I got this because it was mentioned somewhere in my traipsing around in native plant info, and I was about to visit the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, which publishes this book and others of its ilk. It is short and simple and unremarkable information-wise, but it is nicely organized with essentials for attracting birds and butterflies and beneficial insects, basic descriptions of various environments such as forests and floodplains, lists of appropriate native plants for different regions, instructions for spaces as small as a backyard border or window box. Nowhere near exhaustive, but a useful item to have around.

(read 12 Sep 2013)