A Handbook of Community Gardening, by Boston Urban Gardeners, edited by Susan Naimark Published in 1982

Creating Community Gardens, by Dorothy Johnson, Executive Director, & Rick Bonlender, MN Green Coordinator, Minnesota State Horticultural Society Minnesota State Horticultural Society, 1970, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York

Cultivating Community: Principles and Practices for Community Gardening As a Community-Building Tool, by Karen Payne and Deborah Fryman

"Starting a Community Garden," American Community Garden Association (ACGA), http://www.communitygarden.org/pubs/starting.html

"Community Garden Start-up Guide," University of California Cooperative Extension in Los Angeles, http://celosangeles.ucdavis.edu/garden/articles/startup_guide.html

"How to: Fund Raising," by Gary Goosman, in Community Greening Review 1998 , ACGA

The Complete Book of Fund-Raising Writing, Don Fey, The Morris-Lee Publishing Group, 1995

The Complete Book of Model Fund-Raising Letters, Roland Kuniholm, Prentice Hall, 1995. (See Local section for local assistance in becoming a nonprofit)

"Community Development through Gardening: State and Local Policies Transforming Urban Open Space", by Jane E. Schukoske. A PDF file that can be downloaded from NYU website.

"Comprehensive Plans, Zoning Regulations, Open Space Policies and Goals Concerning Community Gardens and Open Green Space from the Cities of Seattle, Berkeley , Boston , and Chicago" Information compiled by ACGA Member Lenny Librizzi for the GreenThumb Grow Together Workshop "Lessons From Community Gardening Programs In Other Cities" given March 20, 1999. http://www.communitygarden.org/links/cg_policies.pdf

"National Community Garden Survey 1996," ACGA Monograph by Suzanne Monroe-Santos, http://www.communitygarden.org/pubs/Monograph1.pdf

"Making Policy in a Crowded World: Steps Beyond the Physical Garden," by Pamela R. Kirschbaum, in Community Greening Review , ACGA 2000

How to Grow More Vegetables, John Jeavons, Ten Speed Press, 1995

Four-Season Harvest, Eliot Coleman, Chelsea Green Publishing Co., 1999

Rodale's All-New Encyclopedia of Organic Gardening, Barbara W. Ellis (ed.), Rodale Press, 1992

Encyclopedia of Organic Gardening, J. I. Rodale, Rodale Press, 2000

Step by Step Organic Vegetable Gardening, Shepherd Ogden , Harper Perennial, 1994

Carrots Love Tomatoes, Louise Riotte, Storey Books, 1998

Great Garden Companions, Sally Jean Cunningham, Rodale Press

Rodale's Color Handbook of Garden Insects, Anna Carr, Rodale Press, 1979

Rodale's Successful Organic Gardening Controlling Pests and Diseases, Michalak & Gilkeson, Rodale Press, 1994

The Organic Gardener's Handbook of Natural Pest and Disease Control, Barbara Ellis, Rodale Press, 1996

Bugs, Slugs, and Other Thugs, Rhonda Massingham Hart, Storey Books, 1991

Dead Snails Leave No Trails, Loren Nancarrow and Janet Hogan Taylor, Ten Speed Press, Berkeley , CA 1996

Good Bugs for Your Garden, Allison Mia Starcher, Algonquin Books, 1995

1,001 Old-Time Garden Tips, Roger B. Yepson, Rodale Press, 1998

Designing and Maintaining Your Edible Landscape Naturally, Robert Kourik (out of print)

The One Straw Revolution, Masanobu Fukuoka (out of print)

Introduction to Permaculture, Bill C. Mollison, Ten Speed Press, 1997

Gardening for the Future of the Earth, Howard- Yana Shapiro/John Harrison, Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing, 2000

http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/1000/1149.html

The Rodale Book of Composting: Easy Methods for Every Gardener, Martin &Gershuny, eds., Rodale Press, 1992

Worms Eat My Garbage, Mary Appelhof, Flower Press 1982 Kalamazoo , Michigan

Organic Gardening, Rodale Press, http://www.organicgardening.com

Mother Earth News, Ogden Publications, http://www.motherearthnews.com