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Winner
of National Arbor Day
Foundation 2005 Media Award
and
Native
Trees for North American Landscapes has
also won the National Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries
Annual Literature Award for 2005.
Media
reviews
"This gorgeous guide should prove popular
with gardeners and nature lovers alike."
—
Lawrence Looks at Books, July 2004
"It
is well written, and may help us achieve better
plant diversity in our communities because it
certainly inspires to plant more interesting
species than the sugar maple or pin oak."
— Jeneen
Wiche, January 31, 2005
"What
a beautiful book. This is truly a labor of love."
— Brad
Hendricks, City Trees, Nov/Dec, 2004
"This
in-depth technical book is attractive
without sacrificing utility."
— Mary
Ann Fink, St. Louis Post-Dispatch,
January 8,
2005
"This
is much more than a picture book;
the descriptions are thorough and written
in a conversational style often punctuated with humor."
— Timothy
Howard, The Quarterly Review of
Biology,
December 2004
Sternberg
& Wilson are also the authors of Landscaping
With Native Trees
1995, Chapters Publishing, Ltd.
Shelburne, VT
Native
Trees for North American Landscapes
By Guy Sternberg and James W. Wilson
552 pp, Hardcover
ISBN: 0-88192-607-8
$59.95, plus shipping and handling
©2004 Timber Press, Inc.,
133 S.W. Second Ave. Suite450
Portland, Oregon 97204-3527.
(503) 227-2878, (800) 327-5680
Native
Trees
for North American Landscapes
by Guy Sternberg
with James W. Wilson
Trees are natural focal points of any landscape — living structural elements. They inspire an appreciation of nature as well as providing food and shelter for wildlife. For all these reasons, the choice of a tree for your landscape should be carefully considered.
Many common native trees are just as beautiful as cultivated exotics. Since they have evolved with local conditions and are well adapted to their climate, they often require less maintenance and won't escape to invade a balanced ecosystem. The authors' extensive horticultural knowledge is distilled in this comprehensive cross section of trees native to North America, from the Atlantic to the Rockies and from northern Canada to the Gulf Coast, including the American chestnut.
The main section of the book is divided into tree profiles, each describing flowers and fruit, native and adaptive range, culture, and problems. The authors also list the best seasonal features whether a tree has striking bark in winter, for example, or bright fruit in fall. In all, more than 650 species and varieties, and more than 500 cultivars, are discussed.
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Trees for North American Landscapes
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Guy Sternberg is a landscape architect, arborist, tree consultant, writer, lecturer, and photographer from Illinois. He has propagated and grown hundreds of species of trees, both native and nonnative, and maintains his own research arboretum, Starhill Forest, with his wife, Edie. He was the first president of the International Oak Society and is a life member of the International Dendrology Society, International Society of Arboriculture, and American Forests.
Jim Wilson is a veteran horticulturist, familiar to most gardeners as the personable former co-host of the Victory Garden television series, on PBS. He is a widely published and respected garden writer and a lifelong student of native plants. A long-time resident of South Carolina, he now lives in Missouri.
2007
National Award to Starhill Forest Arboretum by Trees Forever
for work on streambank stabilization
We
welcome your scheduled visit E-mail
your hosts Guy and Edie Sternberg
We
offer lectures about oaks, historic trees, native trees, and other
tree-related topics, available in any English-speaking country
and tailored for any audience level.
Please contact us for more information.
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