Wild Plant Culture

Credentialed author - Author is a field botanist and the founding partner of Wild Ridge Plants native plant nursery. He has been working as an ecological restoration professional since 2007 restoring thousands of acres of wild land. He is a certified Ecological Restoration Practitioner from the Society for Ecological Restoration.

Well-connected author - The author is a regular teacher, sought-after speaker. He is well-known by native plant societies and works with a wide range of community partners.

Previously published - Author's blog, Wild Plant Culture, is widely read. He has two previous books: Plant Local, and children's book, The Puddle Jumper. He has written for Orion Magazine.

Existing social media platform - Author has established Facebook (@wildridgeplants, @wildplantculture) and Instagram accounts (@wildridgeplants)

Unique from the competition - Wild Plant Culture differs from other books on this topic as it focuses on plant communities, how they relate to each other, and on how to restore the relationship between native plant communities and humans. Includes site interpretation, land use history, design-based approach, and how to use Floristic Quality Assessment monitoring.

Comprehensive - Contains over 100 plant profiles, including a focus on medical species at risk of overharvesting.

Fully illustrated - Over 100 plant species identification photos and 8-page color section.

For readers of - Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall-Kimmerer, Samuel Thayer's foraging guides, and Mark Shepard's Restoration Agriculture.