Books on Starting and Running a Horticultural Business


The following selected references are in the collection of the Elisabeth C. Miller Library. Library materials are for reference use only. Photocopy machine is available.

Special thanks to the individuals and organizations who have contributed these materials to the library.


REF		American Horticultural Society.  North American 		
SB		Horticulture: A Reference Guide.  2nd ed.  New York: 
44		Macmillan, 1992.
.N67

SB		Armitage, Allan M.  Specialty Cut Flowers: The Production
405		of Annuals, Perennials, Bulbs and Woody Plants for 
.A68		Fresh and Dried Cut Flowers.  Portland, OR: Varsity Press
		/Timber Press, 1993.

REF		Bailey, Rod.  Washington Certified Landscaper Training
SB		Manual.  Washington State Nurserymen's Association, 1986.
472.32
.W2

SB		Dell, Owen E.  How to Open and Operate a Home-Based
472.5		Landscaping Business.  Old Saybrook, CT: Globe Pequot,
.D44		1994.

SB		Gibson, Eric.  Sell What You Sow!: The Grower's Guide to 
319.4		Successful Produce Marketing.  Carmichael, CA: New World 
G53		Publishing, 1994.

REF		Grounds Maintenance Management Guidelines.
SB		4th ed.  Cockeysville, MD: Grounds Maintenance
472.3		Management Society, 1991.

SB		Gustin, Ray.  A Guide to Developing a Landscape
472.5		Maintenance Business.  Associated Landscape Contractors of
.G85		America, Landscape Management Division, 1985.

SB		Hannebaum, Leroy G.  Landscape Operations: Management,
472.5		Methods and Materials.  New York: Prentice-Hall, 1993.
.H36		

SB    		Hill, Lewis.  Christmas Trees: Growing and Selling Trees,
428.3		Wreaths, and Greens.  Pownal, VT: Storey Communications,
.H56      	1989.
	
SB		Ingels, Jack E.  Ornamental Horticulture: Science, 
404.9		Operations and Management.  Albany, NY: Delmar Publishers, 
.I54		1994.

SB		Jozwik, Franics X.  How to Make Money Growing Plants, 
319.4		Trees & Flowers.  Mills, WY: Andmar Press, 1992.
.J69

SB		Jozwik, Francis X.  How to Find a Good Job Working With
51		Plants, Trees, and Flowers.  Mills, WY: Andmar Press,
.J59		1994.

REF 		Landscape Industry Wage and Benefit Study.  Washington,
SB		DC: Associated Landscape Contractors of America, 1994.
472.5
.A87

SB		Lee, Andrew W.  Backyard Market Gardening: The 	
324.3		Entrepreneur's Guide to Selling What You Grow.
.L44		Burlington, VT: Good Earth Publications, 1993.

SB		Monckton, Shirley.  Arranging Flowers: Techniques of
449		Floristry.  New York: Sterling Publishing, 1989.
.M66

S		Olson, Michael.  MetroFarm: The Guide to Growing for Big
494.5		Profit on a Small Parcel of Land.  Santa Cruz, CA:
.U72		TS Books, 1994.
O47

SB		Parker, John, and Peter Bryan.  Landscape Management and
472.5		Maintenance: A Guide to its Costing and Organization.  
.P37		Brookfield, VT: Gower Publishing, 1989.

SB		Price, Lawrence W.  How to Start your own Horticulture
472.5		Business.  Bremerton, WA: Botany Books, 1983.
.P74

SB		Reppert, Bertha.  Growing Your Herb Business.
351		Pownal, VT: Storey Communications, 1994.
.H5
R435

SB		Sturdivant, Lee.  Profits from your Backyard Herb Garden.
351		Friday Harbor, WA: San Juan Naturals, 1988.
.H5

SB		Sturdivant, Lee.  Flowers for Sale: Growing and Marketing
415		Cut Flowers.  Friday Harbor, WA: San Juan Naturals, 1992.
.S78

SB		Taylor, T.M.  Secrets to a Successful Greenhouse
415		Business.  Melbourne, FL: GreenEarth Publishing, 1994.
.T34

SB		Vander Kooi, Charles.  Estimating and Management 	
472.55		Principles for Landscape Contractors.  Littleton, CO:
.V36		Charles Vander Kooi, 1985.

SB		Wampler, Ralph L. And James E. Motes.  Pick Your Own
319.4		Farming: Cash Crops for Small Acreages.  Norman, OK:
.W36		University of Oklahoma Press, 1984.


Professional organizations publish journals and membership directories, both 
of which are sources of current information.  For a complete listing of 
organizations and their publications, look for the most current edition of 
the Encyclopedia of Associations in your public library (search by name or 
keyword). Some of the journals and directories available in the Miller 
Library include:

JOURNALS
	ARBORIST NEWS					
	JOURNAL OF ARBORICULTURE
	THE TREEWORKER					
	GROUNDS MAINTENANCE
	NORTHWEST LANDSCAPE PROFESSIONAL   
	BALLS AND BURLAPS
	PLANTSOURCE					

MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORIES
	AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN
	AMERICAN SOCIETY OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS
	INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF ARBORICULTURE
	ASSOCIATION FOR WOMEN IN LANDSCAPING
	WASHINGTON ASSOCIATION OF LANDSCAPE PROFESSIONALS
	WASHINGTON STATE NURSERY AND LANDSCAPE ASSOCIATION

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