Your Natural Midwest Garden

  • Kline, Christopher. Butterfly Gardening with Native Plants

  • Kurz, Donald R. Prairie Wildflowers: A Guide to Flowering Plants from the Midwest to the Great Plains

  • Madson, John. Where the Sky Began: Land of the Tallgrass Prairie

  • Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. Minnesota Conservation Volunteer (periodical)

  • Minnesota State Horticultural Society. Northern Gardener (periodical)

  • Nauseef, Judy. Gardening with Native Plants in the Upper Midwest: Bringing the Tallgrass Prairie Home

  • Runkel, Sylvan T. Wildflowers of the Tallgrass Prairie: The Upper Midwest

  • Smith, Daryl. The Tallgrass Prairie Center Guide to Prairie Restoration in the Upper Midwest

  • Steiner, Lynn M. Prairie Style Gardens: Capturing the Essence of the American Prairie Wherever You Live