Additional Resources
We want to help you get gardening! Below are resources for your garden space as well as recommended local gardeners.
Garden Design
HEALTHY SOIL
Soil Texture
GFE Resource: What type of soil should I use?
Soil Testing: San Francisco Department of Public Health
For deeper reading on soil: "The Soul of the Soil" by Grace Gershuny and Joe Smillie
ORGANIC PEST CONTROL/IPM
Workshop Outline
GFE’s Managing Pests in Your Garden Part I
GFE’s Managing Pests in Your Garden Part II
Master Gardener: What is IPM?
Master Gardener: Home + Landscape Pests
BOOKS FOR GARDEN DESIGN
Plants and Landscapes for Summer Dry Climates
Wildly Successful Plants
Sunset Western Gardening Book
PLANT SELECTION
Site Evaluation/Hydrozone Map
Introductory Plant List
Perennials for Schools Gardens (and other spaces!) by Education Outside
RAISED BED CONSTRUCTION
Detailed Workshop Agenda
GFE’s Raised Bed Covers
GFE Resource: Building a Raised Bed
Building Raised Beds, the Ecology Center
How to Build a Raised Bed, the Essential Urban Farmer
WATER WISE GARDENING
Workshop Outline
Site Evaluation/Hydrozone Map
GFE’s Native Plant Fun Facts
Edible Gardening
CALENDAR & CROP ROTATION
Simplified Planting Calendar, Golden Gate Gardening
Planting List, Golden Gate Gardening
PLANTING YOUR EDIBLE GARDEN
Victory Gardener, Carey Craddock
Growing Food in Containers
Seed and Seedling Biology
Starting Seeds Indoors
Seed Starting
Golden Gate Gardening, Pam Peirce
Composting
Kids Gardening
Small Spot Gardens
Gardening with Nature in the City
Bramble and Vine
Verge Landscapes (design + education)
Carey Craddock (design and coaching)
Garden Guidance (Ellyn Shea)
Local Resources
Susan Prentice
RootedSF’s List of Recommended Gardeners
Down to Earth Landscapes
Urban Farmer Store for irrigation + water needs
Lyngso for soil and compost
UC Master Gardener Free Help Line
